Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Zone and System Sizing, Rookie question

[Linda Lawrie <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Two places to read:

1) Engineering Reference, section "Loop and Equipment Sizing",
page 350 (PDF), page # 311.

2) Input Output Reference, section "Group - Design Objects",
page 516 (PDF), page # 469

See if that helps.

At 01:41 PM 10/21/2009, Patricia wrote:
> I apologize in advance for the
> VERY rookie question. There will be more rookie questions and I'm sorry.
> Please just ignore them if they annoy you. 
>
> My parameters:
> I'm using version 4
>
> Question 1:
>  The defaults for zone and system sizing in the SimulationControl
> area are 'no'. If I'm trying to model a building that already exists
> should I leave them as 'no'. I guess I don't understand what these
> parameters do. I did read the input/output manual. The closest area to
> read about this was the Timestep on page 56.  They don't go into
> great detail about this (which probably means that they think I should
> know what it means). 
>
> Question 2:
> Anyway, does a 'yes' answer for zone sizing calculation mean that I want
> e+ to give me the correct hvac sizing for the zone(s) I have delineated?
>
> Question 3: 
> I am not sure I understand the difference between zone and system sizing.
>
> Again, I'm sorry for the extremely basic questions. 
>
> Patricia
>
>
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