Hi Giovanni
I probably can't directly help you with what you want to accomplish. But i took a quick look on the example files, and i think a good starting point for you should be to look at the example file SolarCollectorFlatPlateWater. Most likely will show you how to set up your solar collectors including the storage tank. Hopefully someone will offer further help with your simulation. keep it up!
Pedro.
On 26-09-2011 16:26, Giovanni Macchitelli wrote:
Hi!
I wrote here and to all of you many times but I don't know how to do by myself so I ask another time your help...
I am an Italian student and I am trying to use EnergyPlus and Google SketchUp (with openStudio) to study the heating requirements of a small health center in Tanzania for an international cooperation project by Engineers without Borders.
I had the results of my simulation (zone mean air temperature and sensible heating energy).
I want to have never less than 20°C.
Now I have to put in each zone (three in total) of the building a very simple heating system:
- a solar collector to warm water during the day
- a 2,000 liters barrel to store the water
- coils (simple coils, not fancoils because there's no electricity..) inside the building to warm the zones during the night with the hot water stored in the day...
after that I will add a pump and a valve to control the plant
I am trying to do it editing the IDF with no succes.
I made a New Obj in "Coil:Heating:Water" without results;
then I added a new solar collector but I don’t know how to add the 2,000 liters barrel to store the water…and mainly I don’t know how to create a unique heating system (I am studying the InputOutputReference guide, but I don’t understand which is the correct way to follow [I think I made confusion without understanding the correct use of branchlist, nodelist, plantloop… which is the correct instrument to create my very simple heating plant?])
Can someone give me a piece of advice, or some steps to follow? I don’t know how to complete my work…
(I attach the idf file)
thank you
Giovanni
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