Digital services for heat pumps
Digital services such as advanced modelling, big data methods and augmented reality are not yet widespread in the heat pump industry, although they can be essential for market penetration and decarbonisation. Research is being carried out into how such services can be utilised throughout their life cycle – expertise is being collated in an international database and disseminated within the industry.
Project goals
The project aims to assess and highlight the potential of using digital methods and services for heat pumps. It seeks to answer the question of how digital services for heat pumps can be utilised in various areas of application throughout the equipment’s life cycle – from product design, through testing, integration, operation and maintenance. The dissemination of this knowledge is intended to promote the use of digital services in the heat pump industry, with a view to increasing the market penetration of heat pumps and thereby advancing the decarbonisation of the heating and cooling sector.
Role of the AIT
The planned national project activities include:
- Design of the international database for the documentation and wide dissemination of digital methods and services for heat pumps and their components that have already been implemented
- Collection of current scientific literature and preparation of the results for the knowledge database
- Expansion of the national knowledge base:
- Survey of digital services provided by national heat pump and component manufacturers
- For heat pump testing/certification: evaluation of a new heat pump testing method using dynamic operating conditions
- Heat pump integration: validation of the AR app developed by AIT for acoustically optimised heat pump placement (known as the ‘HVAC Positioner’)
- Analysis of information on digital services in comparison with the other participating countries; evaluation of barriers and development needs, with a focus on outstanding scientific and technical issues to be resolved
- Various dissemination and communication measures to share the know-how gained from the national project, as well as the results and findings from the international project, within the heat pump industry
Funding
This project is being carried out as part of the IEA research cooperation on behalf of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure.
