[Equest-users] Trouble with thermal process loads in eQUEST

[Grammy]

The process load can be treated as a direct load in meter. This type load
will not effect the building energy consumption "inside".

But you need to get the total process load first.

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 6:53 AM, Adrian Gurga <gurga at illinois.edu> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to add a process load which consumes natural gas in eQUEST.  I'm
> doing it through the Design Development wizard.  I have enabled process
> loads by clicking the Process Loads box on page 15 (non-HVAC enduses to
> model) of the shell editor.  That enables page 21 (process loads and
> profiles).  In this, I can specify electric loads without a problem.  I just
> add in the watts per square foot and the electricity consumption goes up.
>  Perfect.  The trouble is the thermal loads, which are to the right of the
> electrical loads.  First I just tried entering 100 Btuh per square foot but
> left sensible fraction as zero.  Then I ran the model and there was no
> change.  Adding 100 Btuh per square foot has no effect on the natural gas
> consumption in the model.  If I try the same thing but increase the sensible
> fraction it will decrease the energy use in the model because it's assuming
> we get free heating from our process load, which is the opposite of what I
> want because it's assuming that process energy just magically appears in the
> building.  For some reason, adding a process load of X Btuh has no effect on
> the energy consumption.  How do I properly add this load?
>
>
> --
> Adrian Gurga
> Smart Energy Design Assistance Center
> University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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