[Bldg-sim] Help with humidifier in eQuest

[Seun Odukomaiya]

Hello,

HELP!!! I am a Purdue University Graduate Student, and I have an equest
model that's fairly well calibrated against real data from a small one-story
office complex. It is set up as a single zone reheat system. This particular
building is very small and utilizes a small electric steam humidifier. I
cannot figure out how to include this in my equest model. I have played with
the humidistat in equest, and when the humidity setpoint is low, I can see
the increased power consumption from the chiller. When the humdiity setpoint
is high, however, I cannot get the system to consume more energy due to the
need for added humdification. Does anybody know how to model a standalone
humidifier in equest. Are there other ways of doing this. Alternatively, Is
there a way I can get the equest model to just add a constant value to the
system's energy consumption if I can measure that value from the real
building? Any help at all would be appreciated.

 

Seun Odukomaiya

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