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Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Averaging thermostat?
That one's a keeper. E+ is not able to do that right now (up through V3)
and I can't think of a way to trick the simulation. The only thing you
can really do is balance the air flow to each zone so their temperatures
are as close as possible.
careym.cosmaj wrote:
>
> Just a quick question, and it may be totally dumb, there does not
> appear to be an Set Point Manager:Averaging.
>
> It may be possible to command setpoint from a node downstream of a
> ZONE:MIXER object in the return air stream, however this will not get
> me the average zone temperature.
>
> When I have multiple zones connected to a single system I can use
> either Set Point Manager:Warmest or Set Point Manager:SingleZone
> Cooling allowing me to control from the warmest zone or the one I
> specify but not allowing an average to be taken into account.
>
> Is there some trickery than can be done with a Set Point Manager:Mixed
> Air where it gets a little abused by pretending two zones are a fan or
> something similar to get an average in the current time step?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark Carey
>
>
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