Improving Air-Conditioner and Heat Pump Modeling (Presentation made at the Building America Stakeholders Meeting) [Slides]

Program Document · Thu Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 2012

OSTI ID:1053035

Winkler, Jon ^[1]

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1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

A new approach to modeling residential air conditioners and heat pumps allows users to model systems by specifying only the more readily-available SEER/EER/HSPF-type metrics. Manufacturer data was used to generate full sets of model inputs for over 450 heat pumps and air conditioners. A sensitivity analysis identified which inputs can be safely defaulted 'behind-the-scenes' without negatively impacting the reliability of energy simulations.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE EE Office of Building Technologies (EE-2J)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1053035
• Report Number(s): NREL/PR--5500-54361; 5655
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
AIR CONDITIONER
AIR CONDITIONERS
BEOPT
Buildings
CURVE
Electricity, Resources, and Buildings Systems
HEAT PUMP
HEAT PUMPS
HEATING SEASONAL PERFORMANCE FACTOR
HSPF
INPUTS
LIBRARY
MANUFACTURERS
MAP
METRICS
MODELING
PERFORMANCE
RELIABILITY
SEASONAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY RATIO
SEER
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
SIMULATION
STANDARDIZED