What exactly is an air source heat pump?

If you want to have a comprehensive understanding, it’s easy to say. Once you know these five points, you will understand.

Table of contents

What is the function of an air source heat pump?
How does an air source heat pump heat?
What is the power consumption of the air energy heat pump?
Are air source heat pumps safe?
What fields are air energy heat pumps mainly used in?

In recent years, air energy heat pump equipment has gradually entered people’s family lives from the engineering field. However, due to the lack of promotion in the entire air energy industry, most people still do not know how the air energy heat pump works.

If you want to have a more comprehensive understanding of air energy heat pumps, let’s understand the following five points of knowledge together.

What is the function of an air source heat pump?

Air source heat pump, also known as air source heat pump, where “air energy” refers to the low-grade heat energy in the air.

How to understand lowgrade heat energy refers to the ubiquitous heat energy in the air that is difficult to be used by humans, such as the heat energy of seawater, the heat energy emitted by living organisms, the heat energy released by fossil fuel combustion, and so on.

Since low-grade heat energy refers to heat energy that is not easy to use, it is not difficult to understand high-grade heat energy. Naturally, it is heat energy that can be directly used by humans.

In a word, the air energy heat pump can absorb the low-grade heat energy in the air that is difficult to use, and produce high-grade heat energy that can be directly used by human beings.

How does an air source heat pump heat?

The heating process of the air source heat pump can be understood as the reverse process of the air conditioner, and the substance that plays the core role is still our common refrigerant.

Heat can only be transferred from a high-temperature area to a low-temperature area without doing work. The refrigerant in the air source heat pump is very cold in the liquid state, so it can absorb heat from the air.

After the refrigerant absorbs a certain amount of heat, it will be converted into gaseous energy. These gaseous energies become high-grade heat energy after being compressed by the compressor.

At this time, the high-grade heat energy is transferred to the water in the water pipe through the condenser, and the water becomes the hot water we need after absorbing heat.

What is the power consumption of the air energy heat pump?

During the heating process of the air energy heat pump, the compressor will consume electricity, but 1kW of electricity can generate 4kW of heat. The work of the compressor is essentially a state of “four or two dials”, which is very energy-saving and energy-saving.

Compared with electric water heaters and electric floor heating equipment, air energy heat pumps can save energy by as much as 75%, and are the first choice for a new generation of energy-saving and emission-reducing equipment.

Are air source heat pumps safe?

Coal, gas, and electricity, are the three “keywords” that often appear in accident reports. However, the three words “air energy” are basically “insulated” from the accident, because the heating principle of the air energy heat pump gives it a unique safety advantage: no natural gas is used, no coal is burned, and no open flames appear, there will be no accidents.

There are no hidden dangers of flammability and explosion; there is no electric heating rod directly immersed in the water tank, so the danger caused by the leakage of electric auxiliary components can be eliminated.

Therefore, the safety factor of air energy heat pumps is much higher than traditional equipment such as coal-fired boilers and electric water heaters.

What fields are air energy heat pumps mainly used in?

As a representative product of renewable energy, the air energy heat pump has its presence in the north and south of the river. The “coal-to-electricity” project in Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei in the north used air-source heat pumps to replace traditional coal-fired heating in a large area; Heilongjiang Normal University used air source heat pumps to provide hot water for a campus of 1.6 million square meters; Dadi’s large-scale flower base uses air source heat pumps to heat plant greenhouses; Zhongxin Xinyuan Community in Yuxi, Yunnan, installs a large number of air source heat pumps to provide supporting heating and hot water supply for the community.

It can be said that whether it is rural heating, civil heating, industrial and agricultural heating, or commercial heating, as long as there is a demand for heating, air energy heat pumps can do it.

After reading these five knowledge points, I believe everyone has a vivid understanding of air source heat pumps. Air energy heat pumps use renewable energy—air heating. For my country, which emphasizes energy conservation, emission reduction, and sustainable development, it is an indispensable and important product in future development.

Written by: FUJIREJA GROUP

The Exporter and Manufacturer of Heaters since 2003

Welcome OEM ODM

Best Heating