Heat Pump Load profile simulation

Hi,

I'm looking into the best way to simualte a heat pump using the house heating system model provided by mathworks. I was wondering if anyone has modelled a heat pump using weather data (say for the past year) and generated load profiles from this. I'm sure I'll need to modify the model as it's based off of a regular heater (not figured this out yet) but was wondering if anyone has attempted something like this and how they did it.

Thanks!

[Ahmed Muhammad]

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[Jack]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I will provide the answer for this now.

Answer 1

[Jack]

You can modify the house heating system model to simulate a heat pump load profile by adjusting it to reflect heat pump dynamics. This typically involves incorporating a coefficient of performance (COP) for the heat pump, adding compressor control logic, and using historical weather data (such as temperature profiles) as an external input. For example, you can import a year’s worth of weather data into Simulink using a "From File" or "From Workspace" block, and then modify the heating model parameters so that the heat pump behavior (including its efficiency changes with outdoor temperature) is represented accurately. After running the simulation, you can extract the load profile from the model output to analyze the heat pump’s performance under realistic conditions.

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[Ahmed Muhammad]

there is already residential heat pumps ready examples on matlab with all you stated (Resdential air source heat pump) the issue is while viewing the cop and the compresseor electric consumbtion i assume or i see that the objective of these examples is providing the required temprature 24 hours per day for the house as if the house is always heated to the required temperature without having a real load profile for the house and my question is how can i adjust the control to output an operation to follow a certain load profile maybe with a lookup table but it really not that easy