Aerothermia: What is it and how it works

Aerothermia: What is it and how it works

By Dr. Kyle Muller

Are you looking for how to regulate the temperature of your home in a way as sustainable as possible? Aerothermia can be precisely what you need. For both cooling and heating and to heat sanitary water, this is one of the best options today. In addition, you may be interested to know that a way to get this temperature regulation even more sustainable and ecological is with the combination of it with photovoltaic solar energy.

If you want to know this type of energy to regulate the temperature, continue reading this ecology article, because we tell you everything about What is aerothermia and how it worksjust as you can install it at home.

What is aerothermia

Aerothermia It is a technology that Obtain air energy And, from this, hot water needs, heating and cooling at home or office are covered.

This technology that began to appear a decade ago, is increasing Viessmann.

The fact of working with air makes this technique of regulation of the ambient temperature and water consider a Ecological optionrespectful of the environment and, after all, part of the environment of Renewable energiesthat over time they achieve more followers around the world for a variety of reasons, both related to the care of the environment and the economy of the home.

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How aerothermia works

Aerothermia is a clean technology which is responsible for obtaining the thermal energy found in the air and transforming it into the form of heating, cooling or hot water for the home. This is done thanks to the aerothermal heat pump system. Outside the house an exterior unit is installed that is responsible for collecting the energy of the air and transferring it to the interior circuit of the home, becoming An ecological and economic system of hot water, heating and cooling (using both radiant soil and Fancoils and BT radiators).

The process of Aerothermia operation is:

  1. In a part known as evaporator, the air of the surroundings from outside the house enters. In this part of the system there is the thermal energy exchange and, when this happens, the coolant evaporates.
  2. The result of the evaporated refrigerant goes to a compressor that compresses it and this increases the temperature.
  3. This compressed gas goes to a condenser that performs the gas condensation process to convert it again into liquid, which when suffering this process releases thermal energy, and the liquid is again as a refrigerant. Thus, this energy released is what is used to transfer it to the home through the chosen air conditioning system (radiant soil, fancoils, etc.).
  4. The remaining refrigerant liquid is directed towards the expansion valve, which will lower the pressure and temperature of the liquid and this can return to the evaporator to start the entire aerothermia process again.

In addition, there is the possibility that this system is in two parts (SPLIT Aerothermia System), leaving a unit inside the house and another unit abroad, or, in a single exterior unit (monobloc aerothermal system).

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ADVANTAGES OF AEROTHERMIA

These are the Main advantages of aerothermia at home:

  • Do not use storable fuels, so you don’t have to worry about your supply.
  • It does not generate waste when using it, because not using fuels is a clean system.
  • What it uses instead of a fuel is air, so it is considered a system respectful of the environment or environment and is part of renewable energies, which are the future.
  • It provides energy savings greater than other systems to regulate environment and water temperature. In this way, installing aerothermia at home you can reach maximum energy efficiency in your home.
  • It is one of the most complete systems that exist today, since it allows you to cover the needs of your family: cooling, heating and hot water.
  • This system has a very low level of noise, so if the sound level of a heating or cooling device worries you, with this you will not have to think about it.
  • Although an initial investment is required, the maintenance of aerothermia is minimal, so at half-long term it is considered a better option than other systems.

How to install airermia at home

If knowing her better now you want Install aerothermia in your homeand even combine it with photovoltaic, do not hesitate to look for the best options in the area where you reside and surroundings.

A great solution for energy management at home is to combine the installation of photovoltaic solar technology with heat pump systems, where in Viessmann It takes a step further: not only performs the combination of both systems optimizing energy performance but the Viessmann heat pumps take advantage of the photovoltaic energy surplus to store it as thermal energy which makes high self -consumption rates can be achieved.

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Kyle Muller
About the author
Dr. Kyle Muller
Dr. Kyle Mueller is a Research Analyst at the Harris County Juvenile Probation Department in Houston, Texas. He earned his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Texas State University in 2019, where his dissertation was supervised by Dr. Scott Bowman. Dr. Mueller's research focuses on juvenile justice policies and evidence-based interventions aimed at reducing recidivism among youth offenders. His work has been instrumental in shaping data-driven strategies within the juvenile justice system, emphasizing rehabilitation and community engagement.
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