Is it Possible to Direct Solar-Heated Air to the Condenser of a Heat Pump?

www.renewableenergyaccess.com | Oct 8, 2007

Would there be any problem with using a solar air collector or green house to pre-heat the airstream that feeds the standard heat pump condensing unit? Wouldn't this keep it running at very high COP's? - Tom B., Seattle, WA

http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=50207&src=rss

Solar Cooling

www.housingzone.com | Jan 27, 2000

Solar cooling sounds like an oxymoron -- how can the sun cool when it provides us with heat?

http://www.housingzone.com/article/CA466589.html

Is it Possible to Direct Solar-Heated Air to the Condenser of a Heat Pump?

Q: Would there be any problem with using a solar air collector or green house to pre-heat the airstream that feeds the standard heat pump condensing unit? Wouldn't this keep it running at very high COP's? - Tom B., Seattle, WA

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=50207

Hotel Bel-Air Selects Bartech Minibars for its Mobil Five-Star Luxury Hotel / May 2004

One of only 30 hotels in the U.S. to receive the coveted Mobil Five-Star Award for superlative level of service, quality, and ambience, the Hotel Bel-Air selected Bartech s minibar for its flexibility, unique design, and quiet operation.

http://www.hotel-online.com/News/PR2005_2nd/May05_BartechBelAir.html

CIBSE > Bookshop > Refrigeration

This publication is aimed at those entering the building services industry without previous knowledge of the subject, such as graduates with mechanical, electrical or civil engineering degrees. It will also be useful for anyone without specialist experience in refrigeration.

http://www.cibse.org/index.cfm?go=publications.view&item=383

ScienceDirect - Energy and Buildings, Articles in Press

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ScienceDirect - the world's leading platform offers over 2,000 high quality peer-reviewed full-text journals and books on science, technology and medicine.

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Working pairs

The ammonia-water pair is mostly found in refrigeration applications, with low evaporation temperatures, below 0 ºC. The water-lithium bromide pair is widely used for air-cooling applications, where it is not necessary to cool below 0 ºC.

http://www.trigemed.com/tech22.htm

Heat Pump Boiler | Hitachi Aqua Free System | Heatpumps

The Aqua Free Heatpump Range is comprised of a whopping sixteen different variants of Heat Pump boiler, all of which can be connected to one of three different sizes of Hitachi's super efficient inverter Heatpump Outdoor Units.

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