Factsheets on heat pump operation optimization
56Cost and emission reduction by optimized heat pump operation and grid services in balancing and ancillary service markets
Optimal utilization of several asset types including heat pumps for district heating supply
The PreHEAT cloud offers data-based services for connected heat pumps, such as advanced control, variable tariffs and can be expanded to specialized services to the electricity markets
Unlocking synergies between small-scale excess heat sources and district heating networks
Aims to reduce heat production costs for the system and to ensure that heat pumps can help stabilize the current and future electricity system.
Development of concepts regarding optimizing the operating conditions of the heat pump and monitoring of the heat pump for giving notifications when the heat pump is ill and points out the component causing the illness
Decarbonizing energy consumption in buildings by developing integrated renewable energy-based solutions for achieving the EU energy and climate goals
System-wide optimization of a house as energy consumer and producer by using control strategies for optimizing the self-consumption of PV electricity
Support development of large-scale heat pump systems for faster response time and hence e.g. exploit their potential with regards to sector coupling
Provides opportunity for test of heat pumps systems in future flexible energy systems with sector coupling
Reducing the effort for creating digital twins in order to improve services for large-scale heat pumps and refrigeration systems
Trusted Data Sharing platform with 24/7 access to energy related data and digital tools
Improved information-and data communication infrastructure within the area of individual heat pumps to support flexible operation in smart grid systems
System to monitor and optimize the indoor climate based on objective and subjective measurements
Combined hardware/software solution to provide live transparent performance monitoring of heat pumps and early warning systems for predictive maintenance (to be implemented)
Software program with a user interface which enable fleet management of typically residential heat pumps or other ventilation products
The platform myUpway provides online monitoring and control services, including surveillance of heat pumps energy consumption and fault alarms as well as remote control possibilities for METRO THERM products
research project that studies and develops next-generation technology for optimal control of heat-pump systems, in particular a “install-and-forget” type of system for retrofitting of residential heat pumps
Research project to develop data-driven heat pump models which would estimate the power consumption of a heat pump using data measured during operation from current installations
A data driven lab is being developed for heat pump systems, which acts as a virtual platform to improve heat pumps control strategies, fault detection and diagnosis and communication with local energy grids
Combined hardware/software solution including an intelligent compressor module, a gateway, a cloud, a heat pump controller and a smart connect app, providing troubleshooting, data analysis, commissioning tools, monitoring and end-user apps.
Smart replacement expansion valve for superheat control for HVAC systems with 30-500 kW heat supply capacity
Large air/water heat pump system operated on excess electricity from wind to substitute natural gas in a district heating network in Austria
Heat pump product by the Austrian manufacturer iDM which optimizes electricity consumption as a function of hourly electricity prices and that allows for increasing PV self-consumption
IoT enabled heat pump by KNV/Nibe with Smart-Price-Adaption based on hourly electricity prices, which anticipates weather changes based on online weather forecasts
Protective gear for heat pumps and cooling units based on monitoring data with gateway solution for fault detection and diagnosis
Research project on performance optimization of batch processes with the help of digital twins, the use case was a heat pump during performance testing on a test bench.
Research project on online, predictive, and holistic, reconfigurable control for industrial energy supply systems with energy storage, flexible consumers for electricity networks (demand side management with dynamic tariffs), increased efficiency by optimum control of the system and waste heat recovery with high temperature heat pumps
Development of a soft sensor based on vibration measurements of a heat pump fan
Research project on the avoidance of heat pump efficiency losses by digital operation analysis” (e.g. recognition of wrong parameter settings)
IoT solution for remote diagnostics for heat pumps to guarantee efficient and safe operation of the HP and facilitate maintenance workflows
Digital twin of heat generator systems as an enabler for the development of low-emission building energy technology – DZWi (DE)
Research project on development of a digital representation of different energy conversion systems (heat pump/fuel cell) and an infrastructure for Hardware-in-the-loop test to shorten development times
ZEB Laboratory office building with connected heat pumps to optimize the use of on-site generated electricity and heat storage