[Equest-users] Demand Controlled Ventilation

Rob Hudson rdh4176 at gmail.com
Wed Apr 28 08:05:47 PDT 2010


How can i tell if the system is using a lower OA CFM during the less
occupied times?

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Bishop, Bill <wbishop at pathfinder-ea.com>wrote:

>  Rob,
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> I recently modeled DCV successfully for the first time. (I showed savings
> anyway.) You need to enter zone-level OA as OA-FLOW/PER and/or OA-FLOW/AREA.
> The OA flow/per (person) is what will get you the savings, based on your
> occupancy schedule(s). I also created a MIN-AIR-SCH, coinciding with the fan
> schedule, set to zero when fan is off and -999 when fan is on.
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> Regards,
>
> Bill
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> *From:* equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:
> equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On Behalf Of *Rob Hudson
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 28, 2010 9:55 AM
> *To:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* [Equest-users] Demand Controlled Ventilation
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> I am having some trouble with setting up DCV in my model.  if i select DCV
> in Zone Sensors for the Min OA Control Method and a min outside Air Ratio,
> do i need any Zone level OA inputs?
> Any help or insight as to what inputs are necessary for DCV would be great!
>
> --
> Rob Hudson
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Rob Hudson
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