With home energy prices getting set to soar, it is in all our best interests to conserve energy.
Traditional heating and cooling systems are big energy hogs.
Home geothermalunits are increasingly being utilized as a good substitute for these traditional systems.
They can provide warm air in the winter and cool air in the summer.
The concept is a simple heat exchanger.
But the results are pretty spectacular.
Home geothermal units look very similar to your traditional furnace.
It's a simple heat exchanger box that utilizes electricity.
The major difference is that geothermal is utilizing heat in the earth, rather than using electricity to produce it.
In the summer, the geothermal pump circulates liquid through a loop in the ground.
There are different loop systems out there, and we will discuss that below.
In the summer, the unit takes heat out of the air, exchanges it to the liquid, which circulates it through the earth, which is at a lower temperature than the ambient air.
This drop in temperature is exchanged into the liquid, which is brought back into your house.
The geothermal pump does the exact opposite in winter.
Home geothermal loops can take many forms.
Liquid is circulated through pipes underground.
These pipes can be vertical, horizontal, and pond loops.
Vertical loops are exactly what you would think.
The "fingers" of the loop reach down into the ground to lower levels.
The horizontal loop is, again, what you think it is.
However, there are also coiled and straight horizontal designs.
Straight horizontal coil systems simply run coils at depths greater than five feet.
Machines are used to dig the tunnels and are very non-invasive.
Horizontal coil loops are very similar, except that they use flat coils to reduce the area needed for the coil lines.
Pond loops are great and less expensive.
This technique take advantage of the pond and lines are simply dropped into the pond, given that it is of sufficient depth.
Home geothermal systems can also be used to heat water.
It does require some extra installation, but it can be done.
In all, home users can see a 30 to 70 percent decrease in their heating bills and a 20 to 50 percent decrease in cooling bills.
That's pretty impressive.
Traditional heating and cooling systems are big energy hogs.
Home geothermalunits are increasingly being utilized as a good substitute for these traditional systems.
They can provide warm air in the winter and cool air in the summer.
The concept is a simple heat exchanger.
But the results are pretty spectacular.
Home geothermal units look very similar to your traditional furnace.
It's a simple heat exchanger box that utilizes electricity.
The major difference is that geothermal is utilizing heat in the earth, rather than using electricity to produce it.
In the summer, the geothermal pump circulates liquid through a loop in the ground.
There are different loop systems out there, and we will discuss that below.
In the summer, the unit takes heat out of the air, exchanges it to the liquid, which circulates it through the earth, which is at a lower temperature than the ambient air.
This drop in temperature is exchanged into the liquid, which is brought back into your house.
The geothermal pump does the exact opposite in winter.
Home geothermal loops can take many forms.
Liquid is circulated through pipes underground.
These pipes can be vertical, horizontal, and pond loops.
Vertical loops are exactly what you would think.
The "fingers" of the loop reach down into the ground to lower levels.
The horizontal loop is, again, what you think it is.
However, there are also coiled and straight horizontal designs.
Straight horizontal coil systems simply run coils at depths greater than five feet.
Machines are used to dig the tunnels and are very non-invasive.
Horizontal coil loops are very similar, except that they use flat coils to reduce the area needed for the coil lines.
Pond loops are great and less expensive.
This technique take advantage of the pond and lines are simply dropped into the pond, given that it is of sufficient depth.
Home geothermal systems can also be used to heat water.
It does require some extra installation, but it can be done.
In all, home users can see a 30 to 70 percent decrease in their heating bills and a 20 to 50 percent decrease in cooling bills.
That's pretty impressive.
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