subject: Benefits of Using Heat Pumps in Your Home [print this page] Benefits of Using Heat Pumps in Your Home
Heat pumps are devices that operate both as heater and air conditioner. It can emit cold and hot air depending on the present temperature. These are commonly used in homes and industrial buildings located in cold places. Heat pumps also use less electrical power than electrical heaters. It does not produce toxic waste since it does not burn fuel nor use toxic substances to create heat. Instead it utilizes heat coming from natural sources such as water, air, and ground and transfers it at a specific space.
Here is an concept on how a heat pump works. Heat pumps have 4 elements, the outdoor coil, evaporator, condenser, and indoor coil. It contains a reversing valve which allows heat to flow in either direction. An intermediate liquid known as a refrigerant is placed on the circuits to both heat and cool the air coming in and out of the unit.
When it is in heating mode, the outside coil acts as an evaporator and the indoor coil turns into a condenser. The condenser absorbs the heat from your refrigerant and disperses it via the vents to warm the room. Even when it's extremely chilly outdoors, the air can still contain heat in it. When heat is absorbed by the outer coil, the indoor coil acts as being a condenser and discards warm air towards the air handler, and release the warmth in your home.When it is in cooling mode, the outside coil becomes the condenser while the indoor coil the evaporator. The indoor coil acts an evaporator and gathers warmth from the enclosed space. The hot air is then pushed through the condenser and discards it outside the home.
A heat pump can produce more heat than an electric heater given the same amount of electric power. For example, one unit of electricity in an electric heater can produce one unit of heat however in heat pumps, one unit of electric power can produce 3 units of heat.
Although it is expensive to install a heat pump, in the long run you can save a lot in you electric bill. Mostly importantly, by getting a heat pump in your house or office you are doing nature a favour. It is environmentally friendly because it makes use of natural sources and consumes less fuel or power to produce heat.
In Sweden, households which have been using heat pumpsfor three to eight many years have noticed a substantial drop in their electrical bills. Because of these, more and more Swedish have installed it in their homes. The number of households who have switched to heat pump are over 300,000 and still growing.
