Traditional air-source heat pumps can provide reliable heating when outdoor temperatures are moderately cold. However, once the weather reaches subzero temperatures, heat pumps suffer a drastic loss of performance due to frost accumulation on their outdoor units.
Heat pumps from Bosch, Daikin, Midea, and Johnson Controls are moving to the next phase of the challenge, which involves installing and monitoring prototypes in cold-climate locations throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Leading Heat Pump Manufacturers Successfully Develop Next-Generation Prototypes to Withstand Subfreezing Weather cleantechnica.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cleantechnica.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
DOE Announces Leading Heat Pump Manufacturers Successfully Develop Next-generation Prototypes to Withstand Subfreezing Weather energy.gov - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from energy.gov Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.