Dear Matthew,
I’ll bet you are looking at a multi-zone air handler, something like the image below (courtesy ASHRAE Handbook 2008, p4.13). That should be a system E+ can handle, but I cannot find any objects that look appropriate or mention of it in the IO Reference…
I’ve never had to model one (though I’ve designed them), so perhaps someone else in the forum has tried it?
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Subject: [EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Fresh Air Issues
This is a real building with a constant volume air handler and three dampers that proportionally modulate air flow to the different zones. I use the term "proportionally modulate" in pretty loose terms there since the system is pneumatic, we have no plans, and I was born after dinosaurs walked the Earth so it is difficult fo
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