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The heat pump can work as an Air Source Heat Pump (ASHP) or as a Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP), visualised in the figures below. The evaporator side of an ASHP extracts it's energy from the ambient air, while a GSHP extracts it's energy from the underground.
The sine wave for the GSHP can be altered to represent the underground temperature. The amount the temperature fluctuates (Amplitude) depends on the depth. The period is one year to accurately simulate one year.
The Hysopt software determines the heat flow of the heat pump using COP- and power tables. The data required for these tables can be found in the manufacturer's technical brochures.
This procedure is used to parameterize the heat pump and booster heat pump.
Image 3: Technical brochure example
Please note that some technical brochures only mention the heat flow and not the electrical power. The latter can be determined using following formula:
Pelectrical = Qheating/COP
Hysopt requires these table values to be provided in CSV format (comma separated values), preview tables can be downloaded from Hysopt (A = download; B = upload).
When you open the downloaded COP table you notice that the first column represents the inflow temperature of the evaporator, the second column the outflow temperature of the condensor and the third column the COP. Adjusting the power table is done in a similar way as the COP table, the difference is that now the 3rd column represents the electric power. Below you can see a completed COP table and power table according to the manufacturing datasheet above.
Image 4: COP table example
Image 5: Power table example
It's also possible to input a modulating heatpump, therefore the user needs to make an extra fourth column in both CSV files named "modulation".
When the heatpump uses a modulation between one or two compressors, the user needs to adjust both CSV files with the corresponding information in the manufacturing datasheet of the heatpump. Below you can see a completed power table with a modulation of 50% or 1 compressor and a modulation of 100% or 2 compressor. For simulation the user needs to make an external control loop that is connected to the activation signal of the heatpump, this needs to be a signal of 0,5 (use of one compressor) or 1 (use of two compressors).
When the heatpump has a continuous modulation between 20% and 100%, the user also needs to adjust the CSV files corrosponding with the minimum and maximum modulation. Below you can see a completed power table with a continuous modulation between 20% and 100%. For simulation the user needs to provide a continuous control signal (for example the manipulated value of a PI-controller) to the activation signal of the heatpump. Depending on the incoming signal, the COP and electrical power is interpolated between minimum and maximum modulation.
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Image 6: Power table example with modulation with one or two compressors. Image 7: Power table example with continuous modulation.