recordGenericHeatPump

Parameters for the heat recovery heat pump in energy transfer station

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Parameters that describe the performance of the heat pump, and design quantities such as temperatures and design mass flow rates of the heat pump.

The performance table in datHea are used to describe the change in performance for off-design conditions. The heat pump's heating capacity is, however, determined solely by the parameters QHeaDes_flow_nominal for the desired heating capacity at the leaving condenser temperature THeaConLvg_nominal and the leaving evaporator temperature THeaEvaLvg_nominal. The performance table for the evaporator heat flow rate and the electricity consumption are then scaled up or down to meet this capacity. This scaled capacity is stored in datHeaSca, and used during the simulation.

The record also computes the cooling capacity at the design conditions TCooConLvg_nominal and TCooEvaLvg_nominal, and stores it in the parameter QCooAct_flow_nominal. This can then be compared to the desired cooling capacity QCooDes_flow_nominal.

The model also computes the COP for heating and for cooling at the design temperatures THeaConLvg_nominal and THeaEvaLvg_nominal for heating and TCooConLvg_nominal and TCooEvaLvg_nominal for cooling. These are for reporting only and not used in the heat pump model.

Parameters

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Modelica.Units.SI.HeatFlowRateQConHeaNoSca_flow_nominalModelica.Blocks.Tables.Internal.getTable2DValue(tableID = tableID_QCon_flow, u1 = THeaConLvg_nominal, u2 = THeaEvaLvg_nominal)Heating capacity based on table at heating design condition, without any scaling
RealscaFacQHeaDes_flow_nominal/QConHeaNoSca_flow_nominalScaling factor at heating design conditions
Modelica.Units.SI.PowerPEleCooNoSca_nominalModelica.Blocks.Tables.Internal.getTable2DValue(tableID = tableID_PEle, u1 = TCooConLvg_nominal, u2 = TCooEvaLvg_nominal)Electricity use at cooling design conditions based on table, without any scaling
Modelica.Units.SI.HeatFlowRateQConCooNoSca_flow_nominalModelica.Blocks.Tables.Internal.getTable2DValue(tableID = tableID_QCon_flow, u1 = TCooConLvg_nominal, u2 = TCooEvaLvg_nominal)Heating capacity based on table at cooling design condition, without any scaling
Modelica.Units.SI.HeatFlowRateQEvaCooNoSca_flow_nominal-(QConCooNoSca_flow_nominal - PEleCooNoSca_nominal)Cooling capacity based on table at cooling design condition, without any scaling
Modelica.Units.SI.HeatFlowRateQCooAct_flow_nominalscaFac*QEvaCooNoSca_flow_nominalActual cooling capacity at cooling design condition, taking into account scaling
RealCOPHea_nominalQConHeaNoSca_flow_nominal/Modelica.Blocks.Tables.Internal.getTable2DValue(tableID = tableID_PEle, u1 = THeaConLvg_nominal, u2 = THeaEvaLvg_nominal)COP heating, at heating design conditions
RealCOPCoo_nominal-QEvaCooNoSca_flow_nominal/PEleCooNoSca_nominalCOP cooling, at cooling design conditions
Modelica.Blocks.Types.ExternalCombiTable2DtableID_QCon_flowModelica.Blocks.Types.ExternalCombiTable2D("NoName", "NoName", datHea.tabQCon_flow, Modelica.Blocks.Types.Smoothness.LinearSegments, Modelica.Blocks.Types.Extrapolation.LastTwoPoints, false)External table object
Modelica.Blocks.Types.ExternalCombiTable2DtableID_PEleModelica.Blocks.Types.ExternalCombiTable2D("NoName", "NoName", datHea.tabPEle, Modelica.Blocks.Types.Smoothness.LinearSegments, Modelica.Blocks.Types.Extrapolation.LastTwoPoints, false)External table object
Performance map
Fluid.HeatPumps.ModularReversible.Data.TableData2D.GenericHeatPumpdatHeaPerformance map for the heat pump without scaling. This map will be scaled based on QHeaDes_flow_nominal using scaFac.
Fluid.HeatPumps.ModularReversible.Data.TableData2D.GenericHeatPumpdatHeaScaPerformance map for the heat pump with scaling. This map determines the actual capacity based on QHeaDes_flow_nominal.
Part load
RealPLRMin0.3Minimum part load ratio
Heating design condition
Modelica.Units.SI.HeatFlowRateQHeaDes_flow_nominalDesired design heating capacity
Modelica.Units.SI.TemperatureTHeaConLvg_nominalNominal condenser leaving temperature at desired heating capacity
Modelica.Units.SI.TemperatureTHeaEvaLvg_nominalNominal evaporator leaving temperature at desired heating capacity
Cooling design condition
Modelica.Units.SI.HeatFlowRateQCooDes_flow_nominalDesired design cooling capacity
Modelica.Units.SI.TemperatureTCooConLvg_nominalNominal condenser leaving temperature at desired cooling capacity
Modelica.Units.SI.TemperatureTCooEvaLvg_nominalNominal evaporator leaving temperature at desired cooling capacity
Condenser
Modelica.Units.SI.TemperatureDifferencedTCon_nominalNominal temperature difference in condenser medium (positive)
Modelica.Units.SI.TemperatureTConLvgMin15 + 273.15Minimum value for condenser leaving temperature
Modelica.Units.SI.MassFlowRatemCon_flow_nominalQHeaDes_flow_nominal/dTCon_nominal/Buildings.Utilities.Psychrometrics.Constants.cpWatLiqNominal medium flow rate in the condenser
Evaporator
Modelica.Units.SI.TemperatureDifferencedTEva_nominalNominal temperature difference in evaporator medium (positive)
Modelica.Units.SI.TemperatureTEvaLvgMax15 + 273.15Maximum value for leaving evaporator temperature
Modelica.Units.SI.MassFlowRatemEva_flow_nominalmax(abs(QCooDes_flow_nominal/dTEva_nominal), abs(QCooAct_flow_nominal/dTEva_nominal))/Buildings.Utilities.Psychrometrics.Constants.cpWatLiqNominal medium flow rate in the evaporator, based on larger of required and actual cooling capacity to ensure actual dTEva is not too large

Revisions

  • November 14, 2025, by Michael Wetter:
    First implementation.
    This is for #4354.