[Equest-users] Radiant ceilings

[Rob Hudson]

eQuest forces the cooling system of "VAV" to chilled water.  if you use
"PVAV" or packaged VAV, then the cooling type is forced to be DX coils.

Happy Monday!

Rob

On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Shalini Modi <shalinimodi at msn.com> wrote:

>  Hello all,
>
> I need to model radiant ceiling for heating and cooling both. As per the
> suggestions in the archive (quoted below), I kept the system as VAV, reduced
> fan usage to represent radiant slab system's fan usage, kept my heating by
> water loop baseboards and cooling by DX and coil head and loop temperatures
> as per radiant slab system but after selecting the system type as 'VAV', in
> the cooling page, it won't allow me to select 'electric DX' as the cooling
> source.
>
> Kindly advice how can I solve this problem.
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Shalini
>
> [Equest-users] How do I model a building with radiant slab heat ANDair
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> Rob,
>
> Select the system based on the DX air conditioning, then add hot water
> baseboards for the radiant slab. Set your baseboard capacity, coil head,
> loop temperature etc. to match the radiant slab heating system.
>
> Regards,
> Bill
>
> William Bishop, EIT, LEED(r) AP | Pathfinder Engineers & Architects LLP
> Mechanical Engineer
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> Rosen
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> Subject: [Equest-users] How do I model a building with radiant slab heat
> ANDair conditioning?
>
> To All,
>
> Is it possible to model a building with radiant slab heat (hot water
> loop) and air conditioning? It appears to me that the eQUEST airside
> system type for radiant slab heating is FPH (floor panel heating
> system), and that this is "heating only".
>
> Can anyone suggest a way to model a building that has both radiant slab
> heating and DX air conditioning?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rob Rosen
> Senior Energy Analyst
> Taitem Engineering
> 110 S. Albany St.
> Ithaca, NY 14850
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