The biggest heat pumps
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The biggest heat pumps
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#2> The Mannheim heat pump setup will cost €200m ($2.3m; £176m).
Browsing on mobile, I saw no way of contacting them about the mistake.
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#3> The Mannheim heat pump setup will cost €200m ($2.3m; £176m). Browsing on mobile, I saw no way of contacting them about the mistake.
Heh came here to post the same comment, I was somewhat shocked by the alleged power of the almighty dollar ... but it's just a typo of course. Phew. :)
According to Google's built-in exchange rate calculator it should say $235m.
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#4Dumb question, why is the water in the Rhine warm?
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#5> The Mannheim heat pump setup will cost €200m ($2.3m; £176m). Browsing on mobile, I saw no way of contacting them about the mistake.
At that rate the article will be eventually correct, give it few years
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#6Dumb question, why is the water in the Rhine warm?
It isn't. It's just warmer than air in winter
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#7Dumb question, why is the water in the Rhine warm?
It not warm as in ”warmer than the typical living space”, but it is warmer than zero Kelvin, so heat can be extracted from it.
Doing that takes energy, that’s why it is called a heat pump. That moves heat from the water to an already warmer place, against a heat gradient, just as a water pump moves water against a gravity gradient.
If the water were warmer than your typical living space, they wouldn’t need a heat pump; a water pump to pump the water closer to where heat is needed would be sufficient.
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#8Dumb question, why is the water in the Rhine warm?
The river is not warm or warmer than the air. Heat pumps are amazing at extracting thermal energy. I think water is very dense compared to air, thus making the processes more efficient in such a large scale.
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#9> The Mannheim heat pump setup will cost €200m ($2.3m; £176m). Browsing on mobile, I saw no way of contacting them about the mistake.
Looks like its already been corrected