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Heat pump and its experimental testing in student laboratories of building physics

KUSÁK, I.; PLŠKOVÁ, I.; NEKORANCOVÁ, A.; MATYSÍK, M.

Original Title

Heat pump and its experimental testing in student laboratories of building physics

English Title

Heat pump and its experimental testing in student laboratories of building physics

Type

WoS Article

Original Abstract

This article describes a heat pump model that was created for teaching master’s students in the field of applied physics (or building physics). The model contains all the essential components used in real commercial heat pumps. Students use this model to learn about the functions of a heat pump, master the principle of transferring heat from a lower temperature to a higher one, and discover why this process does not contradict the second law of thermodynamics. They measure the coefficient of performance (COP) and plot graphs showing the dependence of COP values on time and temperature. The article describes the tasks assigned to students and clearly presents the entire measurement process, including evaluation and discussion of the results. It also includes teaching experiences gathered during several years of operation of previous heat pumps used in teaching. The introduction to this article briefly describes the classification of heat pumps and mentions their properties.

English abstract

This article describes a heat pump model that was created for teaching master’s students in the field of applied physics (or building physics). The model contains all the essential components used in real commercial heat pumps. Students use this model to learn about the functions of a heat pump, master the principle of transferring heat from a lower temperature to a higher one, and discover why this process does not contradict the second law of thermodynamics. They measure the coefficient of performance (COP) and plot graphs showing the dependence of COP values on time and temperature. The article describes the tasks assigned to students and clearly presents the entire measurement process, including evaluation and discussion of the results. It also includes teaching experiences gathered during several years of operation of previous heat pumps used in teaching. The introduction to this article briefly describes the classification of heat pumps and mentions their properties.

Keywords

heat pump, coefficient of performance, computational methods, experimental measurements, student laboratories

Key words in English

heat pump, coefficient of performance, computational methods, experimental measurements, student laboratories

Authors

KUSÁK, I.; PLŠKOVÁ, I.; NEKORANCOVÁ, A.; MATYSÍK, M.

Released

10.06.2026

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Periodical

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Number

47

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

1

Pages to

20

Pages count

20

URL

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6404/ae7221

BibTex

@article{BUT211791,
  author="Ivo {Kusák} and Iveta {Plšková} and Anna {Nekorancová} and Michal {Matysík}",
  title="Heat pump and its experimental testing in student laboratories of building physics",
  journal="EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS",
  year="2026",
  number="47",
  pages="1--20",
  doi="10.1088/1361-6404/ae7221",
  issn="0143-0807",
  url="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6404/ae7221"
}