<div>As far as I know you cannot do it in DOE2 directly, but a quasi DOE2 approach would be to calculate the hourly system loads using DOE2 and calculate VRV energy consumption using spreadsheet calculations. You will have to create a regression based model to calculate the energy consumption as a function of the capacity and outdoor air temperature (The data is available on Mr. Slim website). Once you are sure the model is working correctly (be sure to put limits on your equations for out of range data) you can use the hourly weather boundary conditions to calculate the annual energy consumption. </div>
<div> </div>
<div>If you are doing code compliance using eQUEST you can calculate the average calibrated EER using the above methodology and use it as a DOE2 input. </div>
<div> </div>
<div>Best Regards,<br>Haider M. Khan, MSME <br> <br>ICF International<br>9300 Lee Highway,<br>Fairfax, VA 22031<br>Ph: 703 934-3868<br>Fax: 703 934-3530<br></div>
<div><br><br> </div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 12:08 PM, Chris Jones <<a href="mailto:cj@cr-jay.ca" target="_blank">cj@cr-jay.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">I am presented with the task of modelling a small commercial building<br>with the Mitsubishi variable flow refrigerant system - heat<br>
pumps. Does anyone have any hints for approximating this system in<br>DOE2.1e or equest?<br><br><br><br>Chris Jones, P.Eng.<br>14 Oneida Avenue<br>Toronto, ON M5J2E3<br>Tel. 416 203-7465<br>Fax. 416 946-1005<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>
Bldg-sim mailing list<br><a href="http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/bldg-sim-onebuilding.org" target="_blank">http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/bldg-sim-onebuilding.org</a><br>To unsubscribe from this mailing list send a blank message to <a href="mailto:BLDG-SIM-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG" target="_blank">BLDG-SIM-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG</a><br>
</blockquote></div><br>