Heat pumps are mainly classified into three categories according to heat source types
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Pompa di calore a sorgente d'aria: Uses air as the heat source, featuring convenient installation and wide applicability. Commonly used in household air conditioners and air-source water heaters; low-temperature models can operate stably in cold regions.
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Water Source Heat Pump: Utilizes heat from groundwater, surface water or wastewater with higher energy efficiency. Limited by water resource conditions, it is mostly used for central heating and cooling in large buildings.
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Ground Source Heat Pump: Relies on shallow geothermal heat in the soil, offering stable operation and outstanding energy-saving effects. It has relatively high upfront well-drilling construction costs and is suitable for projects such as villas and residential communities
Heat pumps are mainly classified into five categories according to Application
- Heating Heat Pumps: Their core function is winter heating, serving as an alternative to traditional boilers and radiators. Suitable for residences, shopping malls, factories and other scenarios.
- Domestic Hot Water Heat Pumps: Designed specifically for producing domestic hot water, they are widely used in households, hotels, schools, swimming pools and other places.
- Drying Heat Pumps: A type of industrial/commercial dedicated heat pump, they use high-temperature hot air for material drying, commonly applied to agricultural products, traditional Chinese medicinal herbs, timber, food, seafood and industrial products.
- Heat Pumps for Both Cooling and Heating: These integrate cooling and heating functions, providing cooling in summer and heating in winter; some models also support hot water production.
- Special-Purpose Heat Pumps: This category includes swimming pool constant-temperature heat pumps, high-temperature steam heat pumps, cold bath heat pumps, etc.
Heat pumps are mainly classified into three categories according to Core Technology
- Low-Temperature Jet Enthalpy-Increasing Heat Pump: Adopting jet enthalpy-increasing compressor technology, it improves heating capacity and energy efficiency in low-temperature environments through secondary air replenishment.
- High-Temperature Steam Heat Pump: It can produce high-temperature hot water and even low-pressure steam, with outlet water temperature above 80℃. Kolant’s heat pump can provide 80℃~120℃ outlet water
- Ultra-Low Temperature Heat Pump: Specially designed for extremely cold environments, it can operate stably for heating at temperatures as low as -25℃ to -35℃. Kolant’s heat pump can work at Ambient Temperature -35℃.
