[Equest-users] Refrigeration Modeling (2) - Zone Load
Chris Jones
cj at enersave.ca
Mon Aug 6 10:42:46 PDT 2012
The manual states to enter the REFG-ZONE-LOAD as a negative. Are you
indicating that the larger the zone load, the more unmet cooling
hours? That seems counter intuitive doesn't it?
At 10:33 AM 06/08/2012, Yoni Pollak wrote:
>Chris,
>
>You might be right about that heat ending up in the space, but that
>doesn't sound right to me. I was getting an error when REFG-AUK-KW
>was 0, so I reset it. I've actually played around with that number
>quite a bit since it seems to have a large impact on the energy
>consumption. I'll revisit it again this morning.
>
>I'm talking aboiut umnet cooling load hours. The REFG-ZONE-LOAD
>keyword seems to be directly related to my space loads but in the
>opposite way I thought. The more REFG-ZONE-LOAD, the more system
>cooling the space requires.
>
>
>
>Yoni G. Pollak, PE
>(T) 770-622-2270
>
>From: Chris Jones [mailto:cj at enersave.ca]
>Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2012 12:15 PM
>To: ypollak at gtp-eng.com; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
>Cc: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
>Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Refrigeration Modeling (2) - Zone Load
>
>There are a number of other REFG- keywords that depend on
>REFG-ZONE-LOAD. For example:
>REFG-AUK-KW - takes three entries (order corresponds to
>REFG-ZONE-LOAD) of the fractional rated capacity of lights, fans,
>anti-sweat heaters - the default is 40% of the REFG-ZONE-LOAD - I am
>not entirely sure but I believe this heat ends up in the space.
>
>Also, do you mean the unmet load hours are cooling load unmet or
>heating load unmet?
>
>
>
>At 10:21 AM 03/08/2012, Yoni Pollak wrote:
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>Hi All,
>
>Has anyone had experience modeling refrigeration cases? I posted a
>question the other day but this one is different.
>
>So under Air-Side HVAC Zone Parameters > Refrigeration Tab, Zone
>Load (REFG-ZONE-LOAD) I entered the free cooling affect from the
>refrigeration cases to the space (as described in the key word
>help). But looking at the SIM file, this parameter is increasing my
>zone loads rather than decreasing them, and in fact is causing my
>space to have more unmet load hours. Should I apply a negative
>number to this parameter, or is this parameter not the 'free cooling' affect.
>
>
>That along with the Walkin Box Load under the Air-Side HVAC System
>Parameter. Not sure how the program is using this value.
>
>Thanks!
>
>
>
>
>Yoni G. Pollak, P.E.
>Mechanical Engineer
>
>GTP Consulting Engineers, Inc
>4197 Pleasant Hill Rd
>Suite 200
>Duluth, GA 30096
>(770) 622-2270
><mailto:ypollak at gtp-eng.com>ypollak at gtp-eng.com
>
>
>
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Christopher Jones, P.Eng.
Suite 1801, 1 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON M5E1W7
Tel. 416-203-7465
Fax. 416-946-1005
email cj at enersave.ca
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