Periodic Reporting for period 1 - LAB2SHAPE (Setup of a laboratory to analyse heat pump performance)
Période du rapport: 2021-01-18 au 2022-01-17
- air to air heat pumps,
- air to water heat pumps,
- water (brine) to water (brine) heat pumps,
- water (brine) to air heat pumps and,
- domestic hot water heat pumps
can be determined in a reliable and reproducible way according to the following European Norms:
- EN 14511,
- EN 14825 and
- EN 16147.
Quality labels such as EHPA (European Heat Pump Association) and KEYMARK and their requirements were also investigated. The design effort has been limited with the performance testing of electrically driven residential heat pumps with a maximum thermal heating/cooling capacity of 20 kW. Within this context, the test facility is sized within the guideline of the mentioned European standards and considering different parameters such as the type of heat pumps, their capacity range, efficiency (COP/EER values at different test conditions), defrost mode etc.
The heat pump market is growing very rapidly and heat pumps are expected to be the main heating/cooling solution in Europe by 2040. Therefore, the number of manufacturers and hence the number of products in the market is expected to show a similar increase. It is believed that the problems and hence questions related to the implementation of heat pumps will increase in the near future in line with these developments. We believe that a new heat pump laboratory will allow us to contribute to the solutions of such problems by creating reliable performance data and knowledge for manufacturers and end-users. It is also expected that having such a laboratory with cutting-edge technology will allow us to contribute to the development/revision of heat pump standards and regulations by taking part in national as well as European technical committees for standardization.