What is a Heat Pump?

Posted by Bob Bulmer on Mon 31st December 2007 at 06:00 AM, Filed in DIY Adding Value TipsPlumbing

Given environmental considerations, the heat pump offers a genuine green alternative to the conventional boiler.

It works by extracting heat from the ground by circulating a fluid through pipes that are lowered into bore holes of around 100 metres deep. The system almost acts like refrigerator in reverse creating output temperatures in the early 40 degrees centigrade.

The heat pump or heat exchange system is dependant on elevated temperatures below a depth of 2 metres. 

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