The Geothermal Heat Pump: A Good Consumer Choice
It is designed to propel heat from the earth and use it as a heater during cold seasons.
This pump can also do the opposite and that is to give back heat to the ground by absorbing the heat around the place and then saving it for later use.
A good thing about this heat pump is that it lessens the cost of using normal heaters and it efficient enough.
Some of these geothermal heaters can even be used with a solar heater-which absorbs heat from the sun.
Most people call this heater a geothermal heat pump, though most experts like engineers and scientists rather call it geoexchange or earth energy.
Reason why most experts choose to use the term geoexchange instead of geothermal heat pump is to refrain from misunderstanding and meaning to say geothermal power which is different from geothermal heat pumping.
It work by using the heat in the ground.
Most buildings used these during the wintertime.
However, it could only use the heat that was absorbed from the earth, when the ground cools then the pump can no longer generate heat as there are no more sources.
These pumps are places on shallow ground as this is where most of the heat is absorbed from direct sunlight.
The reason why these are placed on shallow ground is due to the fact that shallow ground temperature moderately changes; hence if the weather seems cold the ground is sure to have stored heat.
It is known as an environment friendly heater.
It is cost effective and it is efficient to the user and to the environment itself.
This is because the energy used and consumed is found in nature-natural resources, which will not be limited nor diminished upon use.
Unlike the use of manmade electricity and heating devices which cause pollution and are not as cost efficient as this.
These pumps can even help enhance the economy by saving on electricity consumption by the use of HVAC devices.
Since electricity consumption differs overtime, it can help cost cutting and prove to be more efficient then the HVAC appliances.
In getting a geothermal heat pump would require the help of a professional due to the technical installation processes needed to build it.