A Money Saving Trick For Phoenix Air Conditioning Rises From the Deep

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Most of the systems for Phoenix air conditioning depend on electricity as their power source.  Electricity is the energy taking the heat from our homes to leave us with a comfortable inside.  But there is rising popularity for a new mechanism to be employed.  While this may not be the most applicable to our desert region, it may still have use given all the community lakes we've got around in the valley.  Deep water source cooling.

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Deep water source cooling is the practice of pumping water from the bottom of a water source be used to cool a home.  The water near the bottom of a deep body of water rests around 38 F.  Taking advantage of this, HVAC systems pump water from a nearby body of water such as a lake or a river.  The water is pumped up to the house and used to cool refrigerant, keeping the house cool with minimal electrical input.

Deep water source cooling is more effective because it doesn’t try to “push” the heat “uphill.”  Instead, it takes the heat and lets it naturally move to a cooler environment, one that specifically has a very high specific temperature, or the amount of energy required to raise its temperature.  A simple change in where the heat is being moved to can make our air conditioning much more effective!

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This kind of cooling may remind you of geothermal cooling, where heat is pumped to the cool Earth below us.  The principle is very similar, but the work needed to install each system can be very different.

Deep water source cooling is growing in popularity, especially in regions abounding in natural lakes.  Its application as a way to cheaply and effectively cool a home makes it a popular choice for those who are able to set the system up.  But as its applications grow, we may see Phoenix air conditioning systems using deep water source cooling more extensively.