[Equest-users] Ice Storage: Equipment controls and Load management

[Carol Gardner]

Have you tried running your input deck using the Refrigeration version 
of DOE2? Just an idea.....

On 11/15/2011 1:28 PM, Walson, Kristy wrote:
>
> I have been looking through the DOE2 help and have been trying to 
> utilize the following information that I found.  However, when I try 
> to replicate the input information below, some of the inputs aren't 
> available (see highlighted text below for the missing inputs in the 
> Equest screens).   When I try to sequence the thermal storage tank as 
> the cooling device in the Equipment Controls, the only available 
> options are chillers.  The thermal storage tank isn't available.  Do I 
> need to do something at the tank level to make it available in the 
> Equipment Controls?
>
> To use the tank only between the hours of 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., a 
> LOAD-MANAGEMENT sequence must be used:
>
> USE-TES-DAY = DAY-SCHEDULE
> TYPE               = FLAG
>                      ( 1,13) (1.)
>                      (13,17) (2.)
>                      (18,24) (1.)  ..
>
> USE-TES-WEEK = WEEK-SCHEDULE
> TYPE               = FLAG
>                      (ALL) USE-TES-DAY  ..
>
> USE-TES-SCH = SCHEDULE
> TYPE               = FLAG
> THRU DEC 31          USE-TES-WEEK  ..
>
> USE-CHILLER = EQUIP-CTRL
> TYPE               = COOLING
> CIRCULATION-LOOP   = COOLING-LOOP
>
> CHILLERS-1         = (CHILLER-1)
> ..
>
> USE-TES = EQUIP-CTRL
> TYPE               = COOLING
> CIRCULATION-LOOP   = COOLING-LOOP
>
> CHILLERS-1         = (CHILLER-1)
> CHILLERS-SEQ-1     = (        2) /chiller second/
> STORE-SEQ-1        = (        1) /tank first/
> ..
>
> COOL-CTRL = LOAD-MANAGEMENT
> TYPE               = SCHEDULED
> EQUIP-CTRL-SCH     = USE-TES-SCH
>
> CTRL-FLAG-1        = 1.0
> EQUIP-CTRL-1       = (USE-CHILLER)
>
> CTRL-FLAG-2        = 2.0
> EQUIP-CTRL-2       = (USE-TES)
> CTRL-PRIORITY-2    = 10.
>
> *Kristy M. Walson, PE, LEED AP BD+C*
>
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> *Kristy M. Walson, PE, LEED AP BD+C*
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> Office: 407-487-1118
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> *From:*Carol Gardner [mailto:gems at spiritone.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 15, 2011 4:13 PM
> *To:* Walson, Kristy
> *Cc:* 'equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org'
> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] Ice Storage: Equipment controls and Load 
> management
>
> Hi Kristy,
>
> There is a ton of information that you can access 2 ways: by going 
> into the folders you downloaded or by searching for it online, say at 
> the DOE2 Website: both equally good.
>
> The trick is this case is to be sure you are looking in the DOE2 
> manual, not the eQUEST manual.
>
> Try this and let me know if you still can' find it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Carol
>
> There is a ton of information in the
> On 11/15/2011 12:18 PM, Walson, Kristy wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone have any experience using the Equipment Controls and Load 
> Management functions in Equest?  I'm trying to set up an ice storage 
> plant and previous equest forum posts suggested that I utilize these 
> tools to run the chillers at the right time of day.  My energy 
> consumption, notably my pumping energy, goes WAY up when I try to 
> utilize these settings, so I'm sure I'm doing something wrong.
>
> If anyone has successfully used Equest to analyze ice storage as an 
> energy cost saving measure, can you run through your process?  Any 
> help is much appreciated.
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
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