NREL Tests Integrated Heat Pump Water Heater Performance in Different Climates (Fact Sheet)

Program Document · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1034216· OSTI ID:1034216

This technical highlight describes NREL tests to capture information about heat pump performance across a wide range of ambient conditions for five heat pump water heaters.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Building Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1034216
• Report Number(s): NREL/FS-5500-53765; DOE/GO-102012-3313; TRN: US201203%%499
• Resource Relation: Related Information: Building America: Technical Highlight, Building Technologies Program (BTP)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
APPLIANCES
CLIMATES
COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE
COOLING SYSTEMS
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
HEAT PUMPS
HEAT SOURCES
HEATERS
HEATING
HEATING SYSTEMS
HOT WATER
HUMIDITY
NATURAL GAS
PERFORMANCE
SIMULATION
TARGETS
TESTING
WATER HEATERS
heat pump water heater (HPWHS)
HPWH
BEopt building energy optimization software
air conditions