Functional principle of heat pump
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Functional principle of heat pump
The heat pump is used to produce thermal energy for space heating and, if
required, domestic water heating. The medium used as heat source (WQ) is
the ground.
It is also possible to cool a building.
To utilise ground as thermal energy, for domestic water heating and cooling
in your home, you need the following:
a heat source (borehole with geothermal energy probes or groundwater
extraction / discharge)
heating system EcoTouch DS 5050T
domestic hot water tank
Figure 1: Energy share when using a geothermal energy pump
Heat source
Low temperature
Driving energy
Energy output
Heat pump
