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heat pump

device that transfers thermal energy in the opposite direction of spontaneous heat transfer, typically using a vapor-compression cycle
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heat pump
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Summary

heat pump ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,049 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: heat engine[2]
  • Commons category: Heat pumps[3]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Heat pumps[4]
  • Described at URL: https://www.dw.com/en/heat-pumps-what-are-they-and-how-do-they-work/a-62852353[5]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[6], Project Drawdown[7]
  • Uses: heat[8], refrigeration[9], cooling[10], thermodynamics[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Climate change[12]

Why It Matters

heat pump has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

thermodynamics

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . dw.com. Retrieved . dw.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . dw.com. Retrieved . dw.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · Sadads · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → device that transfers thermal energy in the opposite direction of spontaneous he
    Has goal → Q179635
    Instance of → Q11016
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Instance of: technology"
  2. 11w ago · Back ache · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Uses → heat, refrigeration, cooling +1
    Harper's tag → heat-pumps
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Uses: Vapor-compression refrigeration"
  3. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 74zYP
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0005963-tepelna-cerpadla
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0005963-tepelna-cerpadla, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Uses → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Heat pumps
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → heat engine
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ Yso id: 19364, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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