Assertion: heat pump | /r/CapableOf | move thermal energy
Facets:
value: by absorbing heat
type: MANNER
value: against its spontaneous direction of flow
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: always
type: TEMPORAL
value: to a warmer one
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: from a cooler environment
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Heat pumps move thermal energy in the opposite direction of spontaneous heat transfer, by absorbing heat from a cold space and releasing it to a warmer one.
text: The key is that unlike an electric coil or a flame, the heat pump does not create the thermal energy, it moves thermal energy that already exists.
text: A heat pump is always moving thermal energy from a cooler environment to a warmer one.
text: Heat pumps are designed to help move thermal energy against its spontaneous direction of flow by absorbing the heat in a cold space and moving to release it in a warm space.
text: Heat pumps move thermal energy in the opposite direction of spontaneous heat flow by absorbing heat from a cold space and releasing it to a warmer one.