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Cold Climate Heat Pumps Sizing - Problem Set 2.1

Source(s) or Contributor(s)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Question
  1. What approach to sizing single-stage heat pumps has been recommended traditionally?
    1. Oversize the cooling capacity and right-size the heating capacity.
    2. Undersize the cooling capacity and undersize or oversize the heating capacity.
    3. Right-size the cooling capacity, even if it means the heating capacity is undersized.
    4. Oversize the cooling capacity and oversize the heating capacity.