RE: [EnergyPlus_Support] Solar Collectors

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Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 14:36:33 -0600

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Thread-topic: [EnergyPlus_Support] Solar Collectors

I suspect that there are at least two things you may not understand. First is pump heat. The work of pumping adds additional heat to the loop. Second is loop capacitance. EnergyPlus includes a time delay effect between the supply side outlet and the demand side inlet.

From: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ebcox
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 2:04 PM
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Subject: [EnergyPlus_Support] Solar Collectors

I have a question about the SolarCollectorFlatePlateWater example.

I ran it unaltered with the Chicago O'Hare TMY2 .epw weather file. I read the .CSV output into Excel and I'm comparing column L (STORAGE TANK:Water Heater Source Rate) against column AA (Collector1:Solar Collector Heat Transfer Rate) multiplied by 6 (there are 6 collectors). The value for timestep July 01, 8:30 AM is 6620 for the former, 3770 for the latter. Going forward through the time steps, the values become fairly close but not nearly identical.

I would expect from conservation of energy that the heat energy going into the tank would equal the heat energy leaving the collectors. What do I not understand about Energy Plus?

Thanks!

Edwin Cox

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