Hi, Aditya
If you are not an experienced software program, I do not think you can handle the EMS in EPlus. It is a software debugging tool modified for variable viewing and changing.
If you run the exercises in the Getting Started Document, you will have learned how to use theremostat and other schedules.
ON/OFF in HVAC is done using a theremostat control. There is nothing special about it. The part that is confusing is that the VAV system does not use the zone thermostat cirectly. Three or four more parameters are used to allow the zone thermostat to control the variable damper in the zone, and turning on the reheat system and adjust the OA damper. So stay away from VAV.
The part that is difficult for a beginner to do is to want the ON/OFF at a precise setback of 1 or 2°C.
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Theremostat type 1 is for heating with SB, Type 2 is cooling
with SB.
Tpye 3 is one set point for both heating and cooling. Because these types do not have a dead band, you cannot activate them at the same time. In another word, you will have a Summer and Winter period defined for these schedules to be active.
Thermostat type 4 defines two bands, one for cooling and one for heating. They do not overlap. The space between the band is the dead band where neither cooling nor the heating system would be turned ON. This is very useful for places where the transition from Summer to Winter is not well defined. You may want heating at the night and cooling during the day time.
Run any example without the VAV will provide you with a running model.
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The zone occupancy and equipment schedules are independent of the thermostat schedules.
I do not know what you meant by "to get the simulation output in the
format I had written in this post".
If you are referring to a building green certificate report. You have to do a lot more than just simmulating a system. I know how to do it, but I do not want to be involved to write one, because I do not have the reference documents.
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If I can retrieve your earlier IDF, I will correct it and mail it to you.
Dr. Li
To: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: adityaravi87@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:08:49 +0000
Subject: [EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Setting the HVAC ON/OFF cycle
Dr.Li,
Thank you for the time.
Well I had some schedules put up for the equipment and Lights. Also I have included some occupancy schedule in my idf. So the warnings are now associated with these inputs only. I changed my CLGSP sch and HTGSP sch to the simple example one which you have suggested. If you can now tell me what is type4 Thermostat and how I can use it and also how to choose or set the on/off fan instead of the constant fan, I can make the changes and run the simulation.
Like I mentioned my final motive is to achieve a ON/OFF schedule for the HVAC. I was also given a suggestion to look into EMS documentation which I am doing right now.
It will be of great help if you can modify my IDF and send me the file with pointers explaining how the schedule works. I need to get the simulation output in the format I had written in this post. Please guide me through it.
Sincerely,
Aditya
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