Researchers Develop Façade-Integrated R290 Air-to-Water Heat Pump for Multi-Family Buildings
The heat pump is designed as an alternative to gas-fired and electric boilers to domestic hot water production in renovated buildings.
The heat pump is designed as an alternative to gas-fired and electric boilers to domestic hot water production in renovated buildings.
Gildardo Yañez, a refrigeration specialist and Training and Applications Manager at Bohn, delivered the address.
Its heat pump uses no more than 150g of propane in a multi-circuit system to provide space heating and domestic hot water.
Cartesian’s heat storage system is encased in a metallic container filled with 3,000kg of biowax.
Since 2019, the program has saved 303,219 metric tons of carbon emissions.
The new VESH R600a-based inverter compressor can also be used in certain types of commercial refrigeration equipment, says the manufacturer.
Xiaomi smart refrigerator 630L Mijia is employing the Embraco variable compressor VES.
The ECOFRIDGES GO program has already saved 17,436MWh and 14,445 metric tons of CO2e.
The initiative is committed to easing Yale University’s transition to low-GWP refrigerants, offering recommendations on how to phase down and manage HFCs in line with the U.S. AIM Act.
All high-efficiency refrigeration and freezing appliances – and a clothes dryer – use either R290 or R600a.