[EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Comfort indices

["carlbauer2000" <carl.bauer@xxxxxxx>]

I am using V1.3.0.018 and I have now had problems with the Fanger
values on a number of models with them always being way lower than the
other indices. It seems to me that E-plus is misreporting the Fanger
values unless there is something you can do that causes Fanger to
report very differently to the others. The following link is to a
graph of my output produced using the Designbuilder interface for
Eplus which shows clearly the offset of Fanger from the others. The
lowest line is the Fanger. Has anyone verified the Fanger output from
E-plus?

http://www.designbuilder.co.uk/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,25/page,viewtopic/t,219/sid,990ce29ed6babfaa44b6a47450c3a91c/

Thanks

--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Michael J. Witte"
<mjwitte@...> wrote:
>
> It is difficult to say for sure.  Are you using EnergyPlus version
1.3.0.018?  
> There were some bugs fixed in the Fanger PMV model with this
version.  Any 
> older version reports PMVs that are low for the Fanger model.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> On 6 Oct 2006 at 9:01, carlbauer2000 wrote:
> 
> > I have just got some output from Eplus for an unconditioned classroom
> > and the Fanger PMV values I am getting do not seem realistic. For
> > example at one point I have an operative temp of 24.4 Deg C an RH of
> > 52% with a constant air velocity of 0.137m/s wearing summer clothing
> > (0.5clo) and with a heat output of 81W/m2 and I get a Fanger PMV value
> > of -2.2. All the Pierce indices are between -0.3 and +0.3 and KSUTV is
> > -0.1. 
> > 
> > So what went wrong with Fanger?
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> ========================================================
> Michael J. Witte, GARD Analytics, Inc.
> EnergyPlus Testing and Support      
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