The invention discloses a multifunctional frequency conversion central air-conditioning experimental platform, which comprises a refrigerating system, a control system and a simulated room, wherein the refrigerating system comprises a refrigerating unit, a chilled water system and a cooling water system; the control system comprises an upper computer, a lower computer and a frequency converter; amonitoring module in the upper computer is used for acquiring operating temperatures, pressure and flow signals of the experimental platform through the lower computer and transmitting a control command to monitor operation of the refrigerating system through the lower computer or the frequency converter; a matrix laboratory (MATLAB) module in the upper computer can execute an optimization control algorithm, and the MATLAB module and the monitoring module perform data exchange through a dynamic data exchange (DDE) mechanism or an object linking and embedding standard for process control (OPC); and the refrigerating unit comprises a frequency conversion compressor, a condenser, and an air-cooled evaporator and a water-cooled evaporator which are connected in parallel. By the experimental platform, refrigerating effects of the air-cooled evaporator, the water-cooled evaporator and a varied refrigerant volume (VRV) multi-air-conditioning system can be researched simultaneously, and a verification platform can be provided for a large frequency conversion central air conditioner to execute an energy-saving optimal advanced control strategy.