How does the heat pump system work?
The heat pump is such equipment which is able to reverse the traditional heat spread direction (from a warmer direction to a colder one), to extract heat energy from the lower temperature environment and transfer it to the higher temperature environment.
What kind of energy does the heat pump use up?
The energy from the sun is kept in the environment, warming the soil and the air. The geothermal processes have an effect on the temperature of the ground. Depending, what kind of sources does the heat pump gain the energy from, we can talk about air sourced (the heat source is the air) and geothermal (the heat source is the ground or groundwater) heat pumps. Ambient heat is the primary energy source of the heat pump systems, nevertheless transporting of heat energy from the lower temperature media to the higher temperature media requires invested work. This work is done by the compressor of the heat pump which requires electric current to work. COP indicator represents that a system with 1 kW of electric energy how much heat power can deliver. The higher value of this efficiency indicator means that investment of lower electric energy is required for the heating of the given building. Therefore the higher COP value means not only greener solution but basically lower running expenses as well.
How does a heat pump system work in practice?
The principle of operation of the heat pumps does not differ from the operation of refrigerators. The compressor of the heat pump circulates working fluid in a closed loop. As the first step of circulation, the compressor compresses the gaseous working medium towards the condenser. As a result of the pressure of the compressor, the pressure and the temperature of the working medium is increasing. The hot gas in the condenser egresses heat through a heat exchanger. The working medium converges on the still ongoing high pressure, and is condensing. The working fluid then passes through the decompressor which is located at the end of the condenser (tipically throttle) and enters the humidifier unit where the reduced-pressure working fluid absorbs heat from its environment by steaming. Finally, the gaseous working medium returns to the compressor.
Green energy 2 in 1. Is a heat pump capable for cooling?
Yes, if we are talking about reverse heat pump then the equipment is able not only for heating. The process can be reversed. In that case the equipment distracts the heat from inside and gives over in outside. The heating and the cooling system can be taken out with aintegral equipment. Even by integrating solar system, we can step towards such a home which is equipped with an energyfree thermoregulation solution and then we can produce electricity which is needed for running heat pumps.
