[EnergyPlus_Support] Re: regeneration coil

["davide.loba" <davide.loba@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you Richard for your reply. 
I have already "listed" the coil in the OUTSIDE AIR SYSTEM EQUIPMENT, 
as last component, but I have the same problem. Also the schedules 
seem to be ok. 
Have you got another advice?
Loba


--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Richard Raustad 
<RRaustad@...> wrote:
>
> Did you "list" the HW coil type and name in the Outside Air System 
object?
> You would also want the HW coil to turn on only when the desiccant 
> system is on. The only way I can think of is to manually create an 
> availability schedule for the HW coil based on the times when the 
> desiccant system operates.
> 
> davide.loba wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a problem with a desiccant dehumidifier, placed in the 
outside
> > air system. I need to simulate a hot water coil as regeneration 
air
> > heater, instead of a gas coil. To do that, I left blank the fields
> > about the regeneration air heater in DESICCANT DEHUMIDIFIER 
object, and
> > I put a COIL:Water:SimpleHeating coil in the outside air system. 
To
> > control it, I use a CONTROLLER:SIMPLE controller, with the air 
outlet
> > node as control_node, and water inlet node as actuator_node. 
There is a
> > SET POINT:MANAGER:SCHEDULED fixed setpoint temperature (70°C) on 
air
> > outlet node.
> > The simulation ends correctly, without any severe error, but the
> > regeneration coil doesn't work: "total water heating coil rate" is
> > always 0.
> > Is it possibile to simulate this type of system?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help.
> >
> > Loba
> >
> >  
> 
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