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Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] outdoor air per occupant

Does that zone have a multiplier?

On 6/12/2013 2:21 PM, FCoelho wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I believe this should have a simple answer, still I didn't got there yet.
>
> I'm reporting on :
> ZoneX :Zone Mechanical Ventilation Air Change Rate [ach](TimeStep)
> ZoneX : :People Number Of Occupants [](TimeStep)
>
> I have the outdoor air defined as Flow/Person at 0.01 m³ in the DesignSpecification outdoor air, and I'm using the ideal loads Air system referring to this.
>
> At a particular timestep I have 2.14 ACH which gives me around 0.205 m³/s (ZoneVolume=343.8091 m³) with 26.86 occupants. However I was expecting 0.01 m³/s * 26.86 occ. = 2.6 m³/s.
>
> What am I missing?
> Thank you all for any help provided.
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