Abstract
Heat pump water heaters (HPWH) in the United States typically feature both a heat pump and at least one electric resistance element for heating. The heat pump is much more efficient than the element but cannot heat the water as quickly. The combination of these two heat sources makes HPWH a perfect candidate for implementing advanced control algorithms to achieve additional energy savings. NREL's Predictive Control of Residential Heat Pump Water Heaters introduces a novel predictive control method that provides optimal setpoint profile for both heat sources based on the patterns discovered from users' hot water use data. A simulation study indicates the Predictive Control of Residential Heat Pump Water Heaters is able to achieve significant energy savings without impacting users' thermal comfort.
- Developers:
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Christensen, Dane [1] ; Jin, Xin [1] ; Maguire, Jeff [1]
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Release Date:
- 2018-10-23
- Project Type:
- Closed Source
- Software Type:
- Scientific
- Programming Languages:
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MATLAB
- Sponsoring Org.:
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USDOEPrimary Award/Contract Number:AC36-08GO28308
- Code ID:
- 94363
- Site Accession Number:
- SWR-13-35
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Country of Origin:
- United States
Citation Formats
Christensen, Dane, Jin, Xin, and Maguire, Jeff.
Predictive Control of Residential Heat Pump Water Heaters [SWR-13-35].
Computer Software.
USDOE.
23 Oct. 2018.
Web.
doi:10.11578/dc.20230120.1.
Christensen, Dane, Jin, Xin, & Maguire, Jeff.
(2018, October 23).
Predictive Control of Residential Heat Pump Water Heaters [SWR-13-35].
[Computer software].
https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20230120.1.
Christensen, Dane, Jin, Xin, and Maguire, Jeff.
"Predictive Control of Residential Heat Pump Water Heaters [SWR-13-35]." Computer software.
October 23, 2018.
https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20230120.1.
@misc{
doecode_94363,
title = {Predictive Control of Residential Heat Pump Water Heaters [SWR-13-35]},
author = {Christensen, Dane and Jin, Xin and Maguire, Jeff},
abstractNote = {Heat pump water heaters (HPWH) in the United States typically feature both a heat pump and at least one electric resistance element for heating. The heat pump is much more efficient than the element but cannot heat the water as quickly. The combination of these two heat sources makes HPWH a perfect candidate for implementing advanced control algorithms to achieve additional energy savings. NREL's Predictive Control of Residential Heat Pump Water Heaters introduces a novel predictive control method that provides optimal setpoint profile for both heat sources based on the patterns discovered from users' hot water use data. A simulation study indicates the Predictive Control of Residential Heat Pump Water Heaters is able to achieve significant energy savings without impacting users' thermal comfort.},
doi = {10.11578/dc.20230120.1},
url = {https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20230120.1},
howpublished = {[Computer Software] \url{https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20230120.1}},
year = {2018},
month = {oct}
}