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ESTIMATING INTERNATIONAL HEAT PUMP USE.

Author(s) : CALM J. M.

Type of article: Book chapter

Summary

STATES THAT INTERNATIONAL HEAT PUMP USE HAS GROWN NEARLY SEVENFOLD IN THE LAST DECADE. 3.8 MILLION UNITS WERE INSTALLED IN 1985, THE MAJORITY FOR RESIDENTIAL SPACE HEATING OR SPACE HEATING AND COOLING, AND THIS QUANTITY IS STILL INCREASING. USE IS ALSO EXPANDING FOR COMMERCIAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL SPACE CONDITIONING, AS WELL AS FOR WATER HEATING, SWIMMING POOL HEATING, DEHUMIDIFICATION, INDUSTRIAL PROCESS HEATING AND DRYING AND DISTRICT HEATING. GREATEST APPLICATION IS IN THE USA AND JAPAN, WHERE BUILDING AIR CONDITIONING IS COMMON. THE TREND FOR SPACE HEATING IS RADICALLY DIFFERENT IN EUROPE, WHERE THE NEWER HEAT PUMP MARKET IS RAPIDLY DECLINING. UNCERTAINTIES REGARDING FUTURE ENERGY PRICES AFFECT HEAT PUMP USE. (INT. BUILD. SERV. ABSTR., GB., 23, N 2, 1988, 7, 88-00399.

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  • Original title: ESTIMATING INTERNATIONAL HEAT PUMP USE.
  • Record ID : 1989-0305
  • Languages: English
  • Source: In: Heat Pumps, Lewis Publ. - 1987; 554-565; 4 fig.; 44 ref.
  • Publication date: 1987
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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