[Equest-users] Difference in results for different eQuestversions v3.61 and v3.63 for same model...

[Kendra Tupper]

The new version 3.63 - the eQUEST developers know about it and this fix was
posted a few weeks ago. It will be fixed in the next version.


Kendra Tupper, PE, LEED AP
Senior Consultant
Built Environment Team

Rocky Mountain Institute  |  T  303-567-8641 |  F  303-245-7213  |
www.rmi.org


On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Glenn Haynes <glenn.haynes at rlw.com> wrote:

>  Which version is this bug in?
>
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> *From:* equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:
> equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On Behalf Of *Kendra Tupper
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 09, 2009 12:55 PM
> *To:* John Aulbach; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] Difference in results for different
> eQuestversions v3.61 and v3.63 for same model...
>
>
>
> John asked a good question - see the attached pdf for screen shots of where
> to paste this code. You right click on the field circled in red and go to
> "Edit User Default" to get to the 2nd pop up screen shown.
>
>
> Kendra Tupper, PE, LEED AP
> Senior Consultant
> Built Environment Team
>
> Rocky Mountain Institute  |  T  303-567-8641 |  F  303-245-7213  |
> www.rmi.org
>
>  On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 10:21 AM, John Aulbach <jra_sac at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> Kendra:
>
> WHERE do you put such code for bug fixes in the prgram??
>
> John Aulbach
>
> --- On Thu, 7/9/09, Kendra Tupper <ktupper at rmi.org> wrote:
>
> > From: Kendra Tupper <ktupper at rmi.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Difference in results for different eQuest
> versions v3.61 and v3.63 for same model...
> > To: "Pawan Mulchandani" <pawan.equest at gmail.com>
> > Cc: "equest-users" <equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org>
> > Date: Thursday, July 9, 2009, 8:54 AM
> > This is from the bug that was
> > discovered earlier - the fix is to overwrite the eQUEST
> > default for min cfm ratio (heating). Here is the code that
> > should be used:
> >
> > if (#P("HMIN-CFM-RATIO") == unused)
> >     then unused
> >
> >     else if (#RV(#P("HMIN-CFM-RATIO")) == 0)
> >           then #P("HMIN-CFM-RATIO")
> >           else no_default
> >          endif
> >
> >    endif
> >
> >
> > Kendra Tupper, PE, LEED AP
> > Senior Consultant
> > Built Environment Team
> >
> > Rocky Mountain Institute  |  T  303-567-8641 |  F
> >  303-245-7213  |  www.rmi.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 1:02 AM,
> > Pawan Mulchandani <pawan.equest at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I tried to compare results from two different eQuest
> > versions i.e. 3.61b and 3.63 with a same model with default
> > eQuest settings. But I found there is large difference in
> > space cooling and vent fans load in both the version results
> > even though the models are same. Space cooling for v3.61 is
> > 85.02 X 1000 kWh alongwith vent fans load of 36.14 X 1000
> > kWh. While for v3.63 space cooling is 6.87 X 1000 kWh and
> > vent fans load is 66.01 kWh. I cant understand why there is
> > such a large difference in the output. Is there any large
> > difference in the algorithms in both the versions?? Please
> > find attached .inp files for both the versions and also the
> > weather file for mumbai. Please go through the files..
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks & Regards,
> > Pawan.M.
> >
> >
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