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Ground-source heat pump systems.

Author(s) : HANNEKE V. van de

Type of article: Article

Summary

The main general obstacle for ground-source heat pump systems has been the relatively high installation costs. This article describes several system types plus the market situation in Europe, Japan and the US. In Japan ground-source heat pumps are rarely used, except for some installations. In the US virtually all heat pumps are air-source types, although a growing number of ground-source heat pumps have been installed recently in residential and commercial buildings. In contrast to the US, air-source heat pumps do not have such a dominating position in Europe. In Switzerland, almost 40% of the heat pumps sold in 1997 were ground-source heat-pump stock of 50,000 units. The heat pump market in Austria is dominated by ground-coupled systems. Another country where the use of ground-source heat pumps is common is Sweden.

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  • Original title: Ground-source heat pump systems.
  • Record ID : 2000-0991
  • Languages: English
  • Source: IEA HPC Newsl. - vol. 17 - n. 1
  • Publication date: 1999/03
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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