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[EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Question about "Zone List Multiplier"?
I have posted this file on the yahoo group website.
David
--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Michael J. Witte"
<mjwitte@g...> wrote:
> Please provide sample files as-run for each multiplier case. You
may post them
> to the yahoo group or e-mail them (zipped) to energyplus-
support@g...
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> On 21 May 2004, at 18:44, bsiengineer wrote:
>
> > A colleague of mine had a very similar problem. He used a zone
> > multiplier of 8, and electricity consumption increased by a
factor
> > much greater than 8. Using multipliers of 32 to 64 the
consumption
> > started to decrease. I can post his .idf if anybody is
interested.
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> > --- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "i50330513"
> > <50330513@s...> wrote:
> > > I make good use of `EnergyPlus' program to predict the energy
> > > performance of a commercial building which is a 40-story
building.
> > I
> > > had already simulated the 40-story building.
> > >
> > > In order to reduce the amount of input of the identical floors
and
> > > have a shorter computational time, Zone List Multiplier field
in
> > the
> > > Zone Group object are used to multiply from 1st to 38th floors.
> > > However, after simulation of the building with this Multiplier
> > > field, I found that the total electricity use
> > (Electricity:Facility)
> > > and the plant loop cooling demand of the building are much less
> > than
> > > that of the building without using the field of Zone List
> > > Multiplier.
> > >
> > > Is there any input error in the program? The Zone Group object
is
> > > shown as follows. You can see that the Zone List multiplier is
set
> > > to 38 in the 1st FLOOR. Does it mean that the 1st FLOOR is
> > > multiplied by 38? If yes, why the total electricity and the
cooling
> > > loads are much less than that of the building without the use
of
> > > Zone List multiplier field.
> > >
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------
> > > ZONE GROUP,
> > > GF FLOOR, !- Zone Group Name
> > > GF FLOOR LIST, !- Zone List Name
> > > 1; !- Zone List Multiplier
> > >
> > > ZONE GROUP,
> > > 1st FLOOR, !- Zone Group Name
> > > 1st FLOOR LIST, !- Zone List Name
> > > 38; !- Zone List Multiplier
> > >
> > > ZONE GROUP,
> > > RF FLOOR, !- Zone Group Name
> > > RF LIST, !- Zone List Name
> > > 1; !- Zone List Multiplier
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > I hope you make some recommendation for me. Thanks for your
> > > attention.
> > >
> > > Leung
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > The primary EnergyPlus web site is found at:
> > http://www.energyplus.gov
> >
> > The group web site is:
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> >
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> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> ========================================================
> Michael J. Witte, GARD Analytics, Inc.
> EnergyPlus Testing and Support
> EnergyPlus-Support@g...
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