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Looking at the data it would appear that your heat pump is still working and maintaining the IAT during the setback period, so the setback does not ap...
Quite some time ago I created an Excel Modeling Tool with which it is possible to approximate the operating parameters of a heat pump under varying op...
Don't confuse SCOP with COP. You are indeed correct your costs will be much higher in Winter than in Summer, not just because you are using more ele...
Having just read your original post I feel there is need for clarification. If my understanding is correct, SCOP is the 'seasonal' coefficient of pe...
@graeme You may find the following link of use.
Improved insulation will have an impact on both COP and SCOP, since reducing the thermal energy demand should improve the efficiency. The simple fac...
In an ideal world a heat pump unit would contain two compressors, a nominal 12kW capacity heat pump having one compressor rated at 8kW and one compres...
@jamespa I fully agree with James that a HT heat pump will probably be no more costly to run than a LT heat pump when operating at the same LWT. I...
It is difficult to assess from just a small section of the data, but the rated capacity of a heat pump is based upon the thermal energy output, not th...
@irmartini The heat loss calculation should detail the estimated amount of thermal energy required each hour to keep the rooms at the specified temp...
Some photo's of your system may be of use in resolving your problem. Before the system was changed did you have one dual rate meter or two single rate...
As more consumers install EV chargers, Heat Pumps and even battery storage, this may help reduce phase imbalance, if they are evenly spread across the...
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