TY - GEN
T1 - Low-cost control system built upon consumer-based electronics for supervisory control of a gas-operated heat pump
AU - Wetherington, Randall
AU - Mahderekal, Isaac
AU - Abu-Heiba, Ahmad
AU - Vineyard, Ed
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 U.S. Government.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - A preliminary evaluation of the performance of a consumer-based control system was conducted by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Southwest Gas as part of a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) authorized by the Department of Energy (DOE) (Mahderekal etal.2013).The goal of the research was to evaluate the low-cost approach as a solution for implementing a supervisory control system for a residential gas-operated heat pump. The design incorporated two consumer-based microcontrollers; the Arduino Mega-2650 and the BeagleBone (white). Ten five-ton (17.6kW) heat pump systems were designed, fabricated, and operationally tested in the Las Vegas, NV region. A robust data set was produced that allowed detailed assessment of the reliability and the operational performance of the newly developed control system. Experiences gained from the test provided important points of improvement for subsequent evolution of the heat pump technology.
AB - A preliminary evaluation of the performance of a consumer-based control system was conducted by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Southwest Gas as part of a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) authorized by the Department of Energy (DOE) (Mahderekal etal.2013).The goal of the research was to evaluate the low-cost approach as a solution for implementing a supervisory control system for a residential gas-operated heat pump. The design incorporated two consumer-based microcontrollers; the Arduino Mega-2650 and the BeagleBone (white). Ten five-ton (17.6kW) heat pump systems were designed, fabricated, and operationally tested in the Las Vegas, NV region. A robust data set was produced that allowed detailed assessment of the reliability and the operational performance of the newly developed control system. Experiences gained from the test provided important points of improvement for subsequent evolution of the heat pump technology.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85041458701
T3 - ASHRAE Transactions
SP - 72
EP - 79
BT - ASHRAE Transactions
PB - American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
T2 - 2017 ASHRAE Annual Conference
Y2 - 24 June 2017 through 28 June 2017
ER -