[TRNSYS-users] Utilizing water draw forcing function

Jeff Thornton thornton at tess-inc.com
Fri Oct 25 13:01:52 PDT 2013


Use a Type 14 forcing function and specify the draw rate and length of 
draw.  Make sure to close the cycle out (the last point should be at 24 
hours so it repeats every 24 hours.  Then connect the output from Type 
14 to the inlet flow rate for the inlet port and you're ready to go.

Jeff

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On 10/25/2013 2:15 am, Ayoola Afolayan wrote:

>> Hello Everyone,
>>                         I am modelling a solar domestic water 
>> heating system using the following component: Pump(type 3b), 
>> Controller (type 2b), Collector (type 1b), tank (type 4a) and weather 
>> on TRNSYS 16. I want to determine the volume of water that is being 
>> drawn from a storage tank for example: 24L of water drawn from a 
>> storage tank of 120L capacity at 7am and the same volume of water 
>> drawn at 9am. I will like to know which component in TRNSYS can 
>> perform this task and how?
>>




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