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Idronics No. 27: Air-To-Water Heat Pump Systems TM 27 JOURNAL OF DESIGN INNOVATION FOR HYDRONIC AND PLUMBING PROFESSIONALS July 2020 Air-to-Water Heat Pump Systems Press Connections Available on our most popular products • Years of proven Caleffi reliability in plumbing and hydronic product applications. • Exclusive LEAK DETECTION feature reveals leakage point during system testing if a connection remains unpressed. • Versatile union connections feature integral copper tail-piece construction. Components for today's modern hydronic systems Heating & Cooling www.caleffi.com - Milwaukee, WI USA FROM THE GENERAL MANAGER & CEO Dear Plumbing and Hydronic Professional, There are many types of heat pumps. The one most of us are familiar with is our kitchen refrigerator. It removes heat from food and pumps it back to the kitchen. Over the past three decades refrigerator manufacturers have continually introduced new ways to reduce the energy used by their products. No longer is a homeowner’s decision to replace their refrigerator based mostly on its age. Now, the electrical energy savings offered by the latest technology can justify the purchase - even though their current refrigerator is still functioning. The design of heat pumps that supply space conditioning and domestic water heating has also improved dramatically. Enhanced vapor injection, variable speed inverter compressors, electronic expansion valves and other state-of-the-art technologies have been integrated into many modern heat pumps . The resulting efficiency gains now allow air-source heat pumps to be used in cold Northern climates, even when outside temperatures fall below 0 ºF. And because they operate on electricity, rather than fossil fuel, they are well-positioned for today’s focus on carbon reduction driven by changing social attitudes and government policies. This issue of idronics deals with “air-to-water” heat pumps that heat buildings by absorbing low temperature heat from outside air and delivering it, at higher temperatures, to a hydronic distribution system. These heat pumps combine the advantages of modern air-source heat pump technology with the unsurpassed comfort of hydronic heating and cooling. They are widely used in Europe and Asia, and represent a growing market opportunity within North America. We hope you enjoy this issue of idronics and encourage you to send us any feedback by e-mailing us at [email protected]. For prior issues please visit us at www.caleffi.us, and click on the icon. There you can download the PDF files. You can also register to receive hard copies of future issues. Mark Olson General Manager & CEO 2 3 TABLETABLETABLE OF OF CONTENTSOF CONTENTS CONTENTS Introduction 5 5 Introduction 5 What is a heat pump? Cold climate air-source heat What is a heat pump? Cold climate air-source heat HistoryWhat ofis heata heat pumps pump? Coldpumps climate air-source heat History of heat pumps pumps PerformanceIntroductionHistory of heat limitations pumps Modern pumps air-to-water heat pumps 5 IntroductionPerformance limitations Modern air-to-water heat pumps HeatHeat pump pump operating operating fundamentals fundamentals 1010 7 HeatPipe pump & fitting operating nomenclature fundamentals 10 7 Non-reversiblePipe & fitting vs. nomenclature Reversible heat Energy efficiency ratio Non-reversiblePipe vs. tube vs. Reversible heat Energy efficiency ratio pumps Non-reversiblePipe vs. tube vs. Reversible heat What Energy does efficiency “tons” mean? ratio pumps What does “tons” mean? Heating pumpsPipe mode size thermal performance EnhancedWhat does vapor “tons” injection mean? 2726 Heating mode thermal performance Enhanced vapor injection 2726 Heating mode thermal performance Enhanced vapor injection 2726 Pipe fitting terminology Cooling Pipe mode fitting thermal terminology performance Defrosting January 2020 CoolingPipe modefitting thermal terminology performance Defrosting July 2020 Biomass boilers Energy trends & their effect on hydronic heat sources 2020 Energy Energy Couplingstrends trends & their& their effect effect on on hydronic hydronic heat heat sources sources 1. 1.Government Government policy policy supporting supporting 5. 5.Lack Lack of ofsuitable suitable combustion-based combustion-based heat heat 1. GovernmentElbows policy supporting 5. 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