The geothermal heat pump: A nice consumer choice

Posted by daviddon on July 12th, 2015

A geothermal heat pump uses the heat from the earth to increase heat energy into a particular area or to do the opposite, to pump heat into the ground. It is made to propel heat from the earth and use it as a heater in the cold seasons. This pump can also do the inverse and that is to give back heat to the ground by absorbing the heat around the area and then saving it for afterwards use. A great thing about this heat pump is that it lessens the price of using general heaters and it's efficient enough. Some of these geothermal heaters can even be utilized with a solar heater, which absorbs heat from the sun.

Most folks call this heater a geothermal heat pump, though most experts like scientists and engineers rather call it earth energy or geoexchange. Reason why many experts opt to use the term geoexchange instead of geothermal heat pump is to refrain from misunderstanding and meaning to say geothermal power which is distinct from geothermal heat pumping. It works by using the heat in the ground. Most edifices used these during the wintertime. However, it could only use the heat that was adsorbed from the earth, when the ground cools, then the pump can no longer generate heat as there are no more sources. These pumps are placed 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 moderate changes; hence if the weather seems cold the ground is sure to have stored heat.