Patent ID: 6882949
Filing Date: 2005-04-19
Classification: G01M

Abstract:
1. A test system for simultaneously testing a plurality of heat pumps, comprising: an array of testing stations, wherein each of said testing stations includes at least one heating element attached to a first component of a heat pump and wherein each of said testing stations includes at least one sensor connected to a heat pump; a plurality of data acquisition lines each of said plurality of data acqiusition lines connected to a separate sensor for each testing station; a plurality of control lines each of said plurality of control lines connected to a second component of separate heat pumps; and a control device which receives test data through said data acquisition lines and transmits control data over said control lines, wherein said first component of said heat puma is an evaporator coil and said second component of said heat pump is a compressor and wherein said sensors are temperature sensors which are connected to said evaporator.