New algorithm enables cost-optimized operation of residential heat pumps

Researchers in Austria have developed a new predictive control algorithm that can reportedly improve comfort levels in houses equipped with heat pumps. The algorithm also enables price predictions based on analysis of day-ahead electricity prices. Researchers from Austria's University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna have presented a novel, low-tech model predictive control (MPC) algorithm for the grid-friendly operation of heat pumps. It is based on an algorithm introduced last year that was focused on optimizing thermal comfort. In the meantime, the group has enhanced the algorithm ...

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