Heat Pumps For Sustainable Heating And Cooling

Description

This book highlights the significance of using sustainable energy to prevent the deterioration of our planet using heat pumps. Energy sustainability can be achieved through improved energy efficiency. In this regard, heat pumps offer an energy-efficient alternative for heating and cooling. To drive the adoption of heat pumps as a key component of sustainable buildings, the authors focus on examining sustainable practices in heat pump operations and innovative system design. In view of the growing desire to use sustainable energy to meet heating and cooling demands and improve indoor air quality, this book offers a valuable reference guide to the available options in HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning) system design. To begin with, the authors define sustainable energy and discuss the trend of “thinking green” in building design. They then discuss sustainable practices and heat pump applications in mapping out HVAC systems. In turn, they examine the use of green operations to promote sustainable practices and, in order to highlight the importance of innovative design, discuss the configuration options and precision control aspects. In closing, the authors illustrate innovative sustainable design on the basis of several energy-efficient cases. The book’s main goal is to drive the adoption of sustainable energy solutions. Heat pumps, it argues, represent the most efficient system for meeting commercial/recreational/residential heating and cooling demands. The book not only examines industrial practices in heat pump application, but also discusses advanced heat pump technologies and innovative heat pump designs. Front Matter ....Pages i-ix Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Think Green (Y. H. Venus Lun, S. L. Dennis Tung)....Pages 3-16 Sustainable Energy (Y. H. Venus Lun, S. L. Dennis Tung)....Pages 17-33 Sustainability in Heating and Cooling (Y. H. Venus Lun, S. L. Dennis Tung)....Pages 35-48 Front Matter ....Pages 49-49 Air Handling Unit (Y. H. Venus Lun, S. L. Dennis Tung)....Pages 51-64 Total Energy Heat Pump (Y. H. Venus Lun, S. L. Dennis Tung)....Pages 65-79 Innovation in Heat and Cooling (Y. H. Venus Lun, S. L. Dennis Tung)....Pages 81-94 Front Matter ....Pages 97-97 Operating Mode (Y. H. Venus Lun, S. L. Dennis Tung)....Pages 97-109 Reverse Cycle (Y. H. Venus Lun, S. L. Dennis Tung)....Pages 111-124 Heat Pump Configuration (Y. H. Venus Lun, S. L. Dennis Tung)....Pages 125-137