Product Description

"Geothermal Heat Pumps" is the most comprehensive guide to the selection, design and installation of geothermal heat pumps available. This leading manual presents the most recent information and market developments in order to put any installer, engineer or architect in the position to design, select and install a domestic geothermal heat pump system. Internationally respected expert, Karl Ochsner presents the reasons to use heat pumps, introduces basic theory and reviews the wide variety of available heat pump models. Expertly reviewed and adapted for the most geographically broad application possible, the book offers the reader valuable tips for planning and system control using data, graphics and tables from a growing and innovative market.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #99920 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 166 pages

Review
"'Karl Ochsner is someone whose pedigree in the heat pump industry is beyond question' Richard Freeborn, Kensa Engineering, UK"

About the Author
Karl Ochsner founded the OCHSNER Heat Pump Company in 1978 to become one of the first European industrial producers in this field. He is president and shareholder of the corporation. Dr Robin Curtis is Technical Manager for EarthEnergy Ltd, part of the GeoScience Group. He has been promoting and developing the introduction of geothermal heat pumps into the UK market since 1992.

Customer Reviews

Practical, technical book on ground and air source heat pump systems
This appears to be a translation of a German book written by Karl Ochsner. Most of the pictures of heat pump systems in the book are Ochsner heat pumps, so it's a fair assumption the author runs a business designing and selling heat pump systems. The book is relatively short, 146 pages including indices. A lecturer lent me his book for a week (I am a postgraduate student). It's not an exciting read, but I had no trouble getting through it or understanding it. It looked like it could be useful so I bought my own copy. It contains descriptions of a number of different heat pump types, including ground source, water source and air source systems, and their main components. It has a lot of technical detail and practical information for designing and installing heat pump systems. It starts with a couple of chapters on background and theory and then gets down to the nitty gritty. It covers space and water heating systems and also cooling.