07-17-23, 02:01 PM | #1 |
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Screw-in heat exchanger
I once came across a picture of a HX like this
This would be good to screw into one of the 2" ports of my heat buffer, to connect a heat pump instead of one of the electric heaters. Just wondering:
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That is a cool idea. I would imagine you could probably make something similar with soft copper, but I imagine it would be pretty difficult. I'm not sure how the heck they twist that without crushing the fins on it...
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So with an electrical element this works fine, but not with a heat pump, since the heatpump has to generate such a high temperature, that it's efficiency will be very poor. The only way to transmit the heat with a lower temperature difference (over the heat exchanger) and so a more efficient operation of the heatpump, is when you will be using a much larger heat exchanging surface. |
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