Archive for September, 2010
History and Development of Heat Pumps
The development of the heat pumps can be traced back to the mid 1800’s. In 1748 William Cullen demonstrated artificial refrigeration, 1834 Jacob Perkins built a practical refrigerator with diethyl ether, in 1852 Lord Kelvin describes the theory underlying the heat pump, and in 1857 Peter Ritter Von Rittinger developed and built the first heat [...]
