| Download | - View final version: Heat pumps for residential heating (PDF, 908 KiB)
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| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40000698 |
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| Author | Search for: Cane, R. L. D.1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada
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| Format | Text, Issue |
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| Physical description | 5 p. |
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| Subject | Heating; heat pumps; residential facilities; economics |
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| Abstract | A heat pump is a system that uses refrigeration equipment to take heat from a source and discharge it to a building space requiring it. The same system can be used to remove heat from the space and discharge it to a heat "sink" when cooling is required. Heat sources and sinks for heat pumps can be the ground surrounding a building, water in lakes, rivers or wells, and outdoor air. Although still largely in the research stage, considerable interest has also been shown in the use of solar energy as a heat source for heat pumps. Of all sources, however, outdoor air has been used most extensively because it offers a universal, abundant heat source/sink for heat pump operation. It is the purpose of this Digest to outline the general features and economics of the "air-to-air" heat pump for heating in residential buildings. |
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| Publication date | 1978-05 |
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| Publisher | National Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | No |
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| NRC number | NRC-IRC-655 |
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| NPARC number | 20330153 |
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| Export citation | Export as RIS |
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| Record identifier | 8be43e73-ba20-43f8-bb5d-4a214d95f41a |
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| Record created | 2012-07-18 |
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| Record modified | 2022-09-21 |
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