Optimising Heat Pump technology with the PV/PCM 2
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The benefits to the building user from energy supplied by the PVT panels in both electrical and thermal form are maximised by the state of the art ground source heat exchanger panels supplimaneted by the energy efficiency effects of phase change materials.
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Radiant Floors:
The floor of the community hall in Mayo was upgraded with a heating loop connected to an Air Source heat exchanger. Thin IceTM PCMs supplied by Phase Change Materials Ltd have been co-installed with the heating loop to increase the efficiency of the radiance in an application which was devised and tested by Ulster University
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