TY - CONF A1 - Wachau, Andre T1 - BAM Test method for heat pumps and Air conditioners N2 - The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) has developed a load-based test method (compensation method) to determine the energy efficency of heat pumps and air conditioners. The method allows for testing with unfixed compressor speed and active control of the unit. Thus, at low part loads the unit under test is allowed to cycle on-off, when the frequency of the compressor drops below its minimum threshold. Therefore, the associated efficiency losses are directly measured and correction calculations as for the current steady state tests become obsolete. In addition, the testing can be performed without the support of the manufacturer by market surveillance authorities, for instance, since no frequency and expansion valve settings are required. To prove that the compensation method is repeatable and reproducible three round robin tests have been organised by BAM. T2 - Informal Meeting of ISO/TC 86/SC 6/TG 13 CY - Online meeting DA - 09.12.2021 KW - Heat pump KW - Air conditioner KW - Load-based testing KW - Energy efficiency KW - Compensation method PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-54848 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Palkowski, Carsten A1 - Schwarzenberg, S. A1 - Simo, Anne T1 - Seasonal cooling performance of air conditioners: The importance of independent test procedures used for MEPS and labels JF - International Journal of Refrigeration N2 - Minimum energy performance standards and labels are commonly used tools to reduce the household energy use thus mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. However, the technical foundation for minimum energy performance standards and labels are test procedures for rating and testing of appliances. To de- termine the seasonal cooling performance of air conditioners, the current test standards require fixing of the compressor speed of the units to achieve steady-state conditions; this way of operation, how- ever, differs from real-life use. To make the seasonal cooling performance testing better reflect the real use conditions, this study proposes a compensation method which can be conducted independently from manufacturer data and still allows modulation of the tested units. Our results show that the tested units behave differently under part-load conditions, which results in a lower energy efficiency rating for some of the tested devices. KW - Air conditioner KW - Independent test method KW - Real use behavior KW - Seasonal energy efficiency ratio KW - Minimum energy performance standards KW - Energy label PY - 2019 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-485813 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2019.05.021 SN - 0140-7007 VL - 104 SP - 417 EP - 425 PB - Elsevier AN - OPUS4-48581 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Palkowski, Carsten T1 - Technical Meeting BAM RRT for Air Conditioner N2 - Kickoff meeting for the BAM round robin test for load-based air conditioner testing. T2 - Kickoff meeting BAM RRT for air conditioner CY - Online meeting DA - 26.03.2020 KW - Air conditioner KW - Round robin test KW - Load-based testing KW - Compensation method KW - Energy efficiency PY - 2020 AN - OPUS4-50716 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -