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 | | CLYDE SIMPLIFIES SUSTAINABILITY WITH INTEGRATED HEAT PUMP SYSTEM | | | Clyde | | 10/09/2007 | | | The new Bravour “integrated” heat pump unit from Clyde Energy Solutions makes specification and installation simpler than a conventional boiler. Designed for use with a ground source heat collection array, the Clyde Bravour is a single unit that incorporates almost all the elements required for a heat pump driven central heating and hot water system. This means that installation is quick and simple, while the easily removable modular heat pump makes for easy transport and handling.
The new Bravour “integrated” heat pump unit from Clyde Energy Solutions makes specification and installation simpler than a conventional boiler.
Designed for use with a ground source heat collection array, the Clyde Bravour is a single unit that incorporates almost all the elements required for a heat pump driven central heating and hot water system. This means that installation is quick and simple, while the easily removable modular heat pump makes for easy transport and handling.
Since the energy consumed by the unit is generally only used to move and concentrate the heat rather than to generate it, the system delivers more energy than it consumes – giving it a very small carbon footprint.
Available in three output ranges, the Clyde Bravour units include the heat pump itself, a Domestic Hot Water calorifier, a circulation pump for the brine circuit, the central heating pump, a three-way diverting valve for central heating and domestic hot water and expansion vessels for both the central heating water and the brine.
Clyde can also provide advice and help on the appropriate central heating system to use in conjunction with the Bravour heat pump, and works with a number of partner companies that install ground source collection arrays.
In operation, the brine – a water/glycol mixture – is circulated through the heat collection array. This extracts low grade heat from the ground that boils the refrigerant in the heat pump by transferring heat via a plate exchanger. The heat pump compressor upgrades the heat with mechanical work energy, which is then transferred to the heating system via a second heat exchanger. The integral 3-port diverting valve gives priority to the generation of Domestic Hot Water from the tank-in-tank calorifier. There is a 6 kW rapid heat facility to quickly raise the primary heating water temperature when required.
The three models in the Bravour range have outputs of 5, 7 and 10 kW from electrical inputs of 1.27, 1.7 and 2.25 kW respectively. The primary water tank has a 56 litre capacity while the domestic hot water tank has a 200 litre capacity. An integrated controller with optional modem incorporates outside weather compensation means that no additional controls are required and that the system can be operated and monitored remotely.
Building on over 85 years’ expertise in the supply and support of boilers, radiators and heating systems for commercial customers, Clyde Energy Solutions is now complementing these products with sustainable energy systems. As a result of this wider focus Clyde has been restructured into six divisions: Boilers, Radiators, Sustainable Energy, Hot Water Systems, Technical Services, and Consulting. | |
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