Heat pumps are the most efficient, energy saving, and cost-effective way to generate sanitary hot water for domestic use. Hot water heat pumps are typically installed in basements or utility rooms, close to other components that generate waste heat, such as a boilers or electric appliances. A heat pump, connected to a water tank, makes it possible to utilize this waste heat to heat water. SWEP BPHEs are the critical component that make it possible.
As the price of natural gas continues to rise, the payback time for an investment in heat pumps will continue to decline. Highly efficient BPHEs from SWEP are ideal as evaporators and condensers in heat pump systems.
Residential and commercial swimming pools, such as those in hotels, spas, fitness centers and schools require a constant year-round temperature. In climates that have a large seasonal temperature variation, this can be energy-intensive and expensive to maintain. Traditionally, swimming pool water has been heated using boilers that burn natural gas.
Using a heat-pump system, instead of a boiler, enables fossil-free alternatives to warm swimming pool water, including the use of geothermal heating, a solar-heated water-circuit, or district heating. In extremely hot climates, swimming pool water may need to be cooled rather than warmed. This can also be accomplished with a heat pump system.