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Heat Pumps & Vapour Injection Technology

BarneyMc · 2013-11-27 23:12:48

I was reading a well known magazine today about heat pumps and came across the term 'vapour injection technology'. According to the article it "is an add on to the compression cycle... high seasonal performance can be achieved because the heat pumps were designed to deliver high flow temperatures (up to 65C)." It's…

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BarneyMc

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I was reading a well known magazine today about heat pumps and came across the term 'vapour injection technology'.

According to the article it "is an add on to the compression cycle... high seasonal performance can be achieved because the heat pumps were designed to deliver high flow temperatures (up to 65C)."

It's basically saying that it's possible to supply domestic hot water (high temp) as well as heating water (low temp) efficiently at high COPs.

Google "heat pumps vapour injection technology" and you'll see one company who use it.

Has anyone came across this?

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fclauson

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Barney - each vendor makes certain claims - compressor technology has not change much in 20 years - pressure and efficiency have but that is all

they all still work very similar to your fridge with the cold bit on the outside and the warm bit on the in

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