Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Chilled beam modeling

[Philip Haves <phaves@xxxxxxx>]

Chilled beams could be modeled as fan coils with zero fan power, since 
their output is predominantly convective.

Phil

Michael J. Witte wrote:

> There are no chilled beam examples. It has been suggested that chilled 
> beam
> systems can be modeled using the low temperature radiant
> system (with chilled water in the slabs) and then manually increase the
> convection coefficient on the ceiling surfaces (using the CONVECTION
> COEFFICIENTS object). For an example of radiant slab cooling systems, see
> ExampleFiles\RadLoHydrHeatCoolAuto.idf
>
> Mike
>
> On 1 Dec 2006 at 20:36, miaoworld wrote:
>
> > Currently I am trying to model the chilled beam system with
> > Energyplus. Did anyone has any examples or suggestions? Any
> > information would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Miao.
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> >
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> ========================================================
> Michael J. Witte, GARD Analytics, Inc.
> EnergyPlus Testing and Support
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