Heat Pump

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-013064",
  "term": "Heat Pump",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. An electric device with both heating and cooling capabilities. It extracts heat from one medium at a lower (the heat source) temperature and transfers it to another at a higher temperature (the heat sink), thereby cooling the first and warming the second.\n\n2. Heating and/or cooling equipment that,during the heating season, draws heat into a building from outside and, during the cooling season, ejects heat from the building to the outside. Heat pumps are vapor-compression refrigeration systems whose indoor/outdoor coils are used reversibly as condensers or evaporators, depending on the need for heating or cooling.",
  "abbreviation": "Closed-Loop Geothermal Heat Pump System",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Environment",
    "DOE Energy Information Administration Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/heat-pump/"
}