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Heat exchangers and pinch integration and Heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration

Their prices have moved together.

Heat exchangers and pinch integration (energy) and Heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration (energy): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: shared components

Cost and price · Strong · Both ways

Heat pumps and air conditioners contain coils and plate exchangers similar to industrial ones. Monthly moves correlate at 0.26 and yearly at 0.81, a common driver from US equipment manufacturing costs.

  • 0.26 monthly change correlation
  • 0.81 12-month change correlation
  • 0.91 fitted elasticity

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.