Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Can't get monthly charges right (bug or feature)?

["Michael J. Witte" <mjwitte@xxxxxxxx>]

As stated in a private e-mail response, this has been confirmed as a bug.  

To get around the problem for now, you could add a very tiny GAS EQUIPMENT load 
to force a non-zero gas consumption during the summer months.

Mike


On 31 May 2007 at 11:08, Jose Coutinho wrote:

> It looks that I found a bug in the tariff calculation, although I am
> not sure where exactly it arises.
> 
> For instance, let us assume that we have
> 
>   Economics:Tariff,
>     ExampleA,                !- Tariff Name
>     Electricity:Facility,    !- Report Meter
>     kWh,                     !- Conversion Factor Choice
>     ,                        !- Energy Conversion Factor
>     ,                        !- Demand Conversion Factor
>     ,                        !- Period Schedule
>     ,                        !- Season Schedule
>     ,                        !- Month Schedule
>     ,                        !- Demand Window
>     2.51;                    !- Monthly Charge or Variable
> 
> 
> When the consumption of electricity is zero for a particular month,
> EnergyCharges are zero (and that is ok), but service charges are also
> zero (which is not ok). 
> 
> One can clearly see this problem in the gas tariff computation on
> "5ZoneEconomicsTariff.idf" by lowering zone heating setpoints.
> 
> Cheers.
> José
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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> 
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> Documentation link and press the "search" button.
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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Michael J. Witte, GARD Analytics, Inc.
EnergyPlus Testing and Support      
EnergyPlus-Support@xxxxxxxx





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