Hi, Richard Loong used water to connect the twoer to the condenser coil. The temperature were the water temperature. Two nodes on the condenser side, and two on the tower side. The other variables in the tower object were autosized. I have noted your guide on flowrate/ton and delta T. I think, those nominal capacity values were limiting the autosizing values. Most of the fields in the tower object were left blank. ================ The humidity related temperature rise has not been identified yet. I think that if the OA is fed directly into a cooled zone, condensation will occur and produce those warnings. ===================== Because building designer specified so much fresh air per person as a requirement, most of the students are feeding OA directly into each zone to meet the design requirement, and caused those warnings. One student found a solution by pre-cool the OA to 7°C and then feed it to the zones as fresh air intake. They wanted a 100% OA system, therefore the zone return air should not be mixed with the intake using the OA mixer box. They want to use the return air in a heat recovery system for the OA intake. ========================== I shall spend a little time on loong's IDF to identify the problems. Dr. Li
To: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx From: RRaustad@xxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 08:19:00 -0400 Subject: Re: å??å¤?ï¼? [EnergyPlus_Support] PsyPsatFnTemp+PsyTsatFnHPb
If that's what it takes to bring the temperatures down, then yes,
that's the correct approach. You could also set up the file to
autosize those values and see what the program thinks those values
should be.
The tower does calculate outlet air wet-bulb temperature but there
is no outlet air node so I am surprised this node could be viewed in
the output. As long as the node data with high temperatures is
related to tower capacity, then adjusting the tower capacity is the
correct fix. Water flow rate also provides a means for adjustment.
And keep the capacity and flow rate in a range of about 2-"3"
gpm/ton with 10F detla T.
On 7/6/2011 7:07 PM, YuanLu Li wrote:
Thanks, Richard.
The system node temperature values were displayed in
Loong's csv. I did not know the significance of those
high temperature values, as the chiller temperature values
were normal.
I increased the tower capacity by 100 times, (the values
highlighted below) and the temperature values are now
reduced from 1548°C to around 45°C. This may not be the
correct way.
There are still (18) warnings on his IDF error file.
Dr. Li
P.S. The change is highlighted below:
CoolingTower:TwoSpeed,
tower1, !- Name
tower1 CndW Inlet, !- Water Inlet Node Name
tower1 CndW Outlet, !- Water Outlet Node Name
,
!- Design Water Flow Rate {m3/s}
autosize,
!- Air Flow Rate at High Fan Speed {m3/s}
autosize, !- Fan Power at High Fan Speed {W}
,
!- U-Factor Times Area Value at High Fan Speed {W/K}
autosize, !- Air Flow Rate at Low Fan Speed {m3/s}
autosize, !- Fan Power at Low Fan Speed {W}
,
!- U-Factor Times Area Value at Low Fan Speed {W/K}
autosize, !- Air Flow Rate in Free Convection Regime
{m3/s}
,
!- U-Factor Times Area Value at Free Convection Air
Flow Rate {W/K}
NominalCapacity, !- Performance Input Method
2000000, !- High Speed Nominal
Capacity {W}
1000000, !- Low Speed Nominal
Capacity {W}
200000, !- Free Convection Capacity
{W}
, !-
Basin Heater Capacity {W/K}
,
!- Basin Heater Setpoint Temperature {C}
,
!- Basin Heater Operating Schedule Name
,
!- Evaporation Loss Mode
0.2, !- Evaporation Loss Factor {percent/K}
0.008, !- Drift Loss Percent {percent}
,
!- Blowdown Calculation Mode
3,
!- Blowdown Concentration Ratio
,
!- Blowdown Makeup Water Usage Schedule Name
,
!- Supply Water Storage Tank Name
tower1 Cooling Tower Outdoor Air Inlet Node, !-
Outdoor Air Inlet Node Name
,
!- Number of Cells
,
!- Cell Control
,
!- Cell Minimum Water Flow Rate Fraction
, !- Cell Maximum Water Flow Rate Fraction
1; !- Sizing Factor
To:
EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: RRaustad@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 13:32:44 -0400
Subject: Re: å??å¤?ï¼? [EnergyPlus_Support]
PsyPsatFnTemp+PsyTsatFnHPb
The psyc routines do have
limits on inputs. The PsyPsatFnTemp routine
returns saturation pressure (Psat) as a function
of temperature (Temp). This routine is usually
used to calculate RH or wet-bulb temperature. But
this is really beside the point. The air
temperature input to this routine is 1898.61 C.
This is way out of bounds. I would report the air
node temperatures in your simulation and see if
you can find a node with this high of a
temperature which may then help you determine what
is happening in your simulation.
Output:Variable,*,System Node Temp,Hourly;
On 7/6/2011 1:13 PM, YuanLu Li wrote:
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He mentioned the EPlus developer's
guide. I wonder he has the Eplus source
code to compare.
The names mentioned in the error
message are the module internal variable
name. I do not know the detail of the
calculation.
I know that when the RH value is
larger than 100%, the calculated
temperature can go out of range.
Therefore, you can try increasing the
cooling coil temperature, or reducing
the wet-bulb temperature of OA to see
whether the warning would disappear.
These warnings did not stop the
simmulation, and the results are still
good.
You have 5 or 6 AHU's, timestep = 20,
many zones. That is why you get more
than 279556 warnings of the same type.
You have other problems in your IDF
which prevent the temperature in the
zones to be proerly controlled. Because
I have not figured out how you named the
zones, it will take some time to get an
over all view of your design.
You seems to have two buildings (CD
and OFF), one three storeys and one five
stories. You have cooling chiller, but
no heating plant equipment. AHU
provideds the cooling to a low
temperature and then heated b the reheat
heater in the zone. The reheat heater
is also used for Winter heating.
The reheat coil can be used for
humidity control with cooling in Summer
and heating in Winter. I have not
checked your schedules, etc.
The VAV damper setting, if reversed,
would also caused the zone temperature
control to fail.
You should look at the other warning
vessages to fix the problems.
Dr. Li
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Hello, I
have some
questions to
ask for your
help. I model
a VAV with PFP
Boxes system
with a screw
chiller provides
chilled water.
There are some
warnings after
I run the
model, which
are list
below:
1) **
Warning **
Temperature
out of range
[-100. to
200.]
(PsyPsatFnTemp)
** ~~~
**
Routine=PsyWFnTdbRhPb,
Environment=SUMMER
DESIGN DAY, at
Simulation
time=07/15
00:00 - 00:03
** ~~~
** Input
Temperature=1898.61
2) **
Warning **
Enthalpy out
of range
(PsyTsatFnHPb)
** ~~~
**
Routine=Unknown,
Environment=WINTER
DESIGN DAY, at
Simulation
time=01/21
00:00 - 00:03
** ~~~
**
Enthalpy=327804470.59739
Pressure=
101241.00
** ~~~
** Initial
Resultant
Temperature=
99.01
Can you
tell me why
these warnings
occured, or
how can I
modify my
model to avoid
these
warnings?
Thank you!
Best
wishes!
loong
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