What Refrigeration Personnel Can Learn From Heat Pumps
EDITOR’S NOTE: Use of a refrigerator for heating was the topic of a press release made available at the last Chillventa expo held in Germany. The material was prepared by the media staff of Chillventa based on information gathered at the expo.
The refrigerator is actually a heat pump, as the method of operation is identical apart from one difference: Heat is extracted from the refrigerator and discharged into the surroundings, whereas the heat pump uses the thermal energy in the surroundings for heating purposes. The sources of heat used, in addition to the ambient air, are water and geothermal energy, and in companies and large building complexes, warm server rooms, or other sources of waste heat.