The viability of heat pumps for the heating of swimming pools in South Africa

Gideon P. Greyvenstein and Josua P. Meyer

Energy, 1991, vol. 16, issue 7, 1031-1037

Abstract: The viability of heat pumps for the heating of swimming pools in South Africa is investigated. The life-cycle cost of a heat-pump heating system is calculated and this cost is compared to the life-cycle cost of a solar-heating system. The economic advantages of heat pumps over solar-heating systems are assessed as functions of geographical location, swimming-pool temperature, swimming-pool size, swimming season, electricity tariff, and type of pool (covered or uncovered).

Date: 1991
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DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(91)90063-R

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