Wash Tub
Wash Tub Gets Hot Water and Cold Air with the Same Equipment and Energy
In a laundry, the washers, dryers, air conditioner, water heater, and even the vending machines create lots of unwanted heat. But, that heat is the solution to the problem if you can capture it.
Wash Tub coin laundry needs to supply customers with tons of 140 degree water while keeping them cool and comfortable. We showed Wash Tub how heat pump water heaters could solve both these needs.
Innovations — Wash Tub purchased and installed two, five-ton heat pump water heaters in its laundry. The new heaters absorb the waste heat and redirect it to a water tank. Heat pump water heaters give you hot water at nearly one half the cost of heating water with electric resistance elements. The byproduct of this system is cool air, which you can direct wherever you need it.
Findings - This simple heat transfer really pays off for Wash Tub:
- Low cost hot water
- Almost free air conditioning
- Savings of $3,000 annually