At Energy Sharks, our goal is to help you keep your home comfortable in all seasons, and we offer the heating and cooling solutions you need to do just that. One heating and cooling option that we offer here is a heat pump, which is a popular alternative to forced-air furnaces and other climate control methods. To help you decide if a heat pump is right for your needs, our team has put together this overview of how these devices work.
To put it simply, a heat pump uses a combination of electricity and refrigerant to transfer heat energy from one place to another. In order to provide heat to your home, the heat pump first collects the heat energy from outside–which there is plenty of, even in the wintertime– and transfers that energy to a coolant. The coolant becomes compressed, which in turn increases its temperature significantly. The next step in this process consists of the now-hot coolant moving into the indoor unit of the heat pump, where air is passed over it in order to raise that air’s temperature. In this way, the heat energy contained in the coolant is transferred to the air in your home, which keeps your home nice and cozy.
The best thing about heat pumps is that this whole process can be reversed in order to provide cooling. Instead of collecting heat from outside and moving it into your home, the heat pump system will collect heat from inside your home and move it outdoors. This makes heat pumps a great option for any home, and we encourage you to give us a call to learn more.
