[BLDG-SIM] Inlet water temperatures
Jeff Haberl
jeffhaberl at tees.tamus.edu
Wed Jun 29 15:50:51 PDT 2005
Most cities record their water supply temps, which can be helpful. Otherwise this issue is currently a research topic for ASHRAE's TC 4.2.
Jeff
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From: postman at gard.com <postman at gard.com>
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Sent: Wed Jun 29 13:26:27 2005
Subject: [BLDG-SIM] Inlet water temperatures
For the purposes of modeling residential water heating energy use,
can anyone suggest a source for annual average water inlet temps
(from the municipal water system)?
I've been using the annual average outdoor dry-bulb (offset by a few degrees)
or estimated shallow ground temperatures in the TMY2 files, but these don't
seem to give plausible values in cold climates like Alaska
(annual averages are well below freezing, even at 4m depth).
(a related question might be how they get piped water in places with ground
temperatures that low).
thanks,
Rich Brown
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