Ground Source Heat Pump Plant Room Size

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Ground source heat pump plant room size.

With regards to space needed inside your property you will require a plant room to host the ground source heat pump system. Introduction a message from the managing director kensa heat pumps has been manufacturing ground source heat pumps since 1999. A table below can be used as a reference for a quick estimation when sizing the residential heat pump of the average home in regions with the mild climate. A 200m four bedroom house built to building regulations standard is likely to need an 8kw heat pump.

2 ton 1000 sq. Large or commercial buildings. Heat pumps require free air circulation so they need plenty of empty space around them. However these figures must be taken with a pinch of salt.

The heating and cooling capacity of the heat pump is expressed in tons where one ton equals 12 000 btu h. Our largest capacity models for the greatest heating demands. Ground source heat pumps use loops of pipe beneath the ground these are either laid in trenches or placed in boreholes. Ground source heat pump is better from the standpoint of equivalent carbon production.

Ground source heat pump is 40 lower in terms of operating costs. This should be considered before the start of the project. Ft 3 ton 1500 sq. A plant room usually needs to have a 1 x 2 2 5 metre footprint subject to the system size.

How do ground source heat pumps work. As this mixture. The pipes below the ground contain a brine mixture of water and antifreeze. The seaonal efficiency of the ground source heat pump accounts for ground loop pumping but is probably low at 3 2.

Plant your shrubs or other plants about 3 feet away from the heat pump to allow proper air flow. As a consequence kensa made considerable efforts to simplify the. For an idea of how much space you ll need the centre for alternative technology suggests that a standard ground source heat pump needs somewhere between 50 and 80 metres of pipe per kilowatt or just 10 meters of slinky coiled pipe. 25kw 30kw 40kw 45kw 60kw 75kw.

Around 1 metre below the ground there are stable temperatures of around 8 10 c all year round. Commercial plant room ground source heat pump. The ground source heat pump is likely to cost around 6 000 7 000 the balance being the installation cost which can vary significantly with the ground conditions. The generally accepted budget figure is 1 200 per kw capacity.