[EnergyPlus_Support] Re: UTSC air preheat for a Air to Water Heat Pump Simulation

["bgavin99" <bgavin99@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK,
I seem to have misunderstood the object Heat Pump:Water Heater.
I thought it was a air to water heat pump similar to the Rheem and 
Daikin or the Japanese Eco Cute devices.


--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Michael J. Witte" 
<mjwitte@...> wrote:
>
> The UTSC (SOLAR COLLECTOR:UNGLAZED TRANSPIRED) outlet node should 
be an outside 
> air inlet for an AIR PRIMARY LOOP system.  If we had an Air-to-
Water heat pump 
> model, then you could connect it to that.  All we have are water-to-
water and 
> water-to-air heat pumps.  By water-to-air, we mean the zone supply 
air is on 
> the "air" side of the heat pump, and the water side is the 
source/sink.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> On 10 Feb 2008 at 23:32, bgavin99 wrote:
> 
> > What would be the best object to use to couple these two devices 
and 
> > make the simulation happen?
> > UTSC seem to need a zone for output but I wonder if a plenum is 
> > possible.
> > I may be pushing the design of Energy Plus unfortunately.
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> ========================================================
> Michael J. Witte, GARD Analytics, Inc.
> EnergyPlus Testing and Support      
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