[Bldg-sim] Modeling a Cooling Tower

Haider Khan haidermkhan at gmail.com
Thu Mar 26 15:16:25 PDT 2009


HVAC toolkit available at :
http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tools_directory/software.cfm/ID=368/pagename=alpha_listhas
a cooling tower model that might suit your need

2009/3/26 Benjamin Jordan <benmichaeljordan at gmail.com>

> Hello everyone,
>    I was curious if anyone has a program or excel program that models the
> fan energy and pumping energy of cooling towers. I currently use IES-VE,
> which does not have any cooling tower capabilities (to my knowledge), so I
> end up calculating the fan and pump energy for the cooling towers in a crude
> excel sheet. Does anyone have a better way to do this that takes into
> account the air WB temp, load of the building, and size of fan? Thanks for
> the help!
>
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 3:01 PM, <bldg-sim-request at lists.onebuilding.org>wrote:
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>> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:10:14 +0100
>> From: "Hensen, J.L.M." <j.hensen at tue.nl>
>> Subject: [Bldg-sim] PhD position
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>> We have a fully funded opening for a PhD researcher at Eindhoven
>> University of Technology.
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>> The title of the project is "Towards E+ steel-frame industrial hall:
>> simulation support for objective prediction of energy in use". The aim is to
>> enable an objective sustainability assessment of industrial halls and to
>> expand building energy simulation tools with models for new construction
>> materials, system components and possible system configurations to account
>> for the industrial hall construction specifics, process energy production
>> and on-site electricity generation.
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>> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:24:17 -0400
>> From: "Zoeteman, Mark R." <mrzoeteman at FTCH.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Bldg-sim] SunTools Plugin for SketchUp available
>> To: "Guedi Capeluto" <arrguedi at techunix.technion.ac.il>,
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>> Guedi:
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>> This does not seem ready for real use.  We tried it and is very
>> simplistic and does not seem to give functionality.  It seems to do
>> little more than plot points in model, but not analyze model.  The
>> internal SketchUp tools will do more than SunTools.
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>> Mark Zoeteman, FTC&H
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>> [mailto:bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Guedi
>> Capeluto
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 1:17 PM
>> To: bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org
>> Subject: [Bldg-sim] SunTools Plugin for SketchUp available
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>> SunTools a new Plugin for SketchUp is available now.
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>> Plug-in Features
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>> - SunPATH: visualization (month and year)
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>> - SunPOS: Sun Position for a date and time
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>> - SunVIEW: Axonometric views from the Sun
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>> - SunPENETRATION: Analyze Sun Penetration/Access in any specific
>> analysis point.
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>> The plug-in can be downloaded after registration from:
>> http://tx.technion.ac.il/~arrguedi/SunTools/download.html<http://tx.technion.ac.il/%7Earrguedi/SunTools/download.html>
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>> Enjoy SunTools.
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>> Guedi Capeluto
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>> arrguedi at technion.ac.il
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>> Arch. Guedi Capeluto, D.Sc.
>> Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning
>> Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
>> Technion City,  Haifa 32000. Israel
>> Tel:+972.4.8294012  Fax:+972.4.8294617
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>> email:   arrguedi at tx.technion.ac.il
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