[Equest-users] Huge electrical consumption for DHW

[Busman, Michael R]

Morteza,

I took a very quick look at some of the inputs in wizard mode.  Some of the input assumptions appear to be on the high side and I'd suggest double-checking.


*         20 gal/person

*         sf/person - many of the spaces have an allocation of 100 or 200 sf/occupant, which might overstate the number of occupants

*         10 laundry loads/week/apartment - It's been many years since I've had little ones or teenagers in the house, so my memory isn't too clear on how many loads/week we used to do, but this seems on the high side, but I could be wrong and worth checking.

*         I noticed 2 DHW heaters defined, one at 135 deg. and the other at 110 deg.  I didn't look at the input file so I don't know how these get assigned or if both get assigned or just the first heater.  135 deg. for residential use is high if you want to avoid scalding and will also overstate your kWh.

*         Finally, I'd suggest reviewing ASHRAE service hot water heating requirements.  They indicate average daily DHW usage for apartments of about 40 gal/apartment and maximum usage as high as 80 gal/day.  Please note that the numbers are based on OLD data before low flow fixtures and devices became common.  So a comparison to the ASHRAE numbers should be made with the ASHRAE numbers bumped down.

*         I think the ASHRAE chapter on DHW also charts typical hourly usage.  You might want to check versus your DHW schedule.

I hope the above helps or maybe gets you on the right path.

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 Morteza Kasmai
Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2013 9:29 AM
To: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: [Equest-users] Huge electrical consumption for DHW


Dear eQUEST experts,
I have Electrical Water Heater for the Residential and Non-residential parts of this model. I allowed eQuest to auto-size domestic hot-water use. BEPS report shows huge electrical consumption for DHW, more than the total consumptions of all others. Is there something wrong?
Please find the attached pd2 and inp files of the project.
Your comments would be greatly appreciated.
Morteza




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