Ductless Mini-Split Heat Pump Comfort Evaluation

Technical Report · Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1071978· OSTI ID:1071978

Roth, K; Sehgal, N; Akers, C

Field tests were conducted in two homes in Austin, TX to evaluate the comfort performance of ductless mini-split heat pumps (DMSHPs), measuring temperature and relative humidity measurements in four rooms in each home before and after retrofitting a central HVAC system with DMSHPs.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Building Technologies Program
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1071978
• Report Number(s): DOE/GO-102013-3814; KNDJ-0-40347-00
• Resource Relation: Related Information: Work performed by Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
HEAT PUMP
DUCTLESS MINISPLIT
COMFORT
DEHUMIDIFICATION
RESIDENTIAL
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
FRAUNHOFER CSE
BUILDING AMERICA
Electricity, Resources, and Buildings Systems
Buildings