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Originally Posted by speedracing944
it is bull. they are "super heating" the fluid after it is heated from the air from your home to increase the delta T for better heat rejection at ambient conditions.
All they are doing is adding addition unnecessary heat energy only to remove it. WTF.
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Originally Posted by turbo6bar
I don't understand their proposal either. Why would you want to super heat the refrigerant? At what point is this "solar heat" removed from the system? Looks stupid.
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I am assuming that you two are HVAC types? If you remember while studying HVAC technology there are two types of Air Conditioning / Refrigeration and Heat pumps. The one we are most familiar with is the Vapor Compression type. In our homes it usually consists of a compressor/ condenser outside while the evaporator is inside. The other is a Absorption type of Air conditioning / refrigeration. Absorptive refrigeration uses a source of heat to provide the energy needed to drive the cooling process. From what I am reading on the site provided by the poster is a "hybrid" using what seems to be the best of both systems. By taking advantage of r410 refrigerant which has characteristics very close to Lithium Bromide they have been able to take advantage of Absorption chilling when the sun is out hence the 36 SEER rating and when temperature is lower Vapor Compression is used hence the 16 SEER rating. I am looking forward to speaking with someone at this company about this product on Monday.