[EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Inputting the correct UA

["Elmer Morrissey" <elmofuddly@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Fred,

Please excuse the ignorance, but what does LMTD stand for?

Kind regards

-Elmer


--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, fred buhl <wfbuhl@...> 
wrote:
>
> It depends a bit on what you are trying to do. If the return hot 
water 
> temperature isn't
> critical to your simulation you could guess at an LMTD and use
>  
>   Qdot = UA*LMTD
> 
> Err on the low LMTD side to make sure you have adequate UA.
> 
> Fred
> 
> Elmer Morrissey wrote:
> 
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I'm sure this is probably a very simple question, but if you know 
your 
> >heating coil is 5.05KW, how do you generate the correct UA? I 
have 
> >some data for SOME of the heating coils design conditions (but 
sadly 
> >NOT for all of the heating coils). 
> >
> >Kind regards
> >
> >-Elmer
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