[Equest-users] Appendix G Fan Simulation

Matthew Higgins higgins at edi-arch.com
Thu Sep 17 14:20:20 PDT 2009


Nevermind, Vikram's email to Lars today has answered my question and 
brought my KW/cfm, ACTUALLY BHP/cfm, within acceptable ranges and eased 
my concerns.

Indirectly, Thanks

Matthew Higgins, LEED AP + ASHRAE-HBDP
Environmental Dynamics, Inc.
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Matthew Higgins wrote:

> I've seen multiple posts regarding 2004 Appendix G Fan Power and one 
> post from Ming Zeng suggested the following:
> "Baseline model fan usually gives 0.00078KW/cfm.  For proposed fans, 
> typically it is 0.00016-0.00018 KW/cfm/in static*"*
>
> I have two problems related to this because my Baseline KW/cfm is 
> closer to 0.001 KW/cfm for a bunch of unitary Type-3 systems, which is 
> indefinitely way too high.
>
> FIRST
> Many people have referred to the calculated fan power as an allowance, 
> which to me, would appear to be a threshold not to exceed based on the 
> 20deg-F delta for Appendix G Fan Sizing. I figure this is not the case 
> because others refer to the fan power as something that is simulated 
> in the model as a KW/cfm.
> I've also seen posts where numbers are expressed as KW/kcfm, which 
> would indicate fan power KW per thousand cfm; which again is not an 
> applicable figure for simulation using eQuest.
>
> SECOND
> I'm struggling with these items because a recent GBCI reviewer has 
> asked me to re-calculate my fan power because my BHPs are a bit higher 
> than they should be. When I "re-calculate" these values I do not come 
> up with the numbers they do (BHP ASHRAE - attached).
>
> I'm trying to reconcile my response and eQuest inputs before we 
> re-submit, but I'm not sure what to do.
>
> Much thanks.
>
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