POWER TO HEAT
1. AIR TO AIR
- is the most common and widly used in Portugal
- "reversable" means devices can cool and heat your home
- they are all "INVERTES" modulating the power instead of switching on /off
2. AIR TO WATER
- extracts energy from the air to heat up water
- very efficently and can be used for underfloor or pool-heating ( up to 35ºC), but also for domestic hot water with a Heat Pump Boiler (up to 60ºC)
- 5 times more efficent than immersion-heaters
3. WATER TO WATER
- mostly used in nordic countrys where air temperatur is often below 0ºC
- extract heat from ground water through geothermal drilling or loops of tube
- 1,5 m under the ground as there is a steady temperature of +/- 12 ºC
Heat Pump Boilers are a very economically way of heating Water.
They have a COP of 4 which means they are 4 times cheaper to run as a immersion heater.
They are first choice for replacing traditional hot water Boilers.
Pool Heating
You need a lot of energy to heat your pool, as your pool loses a lot of energy during the night. This can best be prevented by using a "pool cover". However, it is possible to extend the bathing pleasure with the energy of the sun at a reasonable price. In the Algarve it is possible all year round to warm up your pool with the help of the sun to a maximum of 30°C.
Pool Heat Pumps have COPs from 6 and more depending on outside temp. & humidity.
