[EnergyPlus_Support] Re: v5 to v7 Problem

["luke_dorna" <luke.dorna@xxxxxxxxx>]

I used idfversionupdater in the utilities of version 7. I downloaded the conversion files from the help serve site. 

I ran an experiment and the same load increase occurs when i upgrade only to version 6. 

I have submitted to the help desk. 

--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Linda Lawrie <linda@...> wrote:
>
> Did you use the multiple program transitions?
> 
> The V7 version is called IDF Version updater.
> 
> No reason it should have changed your convection algo unless what you 
> had before was invalid.
> 
> Send both files to the helpdesk for more help.
> 
> At 02:15 PM 2/7/2012, luke_dorna wrote:
> >Recently, I converted a v5 model to v7. Straight from the idf 
> >converter with no other changes incurred, the model now fails to 
> >converge in many zones.
> >
> >Further, and more critically, for the purposes of energy 
> >calculations, the calculated heating and cooling loads have 
> >drastically increased. The heating load increased by a factor of 10.
> >
> >Has anyone experienced a similar problem?
> >
> >Changes I noticed the converter made were general formatting updates 
> >for the elements such as ventilation control, and changing the 
> >surface convection algorithms from simple to TARP.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
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