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Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Re: zoning problems



It is difficult to guess why this is happening without seeing the input files.  
Please upload both files to the yahoo files area or send zipped to energyplus-
support@xxxxxxxx

Mike


On 11 Aug 2005, at 4:34, energypluser wrote:

> Hi Mike
> 
> My setpoint schedule for each zone is the same. And I compared the 
> heating load and cooling load for a heating month and a cooling 
> month. For the heating month, there is no cooling load at all. So I 
> am confused about the net load comparasion. The most weird thing is 
> that the cooling loads of two cases are similiar, but the heating 
> load of 9 zone with no wall is 80% more than that of 3 zone. 
> The heating load is the total load of the building.
> Can you explain it to me ?
> Thank you in advance. 
> 
> charlie
> 
> --- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Michael J. Witte" 
> <mjwitte@g...> wrote:
> > (Responding to this post rather than yesterday's posts.)  
> > 
> > There are many reasons this could happen - differences in radiant 
> exchange, 
> > differences in thermal mass effects, differences in distribution 
> of solar 
> > gains, excess heat from the interior zone heating the perimeter 
> zones.  
> > Remember, if the simulation model describes no surfaces or mixing 
> between the 
> > interior and perimeter zones (in the 9-zone case) then there is no 
> heat 
> > transfer between them.  In the 3-zone case, there is convective 
> and radiative 
> > exchange between the perimeter walls and the interior surfaces and 
> internal 
> > loads.  A more valid comparison is the "net load" of the two cases 
> over an 
> > entire day or year (assuming the spaces are heated and cooled to 
> the same 
> > temperature at all times), where "net load" = Heating load minus 
> Cooling Load.  
> > This should account for offsetting loads in the interior and 
> perimeter spaces.
> > 
> > Mike
> > 
> > 
> > On 9 Aug 2005, at 14:30, energypluser wrote:
> > 
> > > I have divided my building into 9 zones without using interior 
> walls
> > > as you sugguested. For the real building, there are only 3 
> zones.The
> > > following figure shows the plan view of the floor.The center 
> zone is
> > > uncontrolled.The north and south zone are served by purchased 
> air.
> > > -------------------
> > > |                 |
> > > |                 |
> > > |                 |
> > > |-----------------|
> > > |                 |
> > > |-----------------|
> > > |                 |
> > > |                 |
> > > |                 |               
> > > -------------------
> > > For the specificaiton of perimeter zone and interior zone, the
> > > following picture shows the zoning.
> > > 
> > > -------------------
> > > |    perimeter    |
> > > |-----------------|
> > > | |   interior  | |
> > > | |             | |
> > > |-----------------|
> > > | |
> > > |-----------------|
> > > | |             | |
> > > | |  interior   | |
> > > |-----------------|
> > > |    perimeter    |
> > > -------------------
> > > 
> > > The perimeter and interior zone have the same schedule and same
> > > internal gains. Since there are no wall among these zones. I 
> suppose
> > > that the load results should be close for the two situations. But
> > > the heating load of the second case is larger than that of the 
> first
> > > case. The max differenc is up to 120%.
> > > Could you please tell me the reason for the difference?
> > > Thank you in advance
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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> > ========================================================
> > Michael J. Witte, GARD Analytics, Inc.
> > EnergyPlus Testing and Support      
> > EnergyPlus-Support@g...
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EnergyPlus Testing and Support      
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