Heat Pumps and Air-Conditioners
Roll-Over
Alert !
Alert !
Reversing Valve
QH
Win
QC
C10.
Hot Outside Air Air
Conditioning
Conditioning
Heat
Pump
Pump
The "cool" thing about
heat pumps
is that by simply letting the condenser and the evaporator trade places, theheat pump
becomes anair-conditioner
.This is accomplished using a clever type of valve called a "slide" or "reversing" valve. The diagram below shows how this type of valve works. Be sure to try the rollovers.
Heat Pump
Mode
Mode
Air
Conditioning
Mode
Conditioning
Mode
Heat
Pump
Pump
Air
Conditioning
Conditioning
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