Nturl gas furnaces r made u f thr sections.

Th firt rt ntin th burners, heat exchanger,

draft inducer nd th vents. Th nd section i made u f controls nd safety devices. Th third
section i th bloer. !ll th com"onents or# tgthr t ma#e th gas furnace o"erate.
Nturl gas furnaces or# b$ combining nturl gas ith air nd igniting it. %old air firt "asses
thrugh n air filter nd i "ulled int th furnace ith th hl f n electric fan. Th air thn enters
th heating system in n f t ays. &n donflo gas furnaces, hih r ftn installed in houses
tht r built n a concrete slab, th air enters frm th to". &f $ur house h a basement, it li#l$
ntin n u"draft gas furnace. &n th systems, th cold air enters frm th bottom nd i forced u
thrugh th vents nd int th house.
'ur nturl gas furnace i connected t a thermostat. (hn a sensor in th thermostat indit tht
th tem"erature in th house h dro""ed bl th "reset tem"erature, a signal i nt t th furnace.
Thi thermostat signal triggers th gas valve in th furnace t o"en, alloing nturl gas t enter th
furnace.
)n th cold air nd th nturl gas hv entered th furnace, th nturl gas mut b ignited. Thr
r vrl ty"es f ignition ud in nturl gas furnaces. Th firt i th standing, r constant, "ilot
light. *urnaces hih ntin standing "ilot lights r rltivl$ de"endable, but th$ r l nt vr$
energy efficient, in th continuously burning "ilot light i uing u gas needlessly. Th nd
method f ignition i th &ntermittent +"ar# ,ilot light. Th "ilot lights r similar t th standing
"ilot light, but th$ nl$ m n hn $u turn $ur thermostat u nd a sensor in th furnace i
notified, s"ar#ing th "ilot light. Th final o"tion fr ignition i th Nitride -ot +urface &gniter. Thi i
th ty"e f ignition tht i ty"ically found in neer gas furnaces, it i th mt energy efficient
o"tion. (hn $u turn $ur thermostat u", a circuit board tells th system t ignite briefly, lighting th
min gas burners.
(hichever ignition system i used, th result i a flame, hih heats u th heat exchanger. Th heat
exchanger consists f mn$ metal tubes, ty"ically made f stam"ed steel sheet metal. Th metal tubes
retain th heat hih i "roduced hn th nturl gas ignites. Th tubes bm hot nugh t heat
th cold air tht h entered th furnace. Th cold air i heated it flos vr th hot metal tubes. Th
resulting arm air i thn "um"ed thrugh th duct system nd distributed thrughut th rooms f th
house. Th exhaust exits th furnace nd i vented utid th house.
Thi "rocess i re"eated until th tem"erature f th house reaches th desired level, t hih "oint th
thermostat triggers th gas valve t close nd th furnace turns off.