Air conditioners with heating function are presented in various price categories. The ability to use not only in the heat, but also during the off-season makes such models very popular and attractive to the user.
Heating function for air conditioners
The air conditioner operates on heat in two ways:
- electroten;
- Heat pump.
Electrotenes are more energy consuming. But heated air conditioners of this design are cheaper. With the help of fans, an air stream is driven through the heating element and fed into the room.
The heat pump is the best modern experience in the field of creating air conditioners with warm air.
The principle of its operation is based on the ability to remove heat from the atmosphere, transmitting the air to the room. Even when it is freezing outside, the pump is able to extract heat.
For clarity, we give an example of the air conditioner working on heat. If you moisten the skin with alcohol, the body becomes cold. This means that the alcohol evaporates and takes away heat from the skin. Now imagine that the alcohol does not evaporate, and the heat taken from the body accumulates. Nature has not created a single organism using a similar principle. But it was successfully embodied by the creators of heated air conditioners. The liquid refrigerant is sent to the external unit, where it is forced to boil using special technologies, taking heat from the air.
An economical system allows you to spend at least 1 kilowatt of thermal energy by spending 250 watts.
Characteristics of heat conditioners
Air conditioners with heating function have a wide variety of characteristics:
- cooling power 2 - 10 kilowatts;
- heating power 2.8 - 11 kilowatts;
- in heating mode, air conditioners consume 0.8 - 3 kilowatts;
- service area 20 - 110 sq. meters;
- types of compressors: inverter and non-inverter;
- the presence of coarse and fine filters, air ionization;
- the noise level of the indoor unit 26 - 40 decibels;
- the noise level of the outdoor unit 45 - 55 decibels;
- the maximum length of the cold track is up to 15 meters.
In heating mode, air conditioners operate up to -8 degrees (reversible, without a winter package) or up to -20 degrees (inverter with a winter package).
The best models of air conditioners with warm air operate with a power factor of 98%, which is close to ideal and is achieved using special modulation of the motor.
