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Burning natural gas to make electricity to run a heat pump isn’t elegant- but it is more efficient. We need a heat pump that is heat-powered…
by ip26 4y ago
Burning natural gas to make electricity to run a heat pump isn’t elegant- but it is more efficient.
We need a heat pump that is heat-powered…
- eternauta3k 4y agoThere are old propane refrigerators which do exactly that (heat powered heat pumps). Have you done the math to check whether it's more efficient?
- ip26 4y agoA natural gas furnace is up to 98% efficient. A natural gas turbine is 40-60% efficient; a modern heat pump can have a COP of 3 or even 4, for 150-200% equivalent efficiency (ballpark).