Heat Pump Model

This page documents the functionality of the Heat Pump Model (HP model) available in SIMONA. This model is part of the SIMONA simulation framework and represented by an agent. As it is a cross-sector agent (heat/electricity) the usage of a house-heat-model is mandatory. In the following, the HP unit model is described.

Assumptions

The HP unit is able to operate either at full load or not at all. Uncovered heat demand of former time-steps is not considered in the following steps, as the HP unit does not posses a memory.

Parameters

Attributes, Units and Remarks

Please refer to PowerSystemDataModel - HP Model for Attributes and Units used in this Model.

Implemented Behaviour

• Agent Objectives The objective of the HP agent is to cover the given heat demand of it’s thermal bus in each time-step.

The implemented behaviour is shown in the program sequence plan below. In general, the unit will turn on, if the thermal bus is demanding heat. During operation, the HP unit operates at full utilization.