A heat pump is a device used to warm and sometimes also cool buildings by transferring thermal energy.

Types of heat pumps used for buildings include:

• Air source heat pump
• Exhaust air heat pump
• Ground source heat pump (or geothermal heat pump)
• Solar-assisted heat pump

Home appliances that incorporate heat pumps, or work on similar principals, include:

• Air conditioner
• Dehumidifier
• Refrigerator

Electric vehicles often incorporate heat pumps to help manage battery and passenger cabin temperatures.

Heat pump may also refer to:

• Absorption heat pump
• Absorption-compression heat pump
• Direct exchange geothermal heat pump
• Heat pump and refrigeration cycle
  • Hot air engine

See also

• All pages with titles containing Heat pump
• District heating
  • Drammen Heat Pump
• Magnetic refrigeration
• Stirling engine
• Thermoacoustic heat engine
• Thermoelectric cooling (or Peltier heat pump)
• Vortex tube

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