[Equest-users] Earth Air Tunnel Modeling guideline

[Javed Iqbal]

Kamlesh,

It's worth checking E+ which has an inbuilt capability of modeling earth
air tunnel. Here you find a link to read more about this.

https://bigladdersoftware.com/epx/docs/8-3/input-output-reference/group-airflow.html#zoneearthtube-earth-tube


Hope this helps!!

On Mon, May 14, 2018, 7:54 PM Bishop, Bill via Equest-users <
equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org> wrote:

> Hi Kamalesh,
>
> There is no direct way to model earth air tunnels in eQUEST/DOE-2. I think
> the best you can do is to use some other method to estimate the impact on
> outside air properties and then try modeling it with an equivalent
> preconditioner combination such as a Ground Loop Heat Exchanger with the
> evaporative cooler.
>
> I have about thirty reference documents on earth tube design that I
> gathered (29 MB) if you are serious about it.
>
> Regards,
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> ~Bill
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> *From:* Equest-users [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On
> Behalf Of *kamalesh Chandra via Equest-users
> *Sent:* Friday, May 11, 2018 9:12 AM
> *To:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* [Equest-users] Earth Air Tunnel Modeling guideline
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>
> Hi Team,
>
> Hope everything is going well there. I am working in a project, in which
> the evaporative coolers are taking air from the earth air tunnel outlet. I
> just want to know how we can model the impact of Earth Air Tunnel in eQuest.
>
>
>
> Any help would be appreciated!!
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>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Kamalesh
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