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<p class=MsoNormal>If anyone would mind taking a moment to look at the
following I would greatly appreciate it. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I am aware that the outside air quantity listed in the
Outside Air Summary Report in eQuest is not necessarily the total outside air
of a specific unit because that report does not make adjustments to account for
total system air balance (i.e. exhaust air, etc). So I looked in the SV-A
Report to determine the ‘true’ outside air quantity for my
particular system. Now for my confusion, if I sum up the individual
outside air flows for each zone under my system (AHU-4 in particular) it totals
8,554 cfm which is basically the same as the Summary Report (8,551 cfm).
Where I am confused is the Outside Air Ratio in the SV-A Report indicates 0.537
which if I use the system supply air of 20,100 cfm would indicate 10,794 cfm of
outside air. So how much outside air is really in this system? Or
is this the ratio at the minimum heating flow since it is VAV? If this is
true, do one of the sim reports indicate what the minimum flow is or what the
outdoor airflow (in cfm) is rather than the ratio since I do not know what the program
is taking the ratio of? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks in advance for any comments!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans-serif"'>Alison
Staudinger P.E., LEED AP</span></b><span style='font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans-serif"'>JDRM
Engineering</span><span style='font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans-serif"'>5604
N. Main St.</span><span style='font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans-serif"'>Sylvania,
OH 43560</span><span style='font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans-serif"'>(419)
824-2400<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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