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| Rank | Abbr. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ****** | HE | Heat Exchange | |
| ****** | HS | Heat Shock (cells) | |
| ****** | CH | Central Heating | |
| ****** | CHP | Combined Heat and Power | |
| ****** | HT | Heat (real estate) | |
| ****** | PAC | Pompe à Chaleur (French: Heat Pump) | |
| ****** | HVAC&R | Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning and Refrigeration | |
| ****** | HVAC/R | Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration | |
| ****** | C/H | Central Heating | |
| ****** | HP | Heat Pipe | |
| ****** | HS | Heat Sink (electronics) | |
| ****** | HAZ | Heat Affected Zone | |
| ****** | HTD | Heated | |
| ****** | HTG | Heating | |
| ****** | KWK | Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung (German: Combined Heat and Power) | |
| ****** | HRV | Heat Recovery Ventilator | |
| ****** | GCH | Gas Central Heating | |
| ****** | SHK | Sanitär Heizung Klima (German: Sanitary Heating Climate; solar heat; Germany) | |
| ****** | HVAC | Heating, Ventilation, & Air Conditioning | |
| ****** | MERV | Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value (air conditioning and heating filters) | |
| ***** | HRSG | Heat Recovery Steam Generator | |
| ***** | DHW | Domestic Hot Water (heating) | |
| ***** | SHGC | Solar Heat Gain Coefficient | |
| ***** | ASHRAE | American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers | |
| ***** | HDD | Heating Degree Days (weather derivatives / insurance index converting temperature into prices) | |
| ***** | ETS | Electric Thermal Storage (heating system) | |
| ***** | HSF | Heat Shock Factor | |
| ***** | ALN | Aluminum Nitride (ceramic substrate material used for heat dissipation in electronics) | |
| ***** | HEX | Heat Exchanger (for cooling electronic equipment) | |
| ***** | IH | Induction Heating | |
| ***** | HVACR | Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning and Refrigeration | |
| ***** | GSHP | Ground Source Heat Pump | |
| ***** | HI | Heat Insulated | |
| ***** | EHI | European Heating Industry (Assocation) | |
| ***** | UHI | Urban Heat Island | |
| ***** | MH | Miami Heat (NBA team) | |
| ***** | PHE | Plate Heat Exchanger (mechanical engineering) | |
| ***** | HSF1 | Heat Shock Factor-1 (aka Heat Shock Transcription Factor-1) | |
| ***** | LST | Low Surface Temperature (heating solutions) | |
| ***** | HS | Heat Source | |
| ***** | ASHP | Air-Source Heat Pump | |
| ***** | LHV | Lower Heating Value | |
| ***** | GHP | Geothermal Heat Pump | |
| ***** | HHV | Higher Heating Value | |
| ***** | IGSHPA | International Ground Source Heat Pump Association | |
| ***** | HOT | Heating Oil Tank | |
| ***** | TIC | Thermal Imaging Camera (used by firefighters, police, and military to detect heat signatures) | |
| ***** | TCHP | Tropical Cyclone Heat Potential | |
| ***** | PHCC | Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association | |
| ***** | HDT | Heat Deflection Temperature (plastics) | |
| **** | RHI | Renewable Heat Incentive (UK) | |
| **** | LH | Latent Heat | |
| **** | ECRH | Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating | |
| **** | H&V | Heating and Ventilation | |
| **** | DHC | District Heating and Cooling | |
| **** | CHF | Critical Heat Flux | |
| **** | PWHT | Post-Weld Heat Treatment | |
| **** | HIER | Heat Induced Epitope Retrieval | |
| **** | CIPHE | Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (est. 1906; UK) | |
| **** | LHTEE | Laboratory of Heat Transfer and Environmental Engineering (Thessaloniki, Greece) | |
| **** | PCI | Pouvoir Calorifique Inférieur (French: Lower Heating Value; fuel property) | |
| **** | HPAC | Heating/Piping/Air Conditioning | |
| **** | IHS | Integrated Heat Spreader | |
| **** | ASHRAE | American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, & Air-Conditioning Engineers (Atlanta, GA) | |
| **** | SHC | Solar Heating and Cooling | |
| **** | IDEA | International District Energy Association (formerly National District Heating Association) | |
| **** | HSF | Heat Sink Fan (CPU cooling) | |
| **** | HHH | Hot Hot Heat (band) | |
| **** | UHN | United States Heating Oil Fund | |
| **** | LHG | Liquid Heat Generator | |
| **** | EHPA | European Heat Pump Association | |
| **** | HAMR | Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording | |
| **** | GFCH | Gas Fired Central Heating | |
| **** | H/S | Heat Shield | |
| **** | DBDH | Danish Board of District Heating | |
| **** | SH | Super Heat (steam) | |
| **** | HRAI | Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada | |
| **** | HDT | Heat Distortion Temperature (plastics) | |
| **** | AIRAH | Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating | |
| **** | WSHP | Water Source Heat Pump | |
| **** | THAW | The Heat and Warmth Fund | |
| **** | RHR | Residual Heat Removal (nuclear power) | |
| **** | IPHE | Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering | |
| **** | HST | Heat Shrink Tubing | |
| **** | OHC | Ocean Heat Content | |
| **** | SHU | Scoville Heat Unit | |
| **** | LHCD | Lower Hybrid Current Drive (plasma heating in fusion plasmas) | |
| **** | FHA | Forced Hot Air (heating) | |
| **** | HHO | Home Heating Oil | |
| **** | HD | Heat Detector | |
| **** | HS | Heat Sensor | |
| **** | CAL | Small Calorie (referring to heating 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius) | |
| **** | CIPH | Canadian Institute of Plumbing and Heating | |
| **** | AWT | Arbeitsgemeinschaft Wärmebehandlung Und Werkstofftechnik (German: Association for Heat Treatment and Materials Engineering) | |
| **** | WHR | Waste Heat Recovery | |
| **** | HSC70-1 | Heat Shock Cognate 70 kDa Protein 1 | |
| **** | RHH | Reverend Horton Heat (band) | |
| **** | Bi | Biot Number (heat transfer) | |
| **** | SHR | Sensible Heat Ratio | |
| **** | CHP | Central Heating Plant | |
| **** | HHV | High Heating Value | |
| **** | DWHR | Drain-Water Heat Recovery | |
| **** | ICHMT | International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer | |
| **** | LHP | Loop Heat Pipe (Cooling System) | |
| **** | IHTC | International Heat Transfer Conference (thermal science) | |
| **** | HTM | Heat Transfer Media | |
| **** | HVA | Heating, Ventilation and Air | |
| **** | NAOHSM | National Association of Oil Heating Service Managers | |
| **** | Dth | Decatherm (measurement unit for heat; 1,000,000 BTU) | |
| **** | HTD | Heat Transfer Division | |
| **** | HC | Heating Coil | |
| **** | LHV | Low Heating Value | |
| **** | FHP | Florida Heat Pump (FHP Manufacturing Inc.) | |
| **** | sHsp | Small Heat Shock Protein | |
| **** | PHex | Plate Heat Exchanger | |
| **** | CAL | Large Calorie (referring to heating 1 kilogram of water 1 degree Celsius) | |
| **** | DHES | Direct Heat Exhaust System | |
| **** | HO2S | Heated Oxygen Sensor | |
| **** | SHC | Specific Heat Capacity | |
| **** | WHB | Waste Heat Boiler | |
| **** | IHEA | Industrial Heating Equipment Association | |
| **** | HC | Heating Contractor | |
| **** | HEN | Heat Exchanger Network | |
| **** | UFAD | Under Floor Air Distribution (heating and air conditioning system) | |
| **** | HRU | Heat Recovery Unit | |
| **** | H&S | Heat and Serve | |
| **** | WKK | Warmte Kracht Koppeling (Dutch: Combined Heat and Power) | |
| **** | PHAST | Process Heating Assessment and Survey Tool (software; thermal efficiency) | |
| **** | HRW | Heated Rear Window | |
| **** | A/C/H | Air Conditioning, Heating | |
| **** | VH | Vapor Heated (chemical processing) | |
| **** | NAPHCC | National Association of Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors | |
| **** | UHIE | Urban Heat Island Effect | |
| **** | WHE | Waste Heat Engine | |
| **** | HME | Heat and Moisture Exchange | |
| **** | ICRH | Ion Cyclotron Resonance Heating | |
| **** | GSHPS | Ground Source Heat Pump Systems | |
| **** | HSI | Heat Stress Index | |
| *** | HARDI | Heating, Airconditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International | |
| *** | IJHMT | International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | |
| *** | HCMM | Heat Capacity Mapping Mission | |
| *** | HPC | Heat Pump Centre (Sweden) | |
| *** | HVCA | Heating and Ventilating Contractors Association (UK) | |
| *** | CVC | Chauffage Ventilation Climatisation (French: Heating, Ventilation, & Air Conditioning) | |
| *** | IFHTSE | International Federation for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering | |
| *** | HACR | Heating, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration | |
| *** | DHX | Dual-Path Heat Exchange (memory circuit board technology) | |
| *** | HELP | Heat Escape Lessening Position (ice rescue) | |
| *** | HELP | Heat Escape Lessening Position (water survival technique) | |
| *** | H02S | Heated Oxygen Sensor (automotive) | |
| *** | HSPF | Heating Season Performance Factor | |
| *** | HSF2 | Heat Shock Transcription Factor 2 | |
| *** | BHKS | Bundesindustrieverband Heizungs-, Klima-, Sanitärtechnik/Technische Gebäudesysteme (German: Federal Industrial Association for Heating, Ventilation, Sanitary Engineering/Technical Building Systems) | |
| *** | RHR | Rate of Heat Release | |
| *** | SSHE | Scraped Surface Heat Exchanger | |
| *** | DHM | Deep Heat Mining | |
| *** | FOHE | Fuel Oil Heat Exchanger | |
| *** | GCHP | Ground-Coupled Heat Pump | |
| *** | ASHVE | American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers (now part of American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers) | |
| *** | RDHX | Rear Door Heat Exchanger (server component) | |
| *** | WHRU | Waste Heat Recovery Unit | |
| *** | AHR | Air-Conditioning Heating Refrigeration | |
| *** | HETAS | Heating Equipment Testing and Approval Scheme (UK) | |
| *** | SHF | Sensible Heat Factor | |
| *** | GPHS | General-Purpose Heat Source | |
| *** | ASRE | American Society of Refrigerating Engineers (now part of American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers) | |
| *** | HSE | Heat Shock Response Element (biochemistry) | |
| *** | LII | Lennox Industries, Inc. (Lennox International; heating, cooling and refrigeration) | |
| *** | SpHt | Specific Heat | |
| *** | CHX | Condensing Heat Exchanger | |
| *** | HHIC | Heating and Hotwater Industry Council (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England, UK) | |
| *** | CFA | Conditioned Floor Area (heating & cooling) | |
| *** | SHARES | New Jersey Statewide Heating Assistance and Referral for Energy Services | |
| *** | VVS | Vand, Varme og Sanitet (Danish for Water, Heating and Sanitation) | |
| *** | HRS | Heat Rejection System | |
| *** | APHC | Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors | |
| *** | HTSK | Heat Sink | |
| *** | PAOE | Presidential Award of Excellence (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers) | |
| *** | WLHP | Water-Loop Heat Pump (energy conservation device) | |
| *** | Hsp32 | Heat Shock Protein 32 | |
| *** | COHA | Canadian Oil Heat Association | |
| *** | HPP | Heat Pump Programme (International Energy Agency) | |
| *** | HLP | Heat Loss Parameter | |
| *** | SHAW | Simultaneous Heat and Water (ecological model) | |
| *** | JHT | Journal of Heat Transfer (ASME) | |
| *** | HC | Heat Conservation (piping engineer) | |
| *** | HEVAC | Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning | |
| *** | LHDC | Linear Heat Detecting Cable (fire detector) | |
| *** | SELCHP | South-East London Combined Heat and Power | |
| *** | OHTC | Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient | |
| *** | NHTC | National Heat Transfer Conference | |
| *** | EHC | Electrically Heated Catalyst | |
| *** | LHPG | Laser-Heated Pedestal Growth (crystal growth technique) | |
| *** | HHW | Heating Hot Water | |
| *** | GHX | Ground Heat Exchanger | |
| *** | GHV | Gross Heating Value (relationship between volume and corresponding amount of energy for gas) | |
| *** | HEGO | Heated Exhaust Gas Oxygen Sensor | |
| *** | HST | Heat Soak Test (treatment to convert Nickel Sulphide in tempered glass) | |
| *** | GHC | Geo-Heat Center (Oregon Institute of Technology) | |
| *** | ASHAE | American Society of Heating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (now part of American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers) | |
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