Is The Air From A Geothermal System Dry?
Furnaces that burn fossil fuels have a heat exchanger that the combustion gases pass through before being exhausted to the atmosphere. The entering air is circulated around it to be heated and then distributed throughout the house. Heat exchanger temperatures typically range from three to four hundred degrees. These high temperatures burn the moisture out of the heated air leaving it dry and uncomfortable. With a geothermal heat pump, the entering air is circulated around an evaporator coil with an average temperature of one hundred and ten degrees. The air looses no humidity through this transference of heat. These systems are generally set up to run at lower fan speeds for longer periods of time to distribute the warm air quietly and more evenly.
Related Questions
- Since the AquaStar does not dry out the air like a typical air conditioner, just how much humidity would this system create?
- What is the advantage of a Geothermal Heat Pump (GHP) system over a conventional Air Source heat pump system?
- How does the Earth to Air System differ from conventional water-source geothermal systems?
