Comments on the DOE heat-pump test procedures and the demand-defrost results of Ulrich Bonne
Abstract
Several subjects that relate to the DOE test procedures for heat pumps are discussed. First, testimony is considered which contests the demand defrost control system credit of the test procedures. The conclusions reached from this testimony are the opposite of those obtained by SAI using the heat pump seasonal performance Model (HPSPM). The causes of the differences are discussed. The test procedure heating season weather data as compared to the HPSPM weather data and NOAA weather data is also discussed. The annual heating requirements determined by test procedure calculations as compared to HPSPM and other results are described along with the test procedure heating season load models as compared to the HPSPM loads.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- August 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980STIN...8132442.
- Keywords:
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- Heat Pumps;
- Performance Tests;
- Space Heating (Buildings);
- Annual Variations;
- Energy Consumption;
- Weather;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer