The discrepancy between heat pump field and test performance: A simulation study |
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Authors: | J T McMullan R Morgan D W Hughes |
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Abstract: | A discrepancy is reported whereby laboratory measurements of the COPh of air-to-water heat pumps yield performace data which are significantly inferior to seasonal values as measured in the field. A mechanism is proposed to account for this and example calculations show that improvements of up to 20 per cent can be expected over normal laboratory estimates. |
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Keywords: | Heat pumps Heat pump performance Heating Heating system simulation |
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