Research Summary and Literature Review on Modelling and Simulation of Heat Pumps for Simultaneous Heating and Cooling for Buildings

A heat pump for simultaneous heating and cooling (HPS) is a refrigeration machine by which the productions of energies are simultaneously valorized. This introductory article presents uses under form an analysis thermal demands different types buildings literature review real installations experimental systems, basis construction numerical models. The applications HPSs diverse: space cooling, domestic hot water (DHW), desalination process, etc. Means methods improving performance cycles management cold developed, including modeling simulation. New circuit architectures were designed. focus paid on refrigerants. Prototypes combining heating-cooling, heating-cooling-DHW cooling-desalination have been built tested to validate Even though strong simultaneity essential, results show that generally very efficient systems.