[BLDG-SIM] Piping Systems

Jeff Thornton thornton at tess-inc.com
Fri Oct 17 14:01:40 PDT 2003


At 02:29 PM 10/17/2003 -0400, you wrote:

>We have a situation where we have to model a CW piping system to
>determine the additional cooling, heating and energy requirements.

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>We have already done a preliminary analysis but would like to check the 
>results
>with an established program designed for this purpose.  Can TRNSYS model
>this?

Yes, TRNSYS has the capability to model the piping/tank system you are 
studying.  However, you did not mention the devices that will be used to 
cool the water supply (air or water-cooled chillers, water-water heat 
pumps, etc..).  Assuming that the cooling system is relatively standard 
then the answer is still YES (there are models for most standard HVAC 
equipment components in TRNSYS) .  If the cooling system is something on 
the unusual side then I would still stick with TRNSYS as it has the 
capability to quickly and easily add content (new component models) to the 
package.  There are also large libraries of user-written component models 
available (both free and for a small fee) that greatly expand the 
capabilities of the program beyond that available through the standard package.

Feel free to send me an e-mail if you have further, or more-detailed, 
questions on TRNSYS.

Jeff


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