Uses of Heat Pumps

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Uses of Heat Pumps

• By ChiShing Li
• Date3rd November, 2005

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Common uses

• Refrigerators
• Home space heating/cooling
• Home water heating
• Swimming pool

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More uses of heat pumps

• Laboratory plate/spot heating

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Heat Generated Cooling

• Thermoacoustic Technique
• Using waste heat from car to generate sound
• When sound waves cycle through compression and
  expansion, it drives a heat pump that cools the
  car

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References

• http//www.nrel.gov/vehiclesandfuels/ancillary_loa
  ds/heat_utilization.html
• http//www.geo4va.vt.edu/A3/A3.htmA3sec2
• http//news.thomasnet.com/news/1042