Joe,
This is what the I/O Reference says on p. 1110.
"The solar collector must be connected on the demand side of the
plant loop.
Multiple collector modules can be combined in series and parallel
using the normal plant
connection rules. The supply side of the plant loop should contain a
water heater with the
solar collector loop connecting to the Source Side Inlet and Source
Side Outlet nodes. As
usual, the pump must be the first component on the supply side."
You can check the SolarCollectorFlatPlateWater.idf
On 17.04.2012 17:16, fortierengineering1 wrote:
I am trying to add a water solar collector to a model to
serve a process hot water load during peak solar times. I
tried to just plug the solar collector array in as one
would insert a boiler into a hot water loop, on the supply
side. I ran the model only only the cooling design day I
get a number of errors in the middle of the day stating
that the loop temperature falls below the lower limit of 3
°C. (The error messages state that the Maximum temperature
on the loop was -2.33 °C).
Looking at the solar collector example file I now notice
that they were modeled as being on the demand side with a
storage tank. I have read the input output reference
manual for this object and could not find anywhere that it
must be installed on the demand side.
Can someone confirm if the SolarCollector:FlatPlate:Water
must be installed on the demand side of a water loop? If
it doesn't is there an example file that uses this object
in the supply side that I am missing? I would like to
avoid the additional complications of adding a storage
tank if possible.
Thank you,
Joe Lewis