An Air Source Heat Pump has 3 main components:
- Evaporator coil: absorbs heat from the outside air
- Compressor: compresses the air to the required heat
- Exchanger: transfers the heat from the refrigerant to air or water.
There are 2 main types of ASHP’s:
-
Air-to-water system which heats water for the buildings hot water tank and this is used to warm the building.
-
An air-to-air system uses the hot air to blow into the building to heat it.
The main benefits of ASHP’s are that:
-
They work down to temperatures of -15 degrees
-
They are easy to install
-
They are relatively cheap compared to GSHP’s
Home pages of interest in this section are:
Pages of interest in this section:
- What is an Air Source Heat Pump?
- How do ASHP’s work?
- How much energy do ASHP’s produce?
- How much do ASHP’s cost?
- Cash Flow Analysis of ASHP’s
- GSHP’s versus ASHP’s
- ASHP’s in Conjunction with Solar PV
- GSHP’s and ASHP’s in practice
