MATLAB Modelling a Heat Pump with Linear Compressor using MATLAB Simulink

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A final year mechanical engineering student is seeking assistance in designing a heat pump with a linear compressor for an electric vehicle, specifically using Simulink for modeling. The student has about three years of experience with MATLAB but is relatively new to Simulink, having just begun to model functions and subsystems. Due to a limited budget of £150, the student cannot access physical heat pumps and relies on academic articles for information. The student expresses frustration with a lack of support from their dissertation supervisor. Suggestions for further research include looking into cabin cooling and heating solutions used in commercially available electric vehicles, as well as consulting service manuals and documentation from manufacturers of linear refrigerant compressors.
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Hello, I am a final year mechanical engineering student designing a heat pump with a linear compressor for an electric vehicle and have decided to model this using Simulink, I would love some help on the governing equations/formulas needed for each component of the heat pump as well as guidance in terms of sizing of the heat pump, I feel a little out of my depth and would appreciate any help, Thanks! :)
 
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Please tell us what you know so far. What is your experience with Simulink? What kind of heat pump systems do you have experience with?
 
Been using MATLAB for 3ish years and only really just started with Simulink but can now model functions and subsystems, meaning I can setup equations of second order differentiations etc. The university has a small £150 budget so I am not able to use any physical heat pump and only know what I have read from numerous google scholar articles. My dissertation supervisor is a bit useless so I am on my own for this one!
 
Have you researched actual solutions for cabin cooling and heating used in commercially available electric cars?
Perhaps service manuals of e-cars are a good starting point, as well as available documentation from manufacturers of linear refrigerant compressors.
 

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