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Energy and economic comparisons of domestic heat pumps and conventional heating systems in the British climate

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  • Tassou, S.A.
  • Marquand, C.J.
  • Wilson, D.R.

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The energy performance of an electrically driven heat pump in a typical installation has been estimated for three locations in the United Kingdom. Comparisons made of the heat pump performance with electric resistance, oil and gas heating systems using an annualised life-cycle cost method of analysis showed that the heat pump offers economic advantages over the electric resistance heaters and the oil-fired boiler, but is not an economic alternative to the gas-fired central-heating system. To become competitive with gas-fired boilers, either the capital cost of the heat pump must be substantially reduced or its seasonal coefficient of performance increased by about 50%. A heat pump can be economically attractive when it is integrated into existing fuel-fired central-heating systems or when it is used with thermal storage and run on economy 7 electricity.

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  • Tassou, S.A. & Marquand, C.J. & Wilson, D.R., 1986. "Energy and economic comparisons of domestic heat pumps and conventional heating systems in the British climate," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 24(2), pages 127-138.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:24:y:1986:i:2:p:127-138
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    1. Renaldi, R. & Kiprakis, A. & Friedrich, D., 2017. "An optimisation framework for thermal energy storage integration in a residential heat pump heating system," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 186(P3), pages 520-529.
    2. Lazaros Aresti & Paul Christodoulides & Gregoris P. Panayiotou & Georgios Florides, 2020. "Residential Buildings’ Foundations as a Ground Heat Exchanger and Comparison among Different Types in a Moderate Climate Country," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(23), pages 1-22, November.
    3. Navarro-Espinosa, Alejandro & Mancarella, Pierluigi, 2014. "Probabilistic modeling and assessment of the impact of electric heat pumps on low voltage distribution networks," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 127(C), pages 249-266.

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