Following trial results showing that SANYO’s new carbon dioxide heat pump for hot water and central heating needs delivers excellent energy performance under normal UK climate conditions, the company is now launching training courses on how to install the product.
The one-day courses will allow apprentices in the UK to gain practical experience of working with CO
2 refrigerant-based systems that deliver heating and hot water in residential and small commercial applications. More specifically, they will familiarise installers with the functionalities of SANYO’s new CO
2 ECO Heating System to achieve hot water temperatures of up to 65°C, thereby avoiding the need for any secondary heating.
The course, partly subsidised by SANYO, will:
- Highlight the differences between carbon dioxide and HFC-based technology
- Demonstrate the applications and benefits of the CO2 ECO system
- Cover the design, installation and maintenance of air-to-water heat pumps
The courses will initially be launched in April at three centres across the United Kingdom, namely the SANYO headquarters in London, the Oceanair Distribution site in Bristol and the Easy Air Conditioning site in Birmingham. Additional training centres are planned to be added throughout 2009.
SANYO’s CO2 based heat pump performance in the UK
The training courses are the next logical step to spread the use of SANYO’s sustainable hot water and central heating device in the UK, after the CO
2 based heat pump had been found to deliver excellent energy performance under UK climate conditions.
A UK trial was carried out at a solid stone-walled, 200-year-old three-bedroom cottage, where the SANYO 9kW CO
2-based heat pump was installed to provide for all heating and domestic hot water needs. The outdoor unit was installed in a temperature-controlled environment allowing the outside air temperature to vary between +20 and -2°C.
A performance analyser monitoring the system recorded a coefficient of performance (COP) of 3.7 with water temperature output of 35°C and an outside temperature of 15°C, and a COP of 2.71 with a flow temperature of 65°C and an outside temperature of 7°C.
