Solid State heat pump, better than existing

osolemio · 12-02-10, 10:05 AM

Did anyone here hear of CoolChips technology?

I was looking for a CoP calculator and stumbled across that site

coolchips.gi/technology/ccalc.shtml

I don't think it is commercial yet, but if it really works as they say, then I cannot wait. I don't reeeeally need a heat pump in my system, but as I improve insulation and close up the leaks of the house, I think I need a ventilation system. In this system, I was thinking of lowering the exhaust air to around freezing, and the heated side of things should be going into the same input as my solar does.

In the cold season, my system will be optimized to cool off the solar panel as much as possible, taking all I can into underfloor heating and other lower temperature uses. If I do that I can suck more heat out of that crucial but scarse winter sun. It might, however, not get sufficiently hot then for the hot water, as I will be heating a lot of water into low 100's F, while I need much more for the hot water really. And the part of the house still heated by radiators.

So this heat pump could be driven by the electrical side of my solar panels, using the inside air of the house (before expelling it), so I get high temperatures in those smaller amounts needed, without using much energy.

12-02-10, 10:05 AM	#1
osolemio Hong Kong Join Date: May 2010 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 108 Thanks: 20 Thanked 17 Times in 13 Posts	Solid State heat pump, better than existing Did anyone here hear of CoolChips technology? I was looking for a CoP calculator and stumbled across that site coolchips.gi/technology/ccalc.shtml I don't think it is commercial yet, but if it really works as they say, then I cannot wait. I don't reeeeally need a heat pump in my system, but as I improve insulation and close up the leaks of the house, I think I need a ventilation system. In this system, I was thinking of lowering the exhaust air to around freezing, and the heated side of things should be going into the same input as my solar does. In the cold season, my system will be optimized to cool off the solar panel as much as possible, taking all I can into underfloor heating and other lower temperature uses. If I do that I can suck more heat out of that crucial but scarse winter sun. It might, however, not get sufficiently hot then for the hot water, as I will be heating a lot of water into low 100's F, while I need much more for the hot water really. And the part of the house still heated by radiators. So this heat pump could be driven by the electrical side of my solar panels, using the inside air of the house (before expelling it), so I get high temperatures in those smaller amounts needed, without using much energy. __________________ Space heating/cooling and water heating by solar, Annual Geo Solar, drainwater heat recovery, Solar PV (to grid), rainwater recovery and more ... Installing all this in a house from 1980, Copenhagen, Denmark. Living in Hong Kong. Main goal: Developing "Diffuse Light Concentration" technology for solar thermal.