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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hello – I’m relatively new to eQuest (though
have used other modeling software extensively) and I’m modeling a
building on a campus with a central steam plant. The building is billed for
steam use based on gallons of condensate returned. The building has
steam-hot water heat exchangers for the MZ air handling units and the DHW
system. It also has an absorption chiller on the steam loop. There
is no natural gas use in the building. I set up steam meters in the loops
for these “end uses” but I’m running into problems. I
searched the archives and found a couple questions posted in past years about
steam meters but didn’t really find the answers I need.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>1) I can’t directly model the DHW w/steam so apparently
I have to model it as natural gas? Or can I model it as a direct load in
the steam meter properties - direct load screen?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>2) No steam use is showing up when I run the
simulation. I went into the Master Meter screen and it only allows
(apparently) electric and fuel meters. Under fuel meters, there is not a
steam option, unless one is supposed to select “other”. Does
the Master meter need to know about the steam meters? And if so, how do I
tell it? Is there something else entirely that I should be doing that I’m
missing? (Since eQuest’s help screen is a DOE2 help screen, I’m
not having much luck with understanding how it applies to eQuest in this case.)</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Vicki Lynne, PE</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>National Center for Appropriate Technology</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>Butte, MT</span></font></p>
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