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Assessment of a domestic heat pump 1: The house/heat‐pump interaction
Author(s) -
Carrington C. G.,
CoxSmith I. R.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/er.4440130607
Subject(s) - heat pump , air source heat pumps , environmental science , hybrid heat , coefficient of performance , heating system , storage heater , nuclear engineering , engineering , waste management , meteorology , mechanical engineering , heat exchanger , geography
The operating environment for a domestic air‐air heat pump installation is examined using data from a field monitoring study. The unit, which is used for heating only, has a seasonal COP of 2.7 ± 0.2. The system experiences a wide range of return air temperatures, which are also low compared with those of normal designs. We show that this is partly caused by the heating patterns adopted by the occupants, by which the primary living area is well heated but the secondary area receives background heating only.