Heat pump technology will play a key role in the future supply of heating and cooling. In order to exploit the potential of this energy supply variant as efficiently as possible, the choice of low-temperature heat source and the most suitable heat exchanger for the respective application is of crucial importance. Improving the concept overview and the comparability of the different approaches in terms of energy, ecological and economic aspects in conjunction with practical construction advice makes the work of those involved in project planning and design considerably easier and ensures quality.
The future:heatpump_II research project serves to expand and optimize the "WPSOURCE" pre-check tool developed as part of the future:heatpump research project for the preliminary design of low-temperature heat sources and heat exchangers for heat pumps. The program takes both renewable and conventional heat and electricity generators into account and combines them into sensible energy concepts with low primary energy consumption and CO2 emissions.
Implementation of additional low-temperature heat exchangers, e.g. in conjunction with heat storage tanks
Consideration of a bivalent operating mode of two heat generators (e.g. base load (heat pump) and peak load (gas boiler))
Expansion of the program's range of applications to include systems with passive building cooling for office buildings
Integration of photovoltaics for power generation and solar thermal energy for domestic hot water heating and heating support