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Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Hygro-regulated opening



Loic:

Here are my answers below your questions.

1- is it possible to make the surface object variable according to the 
relative humidity? (maybe adapting the program?)

No. The program is not designed to have RH control. Do you have real 
examples?

2- or is there an other way to make it?

I need to understand your thoughts more. Do you want modulate an opening or 
just make it on/off based on RH?

3- given that the goal of the variable aperture is to modulate the air 
volume, I would like the fan to be "constant pressure difference": is it 
realizable?

The current exhaust fan is a constant volume fan. What is fan performance 
for a constant pressure difference fan? Do you have real applications?

Thanks.

Lixing



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "aburrrrido" <aburrrrido@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 4:57 AM
Subject: [EnergyPlus_Support] Hygro-regulated opening


Hi all,

I am currently trying to model a simple ventilation system based on an 
exhaust fan and outdoor air variable aperture paths that open according to 
the indoor relative humidity.

As I didn't find any object to directly do this, I am trying to use an 
AirflowNetwork:MultiZone:Component:DetailedOpening object and its 
AirflowNetwork:multizone:Surface object to model the variable aperture. But 
the Ventilation Control Mode of the surface object can only be done via 
Temperature or Enthalpy controls (or other not interesting for my purpose), 
and not via humidity.

So my questions are:
1- is it possible to make the surface object variable according to the 
relative humidity? (maybe adapting the program?)
2- or is there an other way to make it?

A second problem is that doing a simulation with a temperature controlled 
variable aperture, it appears that when the exhaust fan is on, the opening 
factor of the AirflowNetwork:multizone:Surface  object has no influence on 
the air volume. It seems logical as the exhaust fan is treated as a constant 
volume fan.

So the issue is:
3- given that the goal of the variable aperture is to modulate the air 
volume, I would like the fan to be "constant pressure difference": is it 
realizable?

Many thanks in advance for your help.

Loïc



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