DC-2798 (RP-247) -- A Computer Model for the Simulation of Multiple Source Heat Pump Performance

A computer model of a multiple-source heat pump may be used to simulate heat pump systems having solar insolation, ambient air, or storage water as energy sources and space air or storage water as energy sinks. The program will determine steady-state performance characteristics of a heat pump interacting with the environment. In the program the heat pump is specified by parameters defining the capacities and efficiencies of its components and parameters defining controls. The environment is specified by the capacities and temperatures of the energy source and sink. The model is based on experimental investigations of a solar-source heat pump and a multiple-source heat pump system for cold climates.