Ditto. I never thought about the impact of swimmers leaving the pool or backwashing the filters.
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From: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Karen Walkerman
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 7:34 PM
To: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Outdoor swimming pool
Thanks Jeff!
On Tuesday, January 10, 2012, Jeff Haberl <jhaberl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Haberl, J., Claridge, D. 1987. “An Expert System for Building Energy Consumption Analysis: Prototype Results,” ASHRAE Transactions-Research, Vol. 93, Pt. 1, pp. 979 - 998 (January).
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> Haberl, J. 1986. “An Expert System for the Analysis of Building Energy Consumption,” Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder.
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> This work was done at a Rec Center at the University of Colorado, which included a swimming pool (2 pools). The heat loss equations used the DeWinter approach. Of importance to this discussion is the fact that the water that gets splashed out of the pool and/or gets carried off on the bodies of the swimmers when the exit the pool is often times larger than the evaporative loss.
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