What is a heat pump?

The heat pump is the most efficient option for the air conditioning of your home. Get the perfect temperature in both summer and winter.

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Types of heat pumps

The heat pump is a system that transfers heat from one point to another. However, there are different ways of achieving this. It all depends on the means used to achieve the desired temperature.

Air - Air

They are the most common and are called so because they pump heat from the outside air to the inside air and vice versa. These are air conditioners or split air conditioners.

These heat pumps are used for aerothermal systems and the heat exchange takes place between air and water. This feature allows the water produced to be used for different purposes, such as cooling, heating and domestic hot water.

Water - Air

They use heat stored in groundwater.

Water - Water

They also obtain heat from groundwater, although in this case the heat is transferred to the heating circuit of the house.

Earth - Water

These are called geothermal heat pumps and obtain heat directly from the ground to heat the water in the house.

How does a heat pump work?

A heat pump consists of an evaporator, a condenser, a compressor and an expansion valve. However, the most important element of the whole circuit is the refrigerant liquid, which has particular properties that allow it to change state easily.

1. The refrigerant passes through the outdoor unit (the evaporator) and absorbs the heat present in the air, causing it to change to a gaseous state. This gas then reaches the compressor and is pressurised to increase its temperature.

2. The compressed refrigerant travels through the circuit until it reaches the aerothermal indoor unit (the condenser) and transfers all the heat generated to a water pipe circuit. The hot water is then available for heating or domestic hot water (DHW).

3. On leaving the condenser, the refrigerant has returned to its original liquid state and has lost much of its temperature. However, in order to restart the cycle, the liquid passes through an expansion valve that decompresses it and further lowers its temperature. The refrigerant is now cold and ready to pass through the evaporator again.

The great advantage of these systems is that the process can be reversed in summer to generate cooling in the home and transfer heat from inside the home to the outside.

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Find out about all the advantages offered by the aerothermal heat pump

A single air-conditioning system that is useful and efficient in both summer and winter.

Unique system: Heating, air conditioning and domestic hot water in a single system.

Complete solution: A complete and reversible solution! It allows reversing the refrigerant cycle and supplying cooling or heating as required.

Proprietary technology: Daikin heat pumps are developed with the best available in-house mechanical, chemical and electronic technology.

Sustainable: Its high efficiency guarantees significant energy savings and reduced environmental impact. It’s therefore one of the preferred options for the new regulations aimed at curbing climate change.

Carbon footprint: By using up to 75% renewable energy, Daikin heat pumps reduce the carbon footprint significantly.

They’re environmentally friendly and non-pollutant: They consume three times less than a heater or boiler, and emit no combustion gases into the atmosphere.

Aerothermics, the renewable energy that air-conditions your home

Aerothermal energy is a renewable, inexhaustible and free energy that comes from the air and allows us to obtain heating, air conditioning and domestic hot water.

How does Aerothermics work?

The atmosphere captures the energy emitted by the sun.
Heat Pump technology captures that renewable energy from the air.
That energy is used in our home through the outdoor unit which sends it to the indoor unit.
The indoor unit heats the water and produces heating and domestic hot water.
In summer, the heat from our home is sent outside to produce air conditioning.

_{Aerothermics makes it easier to integrate the use of renewable energies in the domestic environment and the consequent reduction of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere.}

Infografía ventajas aerotermia Daikin Altherma

Daikin Altherma: Air-conditioning and hot water by aerothermics

Aerothermal energy extracts energy from the air to produce heating, cooling and domestic hot water. It is a renewable, free and efficient energy source.