[Equest-users] eQuest unmet heating hours oddity

[Busman, Michael R]

Netty,

In addition to what others have suggested, take a look at your thermostats at the zone level of your HVAC equipment tab.  I noticed that several (maybe all) of the defined systems are VAV.  I looked at a few of the thermostats, and they were defined as proportional.

I encountered a similar problem in a different century when I was using VisualDOE and the fix was to change the thermostats to reverse acting.  If you define them as proportional, the VAV boxes will close to the minimum position and continue to overcool the zone.  If they are defined as reverse acting, the VAV boxes will begin to bring on reheat and open the damper when they have reached the min. CFM setting to maintain the thermostat setpoint.

I hope this helps you.

My best,

Mike Busman


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From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Netty Nina
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 6:20 AM
To: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: [Equest-users] eQuest unmet heating hours oddity

Hi Everyone,

This questions is about unmet heating hours in a model. I've scoured the bldg-sim list but I haven't come across anything like the problem I'm having. I'm modeling a high school in New England. The unmet heating hours are 99.99%. I've checked the heating and cooling schedules, fan schedules, etc., adjusted the throttling range, and so on. The SS-O reports show that the majority of space temperatures are below 60F. The building is in New England, but I find it unlikely that during the majority of the summer the temperature will be below 60F in the building.  It's not really a sizing issue either as changing equipment sizes does not do anything and the loads (for the most part) do not exceed the equipment capacity. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Netty


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