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RE: [EnergyPlus_Support] EnergyPlus Capabilities on Renewable/Efficient Energy
In the ExampleFiles folder that is part of the EnergyPlus install.
C:\EnergyPlusV2-0-0\ExampleFiles\ is the default location (which you may have
changed at install time).
Mike
On 9 Nov 2007 at 11:44, Jun Calixihan wrote:
> Thanks Mike for the help!
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> Where can I find the HeatRecoveryElectricChiller.idf file? I've been
> searching the support group website but can't find it.
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> Thanks again!
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> Jun
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> From: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael J. Witte
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 6:07 AM
> To: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [EnergyPlus_Support] EnergyPlus Capabilities on
> Renewable/Efficient Energy
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> EnergyPlus can model absorption chillers, but they are not currently
> connected
> to hot water or heat recovery. They only consume purchased steam. So, you
> will need to do some postprocessing and perhaps re-run the simulation with
> some
> adjustments in order to match up the absorption chiller energy use with the
> waste heat from the fuel cells.
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> I am not sure what you mean by cooling tower water heat recovery. If you
> mean
> taking hear the warm condenser water from the chillers instead of rejecting it
> through cooling towers, then yes, EnergyPlus has a couple of different ways to
> model that. See example file HeatRecoveryElectricChiller.idf for one approach.
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> Mike
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> On 5 Nov 2007 at 19:21, Jun Calixihan wrote:
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> > Hello again!
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> > I found that it's possible to model absorption chillers and fuel cells on the
> > EnergyPlus documentation. Any advise on cooling tower water heat recovery
> > would be helpful.
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> > Thanks!
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> > Jun
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> > From: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:EnergyPlus_Support%40yahoogroups.com>
> > [mailto:EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:EnergyPlus_Support%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of Jun Calixihan
> > Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 2:19 PM
> > To: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:EnergyPlus_Support%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [EnergyPlus_Support] EnergyPlus Capabilities on
> Renewable/Efficient
> > Energy
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> >
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > I'm new to EnergyPlus although I have been using the commercially
> available
> > interfaces for 3 months now. I'm planning to study doing models in txt
> files to
> > access more EnergyPlus capabilities but don't know yet if I should devote
> office
> > time to learning editing idf files. So please excuse my inexperience.
> >
> > Aside from air-to-air heat recovery, is EnergyPlus capable of modeling
> > cooling tower water heat recovery? Can I model absorption refrigeration if
> > given the amount of heat available for the absorption process? Can fuel cells
> > be modeled together with heat recovery of its waste heat? Say I have a natural
> > gas-fuelled fuel cell with certain amount of kJ of heat for
> every kW
> > of electric power generated. The electric power will be used to augment
> > grid-electricity to power the rooms, the recovered fuel cell heat will be
> used
> > for absorption refrigeration that will power the chillers for room
> cooling. I'm
> > interested in the hourly energy output of these renewable/efficient energy
> > sources.
> >
> > Thank you in advance for your advise!
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Jun
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> > The primary EnergyPlus web site is found at:
> > http://www.energyplus.gov
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> > The group web site is:
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EnergyPlus_Support/
> >
> > Attachments are not allowed -- please post any files to the appropriate
> folder
> > in the Files area of the Support Web Site.
> >
> > EnergyPlus Documentation is searchable. Open EPlusMainMenu.pdf under the
> > Documentation link and press the "search" button.
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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> Michael J. Witte, GARD Analytics, Inc.
> EnergyPlus Testing and Support
> EnergyPlus-Support@xxxxxxxx <mailto:EnergyPlus-Support%40gard.com>
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> The primary EnergyPlus web site is found at:
> http://www.energyplus.gov
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> The group web site is:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EnergyPlus_Support/
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> Attachments are not allowed -- please post any files to the appropriate folder
> in the Files area of the Support Web Site.
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> EnergyPlus Documentation is searchable. Open EPlusMainMenu.pdf under the
> Documentation link and press the "search" button.
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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