Heating Systems
In heating applications, PaceControls technology turns an inefficient heater into a more modern and efficient “pulse” system.
In many heating systems, much of the heat (and the fuel or electricity used to create it) is wasted. PaceControls highly flexible HVACR retrofit solution establishes an optimal pace that allows more efficient heat transfer, boosting the overall effectiveness of the unit. Energy is consumed in much shorter pulses, using less energy to reach the same set point and satisfy the thermostat.
Heating Applications
- Furnaces, boilers, large hot water heaters and heat pumps
- Electric heating equipment of four kilowatts and larger
- Standard efficiency gas-fired or oil-fired heating equipment > 100,000 Btu/hour
- Smaller units with higher loads and/or higher energy costs
PaceControls improves:
- Package air-conditioning/heating units
- Split system air-conditioning/heating units
- Heat pumps (air source)
- Heat pumps (water source)
- Electric resistance heating and preheating units
- Boilers (natural gas-fired and fuel oil-fired)
- Furnaces (natural gas-fired and fuel oil-fired)
- Hot water heaters (electric)
- Hot water heaters (natural gas-fired and propane-fired)
- Industrial process heating equipment
Heat Pumps
The PaceControls technology is also very effective on both the compressor and supplementary heat components of heat pumps. In the heating cycle, the run time for the compressor function is increased to reduce reliance on less-efficient supplementary heat. A second installation on the supplementary heat unit then works as in other heating applications.
For example, natural gas and oil furnaces may heat their combustion chambers to temperatures of hundreds of degrees Fahrenheit, but the water used for heating may only need to be heated to 140°F–while the controlled-space thermostat is satisfied at a much lower air temperature of perhaps 70°F! Similarly, electric resistance heating units are energized longer than necessary to meet air-temperature thermostat set points.