[EnergyPlus_Support] Simplified Duct Leakage Model?

["noelcrrl" <noelcrrl@xxxxxxxxx>]

All-

I have completed the construction of my building model in E+.  I was 
planning to use the simplified duct leakage model (SDLM) to simulate 
duct leakage, however, I was unable to do so because I did not create a 
return plenum in my original construction of the model.  Creating a 
return plenum seems extremely time consuming due to the fact that 
coordinates need to be entered to define the plenum and the air loops 
have to be adjusted to incorporate the plenum.  The alternative is 
creating an air flow network, but that also seems to be a very involved 
process.  Is there a way that I can simulate duct leakage with my 
current model (building w/o a return plenum) without the significant 
time investment?  Ideally, I would like to use the SDLM without 
creating a return plenum.  Thanks in advance for your help.

Noel




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