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Piwoslaw · 03-06-22, 02:53 PM

I think the main thing you are missing to a heat pump, and its efficiency, is that you are only compressing/decompressing, but there is no phase change. It is the evaporation/condensing which allows taking or giving up heat from/to the environment.

I will now excuse myself to free the stage for more knowledgeable users...

03-06-22, 02:53 PM	#2
Piwoslaw Super Moderator Join Date: May 2009 Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 961 Thanks: 188 Thanked 110 Times in 86 Posts	I think the main thing you are missing to a heat pump, and its efficiency, is that you are only compressing/decompressing, but there is no phase change. It is the evaporation/condensing which allows taking or giving up heat from/to the environment. I will now excuse myself to free the stage for more knowledgeable users... __________________ Ecorenovation - the bottomless piggy bank that tries to tame the energy hog.