[Equest-users] Fan Powered Terminal vs Std VAV Terminal

[Morteza Kasmai]

Hello Bill,
Thank you so much for reviewing the model. Since I am not familiar with
energy performance of different terminal boxes was wondering if my
selection was correct. The mechanical drawings include diagram bellow for
VAV terminal and a schedule titled “Fan Powered Terminal unit Schedule”
that marks DTQS as the model of terminal boxes. Manufacturer’s (Titus)
literature indicates DTQS as a Digital Series Fan Powered Terminal and very
energy efficient.

My first question is if selecting Series PIU is a correct selection for the
proposed terminal. If yes, then my second question would be the energy
performance of Series PIU terminals vs Std VAV terminals. Keeping
everything equal, when I change terminal types from Std VAV to Series PIU
the annual energy costs increase, which indicates Std VAV terminal is more
energy efficient than Series PIU terminal. Is this correct?


I truly appreciate your help,

Morteza

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Morteza Kasmaei
Senior Architect
LEED AP BD+C, GGP









On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 9:52 AM Bishop, Bill <bbishop at pathfinder-ea.com>
wrote:

> Hi Morteza,
>
> I looked at your model and nothing jumps out as far as obvious problems. I
> can’t tell if you’ve modeled anything incorrectly without reviewing the
> design (which I’m not volunteering to do).
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> My question back to you is – what is it about the proposed design that
> should save energy compared to the baseline?
>
> Regards,
>
> ~Bill
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> *William Bishop, PE, BEMP, BEAP, CEM, LEED AP*
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> *From:* Equest-users <equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org> *On
> Behalf Of *Morteza Kasmai via Equest-users
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 9, 2019 5:07 PM
> *To:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* [Equest-users] Fan Powered Terminal vs Std VAV Terminal
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> Dear eQUEST experts,
>
> This is a LEED v4 C&S project modeled with eQUEST 3.65 build 7175 DOE 2.3.
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> System Type for the Baseline Case is System 5 – Packaged VAV with HW
> boiler and for the Proposed Model is Gas fired RTUs with Digital Series Fan
> Powered Terminal (DTQS).
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> Comparing the annual energy costs of the two models, when I change
> terminal type of the propose design system to Series PIU the energy costs
> of the model increases by 12%, which indicates the baseline system is more
> efficient the design system. Is this correct or there is something wrong
> with the terminal type selection? INP and PD2 files of the model are
> attached.
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> Thank you for your help.
>
> Morteza
>
> Morteza Kasmaei
> Senior Architect
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> LEED AP BD+C, GGP
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