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The article has a long section on using the windmill to directly drive the compressor of a heat pump using a gearbox. This is likely to be more efficient than c
by fancyfredbot 3y ago
The article has a long section on using the windmill to directly drive the compressor of a heat pump using a gearbox. This is likely to be more efficient than converting to electricity and then using that to run an electric compressor.
- fy20 3y agoAir source heat pumps (in heating mode) use the heat generated by the electric compressor so the conversion loses there are negligible. Mechanical gearboxes also generate heat, so you'd need to capture that too.