[Bldg-sim] Ice Rinks and Ice Rink chillers
Brian Fountain
bfountain at greensim.com
Tue Mar 4 13:15:06 PST 2008
in answer to the 1st question, add :
BRINE-LOOP = "Brine loop"
to the rink zone. The "Brine loop" is the CHW loop the chiller is on --
this should add the rink load to your chiller. Hope this helps.
tim wrote:
> A few Questions:
>
> 1. I am modeling an ice arena with one ice rink in the main zone. I
> know that the ice skating keywords available to DOE-2 cannot be
> utilized through eQuest, but I included them in the input file anyhow
> to effectively model the ice rink "behind the scenes". This has worked
> thus far: the SIM report includes an annual load report for the ice
> rink (RS-I) and the CHW loop reflects this load. However, the attached
> chiller does not appear to see this load and thus does not use any
> energy to meet it.
>
> Has anyone tried this before and have any advice? I will assume that
> raw DOE-2 would work and that trying this behind eQuest is the
> problem, but I just want to try anyhow.
>
> 2. Does anyone know of a source for Chiller performance curves for a
> chiller capable of handling ice rink conditions? The loop temp is ~ 21
> F and I have not ben able to locate any performace curve data for this
> type of chiller yet.
>
> 3. I have tried to extract the DOE-2 zip file from the website to my
> C:\ but I get prompts demanding passwords (password protected files)
> for all of the included files. I have looked at the Installation and
> Execution instructions and I think I'm following them correctly, so am
> I missing something?
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
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