Heat pump control simulator

Dynamic heat pump simulator

Explore continuous vs intermittent heating, temperature set-backs and schedules.

This tool is work in progress. It does not implement defrosts and general implementation is a crude simplification. Help welcome to make this tool better.

Electric input

kWh

Saving vs steady state

Heat output

kWh

Saving vs steady state

COP

Schedule

Time	Set point	Max FlowT
	°C	°C

Building fabric ({{ building.fabric_WK | toFixed(0) }} W/K)

W/K

kWh/K

°C

Control mode:

Auto adapt 3 term PID controller:

Proportional

Integral

Derivative

Weather compensation outside temperature response:

Curve automatically selected based on building heat loss, internal gains and heat emitter spec.

Heat pump capacity

System DT

Heat emitter rated output

@ rated DT

Sytem volume

Outside temperature

°C

Outside temperature swing

°C

Minimum

Maximum

Internal gains:

Body heat (approx 60W per person), Electric consumption for lights, appliances and cooking ~210W (5 kWh/d), solar gains could be added here too.