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Use of heat pumps with solar collectors for domestic space heating in the United Kingdom

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The performance of air to air heat pumps is discussed and it is shown that the machines which are commercially available in the UK have higher running costs when used for domestic space heating than gas or coal fires. It is technically feasible to improve the performance of a heat pump by supplying solar energy as a low temperature heat source, but a method developed for evaluating the financial advantage of such a scheme showed it to be unattractive. It is recommended that more effort should be made to improve the COP of air source heat pumps for domestic space heating in the United Kingdom.

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  • Gillett, W.B., 1978. "Use of heat pumps with solar collectors for domestic space heating in the United Kingdom," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 4(3), pages 187-197, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:4:y:1978:i:3:p:187-197
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