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class=471375521-04032007>All,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=471375521-04032007>For a particular simulation, I would like to change the
ground source heat pump cooling EER & heating COP to FEMP's 'Best Available'
of 25.8 and 4.9 respectively, at standard conditions. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=471375521-04032007>May I avoid tampering with response curves
and very simply just change the cooling/heating electric input ratios as
follows:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=471375521-04032007>EIRc = 1/(25.8/3.412) = 0.1322</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=471375521-04032007>EIRh = 1/4.9 = 0.2041</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=471375521-04032007>Or is this too simplistic? Ah Sundays, perfect
for the quiet introspective contemplation of energy
studies...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=471375521-04032007>Thanks</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=471375521-04032007>Brandon Nichols, PE<BR>Mechanical<BR>HARGIS
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