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Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Turning system on/off based on temperature predictions
This is certainly possible in E+. There are several ways to do this in
E+. The control type schedule in the thermostat object could be used to
switch between uncontrolled and cooling/heating, or the temperature set
point schedule could be set to 0 and 99 as necessary to turn the unit on
and off. The availability schedule could also be used in this same
fashion by setting the schedule to 0 when you want the unit off and
non-zero values when you want the unit on. The AC system could turn
full on or run at part-load depending on which method you decide to use.
nick_gski wrote:
>
> I would like to tell a system, e.g. a heat pump, to turn on/off
> arbitrarily for each hour, not based on current zone or node
> temperatures but based on my own algorithms that dictate an optimal
> control sequence. Is this doable in energyplus? Could I create a
> dummy zone that controls the systems? Can I create an on/off schedule
> for the equipment itself, rather than an availability schedule or a
> setpoint schedule?
>
> The best thing I can think of is to tweak the availability and
> setpoint schedules to force the system into 100% on or off when I want
> it so.
>
> Thanks,
> Nick
>
> ---
> Nick Gayeski
> Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab
>
>
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