Book Index 2nd edition

Heat Pumps for the Home 2nd edition

INDEX

absolute zero 10, 16
absorption cycle 24
air conditioning 27, 68, 84
air heating 68
air source 27-9, 46, 93, 97, 108, 127-130 , 137 142-143
air tightness 70
antifreeze 30, 44, 111
backup heating 89-91, 134
bivalent 89, 92
boiler 89, 92, 135
borehole 40-41, 45,
buffer cylinder 57, 65-68
building types 48
carnot efficiency 95
case studies 127-36
ceiling heating-cooling 65
checklist 9, 125
circulation pump 50, 97
closed loop 43
CO2 emissions 113-5, 117,
CO2 heat pump 28, 52, 77, 146, 151
coefficient of performance (COP) 18-21, 46-7, 91, 95, 103, 118, 128-134, 140-3
compact collector 37
compact unit 70
compressor 146-8
condenser 23, 143-7
conduction 34, 48
continuous heating 53, 88, 129, 139
controls 88, 102-9, 128
convection 49
cooling 84
COP chart 140
cost of fuels 122-3
cost of installation 124
cycling 66, 105, 106,
defrost 28,
degree-days 87
dehumidifier 83
delta t 52, 98
de-superheater 134, 149
domestic hot water 73-80,
drilling rig 41
DX systems 44
economics 122-4
electrical supply 109, 123
electricity generation 114-5
electricity mix 115
energy efficiency 14, 62, 94, 98, 153
environment 113-121
evaporator 23, 45, 145-148
excavator 32-3
exhaust air 80
expansion valve 149
fan convectors 57
fault conditions 112
floor coverings 62-3
flow rates 52, 98, 138-139, 152
flow sensor 104, 106
fossil fuels 117-8, 123,
freezing ground 13, 34
gas engine 23
gas fridge 24
geothermal 13
global warming 120
glycol 30, 44, 111
‘green’ electricity 115
ground properties 34
ground source 30-42, 46, 97, 131, , 140
ground types 33-4
heat energy 14-6, 48, 86
heat exchanger 69, 76, 151
heat losses 87
heat recovery 45-6, 69, 80, 83, 135
heat transfer 31, 34, 48, 76, 86, 94, 145, 147
heating curve 105-7
history 7
horizontal trench 30-9, 131
hot dry rock 13
hot water 73-80, 97
Hybrid 89, 92, 134
Hybrid ground and air systems 45
ice build-up 29, 34, 44, 83,
installers 125
insulation 48, 54, 127
internal combustion engine 23
invertor drive 67, 106, 109, 150
lakes 43
legionella 78, 92
live data 143
location of equipment 110
maintenance 111-2
manifolds 39, 61,
microgeneration certification scheme 125
mole plough 36
nuclear power 113
off-peak electricity 115, 124
open loop 42
ozone depletion 120
passive 69, 71, 83, 135
peltier heat pump 25
ph diagram 145
pipe runs 79, 99, 110, 138, 152
pollution 113-8
pressure drops 98, 139, 153
pumped return 80
radiation 10, 48, 58, 86
radiators 49-54, 127-130
rain 12
refrigerant leaks 120-1
refrigerants 22, 96, 119-21, 144-146, 151
refrigeration 46
regeneration of the ground 13, 85
renewable energy 6, 115-6
return sensor 103, 106
reversible system 27, 42, 84
RHI 6-7 124
rivers 42 rotary compressor 148
sankey diagram 17, 114
SAP 87
scroll compressor 148
seasonal performance factor (SPF) 21, 127, 133
secondary return 80
servicing 111-2
Shared ground loop array 40
short cycling 66,
sizing 81, 87-90
slinky 36, 135
smart metering 109, 117
snow 30
soft start 109
solar energy 10, 80, 85
solid-state heat pump 25
spring source 44
standing column 42
starting surge 109, 138
stirling engine 24
stratification 76
streams 43
supplementary heating 89-91
swimming pools 35, 82-3
temperature difference 52, 137-138
temperature scales 11, 154
thermal properties 31, 34
thermal store 76, 116
thermostat 103
thermostatic radiator valves (TRV) 52, 55-6, 65
three phase 109
transcritical 52 146, 151
trench depth 31, 38
trench size 34
trencher 33
underfloor heating 58-63, 86, 96, 131-134
vapour compression cycle 22-3 145
ventilation 69, 86, 135
wall heating 64
weather compensation 106-8
wet heating system 49,
wood fuel 92, 118