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[EnergyPlus_Support] Connecting: Ground Heat Exchanger + Solar Collector + Heat Pump



Hi, I am trying to model a heating loop with the following components:
- GroundHeatExchanger:Vertical
- SolarCollector:FlatPlate:PhotovoltaicThermal (and a WaterHeater:Mixed)
- HeatPump:WaterToWater
- ZoneHVAC:LowTemperatureRadiant:ConstantFlow

The idea is the following: the solar collector should provide heat to the water heater.
Then in another loop the cold water coming out from the source side of the heat pump gets pre-heated by the ground heat exchanger, then it gets more heat from the water heater, and finally it goes back to the heat pump.
Another loop connects then the load side of the heat pump to the low temperature radiant systems that heats the zone.

Is the connection of these components supported by EnergyPlus?
Is it possible to connect them as described above?
If not how should they be connected (how many loops, what kind of loops (plant or condenser), in which order, etc.)?





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