Technical Subtopic 2.1: Modeling Variable Refrigerant Flow Heat Pump and Heat Recovery Equipment in EnergyPlus: Task 8.0 - Compare Field Demonstration Building Energy Use to Computer Simulations
Report Number
FSEC-CR-1966-13
Keywords
HVAC; Buildings; Simulation; Heat Pumps; Heating; Variable Refrigerant Flow; Heat pump modeling; Energy simulation; Field performance test; Building energy use
Abstract
The Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) heat pump model was implemented in V7.0.0.036 (Task 2). This report presents the field test condition, describes the validation methodology and discusses the validation results of the VRF heat pump computer model using field measured data. The VRF heat pump field performance test was conducted in the Electric PowerResearch Institute (EPRI) test facility at Knoxville, TN. Field measured performance data collected during heat recover operating mode was not adequate for validation purpose hence, the validation report focused on the heat pump operating mode only.
Date Published
7-15-2013
Identifiers
205
Subjects
Heat pumps; Computer simulation; Buildings--Energy conservation; Energy consumption; Field experiments
Local Subjects
Heat Pumps; Heating; Buildings - HVAC; Simulation
Collection
FSEC Energy Research Center® Collection
STARS Citation
Florida Solar Energy Center and Sharma, Chandan, "Technical Subtopic 2.1: Modeling Variable Refrigerant Flow Heat Pump and Heat Recovery Equipment in EnergyPlus: Task 8.0 - Compare Field Demonstration Building Energy Use to Computer Simulations" (2013). FSEC Energy Research Center®. 205.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fsec/205