air to water heat pump
I would like to know if it is possible to simulate an air to water heat pump in OpenStudio.
If it is not possible, what is the best way to represent it?
I can't find the list of added functionality anywhere online, but it's significant!
I received the email from @macumber as part of the developer mailing list. I added it on the #openstudio-1-8-5 channel on Slack (see Edit 3 of my answer here to join and here is a public link to it: release notes
The WaterHeater:HeatPump object may not be able to model products with variable speed compressors (e.g. Daikin Altherma) since you can't enter curves for different speeds. It also requires the use of a tank, though it is possible you could make the tank size small to simulate a tank-less system.
Is there a specific product you want to simulate? Air-to-water heat pump can refer to heat pump water heaters used for domestic hot water, as well as products used mainly for space heating (reverse-cycle chillers, Daikin Altherma, EcoCute, etc.).