[TRNSYS-users] Temperature and %RH setpoint TRNBUILD

David BRADLEY d.bradley at tess-inc.com
Wed Sep 19 07:26:13 PDT 2012


Gary,
   The equation that I wrote was for a heating set point temperature and 
you are correct, when the building is unoccupied, the temperature would 
be allowed to fall back to 12C.

   The cooling equation might be:

Tset_cool = 28*occ + 99*(1-occ)

   In other words, define the cooling set point as an arbitrarily high 
number that the building will never reach.  There are of course other 
ways of turning off the cooling but this is effective in your situation.
Best,
  David


On 9/18/2012 18:57, KUM GARY wrote:
>
> David,
> Thanks for your reply. From your equation, it seem that during period 
> of 0 occupancy, I would get a temperature of 12 degree. But I would 
> like the cooling to be switched off when there is no occupancy. So how 
> should I go about defining the equation?
>
> Thanks
> Gary.
>
> On Sep 19, 2012 4:00 AM, "David BRADLEY" <d.bradley at tess-inc.com 
> <mailto:d.bradley at tess-inc.com>> wrote:
>
>     Gary,
>       Defining your setpoint as a SCHEDULE in TRNBuild simply allows
>     you to set a value that depends upon the time of day. Defining
>     your setpoint using an INPUT allows you a good bit more
>     flexibility. You could define your equation as follows:
>
>     Tset_heat = 24*occ + 12*(1-occ)
>
>     occ would have to be defined in another equation or perhaps a
>     Type14 forcing function to have a value of 1 when the building is
>     occupied and a 0 when it is not occupied.
>
>     Best,
>      David
>
>
>
>     On 9/17/2012 10:29, KUM GARY wrote:
>>     Hi,
>>
>>     I trying to calculate the cooling demand of my office building in
>>     TRNBUILD and would like the cooling demand to response according
>>     to my occupancy schedule(less cooling at night and more cooling
>>     at day). I try to define the set temp at the cooling type by i
>>     not sure which one should i use (schedule or input?) And also the
>>     equation behind it, because when i enter like for instance
>>     _24degree(set temp) *occupancy schedule+0_, i would get 0 degree
>>     when there is no occupancy.
>>
>>     Appreciate your kind assistance on this
>>
>>     Gary Kum
>>
>>
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