[Equest-users] Evaporative cooler with 100% outside air

[Joe Huang]

Bill,

I like to compliment you on your very useful diagnosis and explanation of the problem.  
Well done!

Joe

Joe Huang
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On 7/23/2018 7:21 AM, Bishop, Bill via Equest-users wrote:
>
> Hi Jing,
>
> Your screen shots show that you have entered flowrates for the system supply flow, zonal 
> supply flow, zonal outside air and zonal exhaust flow. The error is caused by the zonal 
> exhaust flow being greater than the entered system supply flow. You have also selected 
> “Track Exhaust Flow” which requires the air handler to supply at least as much air as 
> the exhaust requirement. You can do any of the following to eliminate the error:
>
> 1.)Let the system supply flow rate default (leave the input field empty). The system 
> will be sized to match the zone exhaust flow (or possibly higher).
>
> 2.)Enter the system supply flow rate to be at least as much as the zone exhaust flow rate.
>
> 3.)Set the zonal exhaust to “No Airflow Tracking” and the EXHAUST-SOURCE to something 
> other than “Air Handler”.
>
> Regards,
>
> ~Bill
>
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> *From:*Equest-users [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On Behalf Of 
> *Brian Fountain via Equest-users
> *Sent:* Monday, July 23, 2018 9:36 AM
> *To:* Jing Hong via Equest-users <hongjing.shirley at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* equest-users at onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] Evaporative cooler with 100% outside air
>
> Look at the .sim file (view detailed simulation results). There will (likely) be error 
> messages at the bottom of that text file relating to why the system/plant module could 
> not run,
>
> *From: *Jing Hong via Equest-users
>
> *Sent: *Monday, July 23, 2018 9:31 AM
>
> *To: *equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org <mailto:equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org>; 
> equest-users at onebuilding.org <mailto:equest-users at onebuilding.org>
>
> *Reply To: *Jing Hong
>
> *Subject: *[Equest-users] Evaporative cooler with 100% outside air
>
> Dear All,
>
> I have a constant volume 100% outside air evaporative cooler for a kitchen. The CFM is 
> 4500. So I set the design flow rate 4500 and outside air flow 4500. When I performed 
> simulation, the simulation was terminated due to errors. However, there is no error 
> shown in the list of errors. In addition, if I increase the design flow rate above the 
> outside air flow rate 4500, then this problem will be gone.
>
> Did anyone have this problem before? How could I fix it?
>
> Thank you!
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> Jing Hong
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> School of Architecture and Urban Planning
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> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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