[Equest-users] Convert txt weather file to bin for eQuest

[Joe Huang]

Kieu Anh, others,

What you have posted works just for converting EPW format weather files to eQUEST BIN. 
This does not work at all for Belal's case, where the original weather file is in another 
format. For that, you have to specially process the data.   In addition to what I had 
posted last time, there's also the need to calculate/convert the Direct and Diffuse 
radiation to Total Global Horizontal radiation.  To do that, you need to have the solar 
angle every hour.   Sorry to have to explain the bad news.

Joe

Joe Huang
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On 3/12/2013 9:01 PM, Kieu Anh Doan wrote:
> *Belal K. Abboushi & All*
> *
> *
> *Please see file attaches, it's all!*
> *
> *
> *Doan Kieu Anh*
> *HCM City, Vietnam*
> *Email: asandcrab at gmail.com <mailto:asandcrab at gmail.com>*
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 7:36 AM, Joe Huang <yjhuang at whiteboxtechnologies.com 
> <mailto:yjhuang at whiteboxtechnologies.com>> wrote:
>
>     Belal,
>
>     I took a look at your text weather file. If  it's clean, i.e., all the elements are
>     there for every hour,  then the main difficulties are to calculate the following
>     parameters that are needed in the DOE-2/eQUEST *.BIN format, as well as to convert
>     all the parameters from SI to IP:
>
>        calculate wet-bulb temperature from the dry-bulb and relative humidity
>        calculate the humidity ratio
>        calculate the enthalpy of air
>
>     You would also have to add a constant air pressure based on the location's
>     elevation, and then leave the rain and snow flags as 0's, but those aren't really
>     used anyway.
>
>     There used to be a dummy Fortran subroutine called OTHER that a user could modify
>     and then compile with the DOE-2 weather processor program (also in Fortran), wthr.f,
>     but I've known of only a handful of people who's actually tried to use it all the
>     years I was at LBNL.   By now, I actually prefer to write my own program rather than
>     struggling
>     with the syntax of wthr.f
>
>     Since I do this type of stuff (process weather data) all the time, I could probably
>     convert this file for you to eQUEST in less than an hour, but I would have to charge
>     you.
>     Let me know if you're interested.
>
>     Joe
>
>     Joe Huang
>     White Box Technologies, Inc.
>     346 Rheem Blvd., Suite 108D
>     Moraga CA 94556
>     yjhuang at whiteboxtechnologies.com  <mailto:yjhuang at whiteboxtechnologies.com>
>     www.whiteboxtechnologies.com  <http://www.whiteboxtechnologies.com>
>     (o)(925)388-0265  <tel:%28925%29388-0265>
>     (c)(510)928-2683  <tel:%28510%29928-2683>
>     "building energy simulations at your fingertips"
>
>
>     On 3/12/2013 4:51 PM, Belal Khalid Abboushi wrote:
>>     Hi all,
>>
>>     I have a weather file in txt and would like to use the same file in equest. Is
>>     there a way i can convert it to bin so i can use it in eQuest? the weather file
>>     (txt) is attached.
>>
>>     Thanks all,
>>
>>     -- 
>>
>>     Kind regards,
>>     Belal Abboushi
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     *Belal K. Abboushi*
>>     M.Sc.Arch Candidate - Design & Energy Conservation
>>     College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture
>>     The University of Arizona - U.S.A.
>>
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