[Bldg-sim] Generating or obtaining Real-Time load profiles?

Jeremiah Crossett jcrossett at phasechange.com
Thu Dec 6 19:13:02 PST 2012


I found the report
http://repository.tamu.edu/bitstream/handle/1969.1/2013/ESL-TR-01-04-01.pdf?sequence=1

But can not find the excel workbook-- does anyone know where to find this?
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On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 6:58 PM, jake spuggy <spugggy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks all for the leads, I will follow up.
>
> In open source spirit, if I figure out a way to wrap an "example file"
> service I'll package it up and share it.
> http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/cfm/inputs/
>
> I suspect there are many people like me out there -- seasoned programmers
> and R/Matlab types who are just trying to get sample data for time-series
> modeling and regression/classification tasks.
>
> Cheers,
> --Jake
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> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 6:45 PM, Jeff Haberl <jhaberl at tamu.edu> wrote:
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>>  Jake,
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>> You'll still have to process the data that is output from the program in
>> a repeatable fashion. Therefore, I'd recommend you look at ASHRAE Research
>> Project RP-1093 "Diversity Factor Toolkit".
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>> It contains a set of spreadsheets that take as input 8760 hourly data and
>> convert it into quartile plots that can then be used to determine such
>> things as weekday or weekend profiles.  It also outputs DOE-2, BLAST and
>> EP+ schedules that are representative of the mean profiles generated by the
>> spreadsheet that can be cut-and-pasted into your input command file. Its
>> great for making the 3-D plots as well.
>>
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>>
>> Information about the project can be found in:
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>> 1.        Abushakra, B., Haberl, J., Claridge, D. 2004. “Overview of
>> Literature on Diversity Factors and Schedules for Energy and Cooling Load
>> Calculations (1093-RP),” *ASHRAE Transactions-Research,* Vol. 110, Pt. 1
>> (February), pp. 164-176.  ** ****
>>
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>> 2.        Claridge, D., Abushakra, B., Haberl, J. 2003. “Electricity
>> Diversity Profiles for Energy Simulation of Office Buildings (1093-RP),”
>> *ASHRAE Transactions-Research,* Vol. 110, Pt. 1 (February), pp. 365-377.*
>> ***
>>
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>>
>> Copies of the final report, including the spreadsheet can be obtained
>> from Mike Vaughn, Research Manager at ASHRAE.
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>>
>> Jeff
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>> Jeff S. Haberl, Ph.D.,P.E., FASHRAE..............jhaberl at tamu.edu
>>
>> Professor............................................................Office
>> Ph: 979-845-6507
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>> Department of Architecture.............................Lab Ph:
>> 979-845-6065
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>> Energy Systems Laboratory.............................FAX: 979-862-2457
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>> Texas A&M University.....................................77843-3581
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>> College Station, Texas, USA, 77843..................URL:www.esl.tamu.edu
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>> *From:* bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [
>> bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] on behalf of Michael J Witte [
>> mjwitte at gard.com]
>> *Sent:* Thursday, December 06, 2012 8:35 PM
>> *To:* bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [Bldg-sim] Generating or obtaining Real-Time load
>> profiles?
>>
>>  "Real Time Load Profiles" is a very generic term.  Since you mention
>> SmartGrid, I assume you mean electric power use profiles.  Timeseries CSV
>> files are a common standard output from EnergyPlus and most tools (nearly
>> all the example files produce some variation of this).  A single command in
>> EnergyPlus will produce this directly as a csv file if you set the timestep
>> = 60.
>>
>> Output:Meter, Electricity:Facility, timestep;
>>
>> The first column is date/time instead of seconds, but that can easily be
>> converted inside excel.  This will give you minute-by-minute electric power
>> consumption.  Or maybe I'm misunderstanding the question.
>>
>> Mike
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>> On 12/6/2012 7:19 PM, jake spuggy wrote:
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>> After trying a number of programs (EnergyPlus, BCTV, etc) I find it
>> amazing that there isn't an easier way to generate *"Real Time Load
>> Profiles". *
>>
>>  I see that these programs, namely EnergyPlus, can "describe" an load
>> profile of a device.
>> But I really just want CSV files with these 2 columns:
>>
>>  *Time (in seconds), Power (average)*
>>
>>  The Smart Grid is about making energy decisions in real-time.
>> Does anyone know how to make these programs output CSV files for
>> researchers like me?
>>
>>  Your advice?
>> --Jake
>>
>>
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