It passes by a heat pump, which is in effect an air conditioner run in reverse.
Another research product of Professor Soponronnarit that has been starting commercialized is the "heat pump dryer".
Make sure the contractor is accredited by associations such as the International Ground Source Heat Pump Association.
Simon Green said there were a number of differences between the European and UK heat pump markets.
To maintain the critical temperature, Dr Zheludev uses a small electronic heat pump known as a Peltier cell.
During periods of high demand, the heat pump runs in reverse as a heat engine, expanding and cooling the argon and generating electricity.
He got help from a heat pump stored in a utility closet in his basement and hooked up to a loop of pipes buried underneath his home.
By sucking 55-degree heat out of the ground and concentrating it, the heat pump is able to deliver 110-degree heat into the warm air ducts of a central heating system.
The report by AEA technology said emissions of the gases, used in refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pump systems, were "relatively small" at 3.9% of the total but were increasing.
Other green building companies are expecting a market revival in 2012, as I wrote here about geothermal heat pump companies Waterfurnace Renewable Energy (TSX:WFI, OTC:WFIFF) and LSB Industries (NYSE:LXU).
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The real world range has also been improved with the introduction of a new heating system which is 70 per cent more efficient through the use of a heat pump in the system.
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We're told that an external power supply helps keep the heat down inside, and you can see in the images below, there are large heat sinks either side and a heat pump to cool the processor.
"I know they're being overpriced because everybody thinks they're magic, and they're selling it as magic, " says James Bose, a professor at Oklahoma State University and executive director of the International Ground Source Heat Pump Association.
Highlights of the new software include System Match technology with features such as True Radiant and Heat Pump Balance geared to help high-efficiency, non-conventional (i.e. not forced air) heating systems perform even more efficiently.
At current electricity prices, an investment in a geothermal heat pump system can be paid off in less than eight years, says Trane, which like other energy service providers has seen a big uptick in interest for geothermal systems in recent years, from the military, schools, corporations and even residential customers.
He said well-designed systems can operate effectively in the UK, delivering in excess of three units of heat for every unit of electricity used to pump the heat in and around the property.
As mentioned before, market forces are putting increased pressure on commodity prices, which in turn pump up the heat on the governments and populations of emerging economies, especially the poorer ones.
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For every unit of energy to drive the compressor, the pump yields four units of heat.
But it appears to be a catalyst-driven chemical system that releases both heat and gas in sufficient quantities to pump the wings up and down.
Air is injected into the bubble rows by a squeaky pneumatic pump, then the sheets are heat-sealed on one edge.
Every second, the world's smokestacks and cars pump 2.4 million pounds of the heat-trapping gas into the air.
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