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Heat pumps: assess, install, maintain.

La pompe à chaleur : déterminer, installer, entretenir.

Author(s) : BERNIER J.

Type of monograph: Book

Summary

Heat pumps are coming back onto the market, in particular in their "reversible" version ensuring comfort in summer and in winter alike. After a rapid review of the thermodynamic rules and calculation of the thermal requirements of a house, the author analyses in detail the operation principles of all types of heat pumps, their characteristics and performance. Extract of the table of contents: general information (losses and thermal requirements; humid air; regulations; definition and history; the heat pump; COP; environmental aspects); technology (compressors, condensers, evaporators, expanders, subsidiary refrigerating machines; refrigerants; auxiliaries; temperature controllers; power control); choosing a system according to the sources (cold and hot sources; choosing the cold source; choosing a heat pump system according to its impact on the greenhouse effect); systems for individual houses (exhaust air heat pumps, outdoor air heat pumps, exhaust air-to-water heat pumps, outdoor air-to-water heat pumps, water-to-water heat pumps; glycolated water-to-water heat pumps with buried collectors; ground source heat pumps or ground source-to-water heat pumps with buried collectors, direct expansion heat pumps, thermodynamic water heaters); study of the installation (calculating the thermal losses of a new house; estimating the thermal losses of an existing house; sizing the heat pump system; calculating consumption; sizing a floor heating and cooling system; acoustics); implementing the installation (cold source; heat source; water heater; controls at the end of the installation and commissioning); guarantee, controls and maintenance (special tools; quality and certification; criteria for correct operation; operational diagnosis of an installation; failures, diagnosis and solutions).

Details

  • Original title: La pompe à chaleur : déterminer, installer, entretenir.
  • Record ID : 2005-1052
  • Languages: French
  • Subject: Regulation, Environment
  • Publication: Pyc livres - France/France
  • Publication date: 2004
  • ISBN: 2862430714
  • Source: Source: 256 p. (16 x 24); fig.; phot.; tabl.; ref.; EUR 45.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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