They make water to water heat pumps and I have a friend in the well
drilling business that did that with surprising success here in New
England. I would look into a radiator or other sealed heat exchanger to
eliminate the mineral deposit problems.
Larry

At 07:13 PM 6/13/02 +0300, you wrote:
>On Mon, 10 Jun 2002, Jim wrote:
>
> >I have to wonder what the minerals in the water do over
> >time to a condenser -
> >
> >- down here wooden fences in the line of  fire from sprinklers
> >(city/reservoir and some well water) show traces (same pattern
> >as the sprinkler!) of white calcium deposits after awhile ...
>
>I've been thinking about this. Could one not use the spray-cooling method
>on the intake air to the condenser ? This would be done by ducting the
>intake through maybe an empty barrel with nozzles installed on top. The
>direct cooling efficiency would be lower but maybe not that low. Only
>small droplets and water vapor would make it to the condenser.
>
>Peter
>
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