If you know how an air conditioner works, you already know a lot about how a heat pump works, because heat pumps and air conditioners operate in very similar ways.
Heat pumps are a unique kind of heating system, because they can do the work of both a furnace and an air conditioner. Thus, there's no need to install separate systems to heat and cool your home. Heat pumps can also work extremely efficiently, because they simply transfer heat, rather than burn fuel to create it.
5 comments:
October 15, 2010 at 6:41 PM
It's really amazing how heat pump works :)
-- daniel
October 15, 2010 at 6:50 PM
The two main types of heat pumps are compression heat pumps and absorption heat pumps. Compression heat pumps always operate on mechanical energy (through electricity), while absorption heat pumps may also run on heat as an energy source (through electricity or burnable fuels).[5] An absorption heat pump may be fueled by natural gas or LP gas, for example. While the Gas Utilization Efficiency in such a device, which is the ratio of the energy supplied to the energy consumed, may average only 1.5, that is better than a natural gas or LP gas furnace, which can only approach 1. Although an absorption heat pump may not be as efficient as an electric compression heat pump, an absorption heat pump fueled by natural gas may be advantageous in locations where electricity is relatively expensive and natural gas is relatively inexpensive. A natural gas-fired absorption heat pump might also avoid the cost of an electrical service upgrade which is sometimes necessary for an electric heat pump installation. In the case of air-to-air heat pumps, an absorption heat pump might also have an advantage in colder regions, due to a lower minimum operating temperature.ROBUR heat pumps comparison
October 15, 2010 at 6:56 PM
thank you daniel and renee:) hope you find our blog interesting . Godbless!
October 15, 2010 at 7:02 PM
i'm having a hard time distinguishing the differences between a heat engine and a heat pump's function. so what is it?
October 15, 2010 at 7:27 PM
a heat engine converts HEAT ENERGY into MECHANICAL ENERGY. while a heat pump is a machine that moves heat from a lower temp to higher temp.
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