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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Your input had some relatively unique
issues that we have resolved and will be posting a new release shortly.
Here is the summation of issues:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>As
identified below, the ZONE:HMIN-FLOW-RATIO was defaulting to the SYSTEM
level MIN-FLOW-RATIO rather than HMIN-FLOW-RATIO. In your input, you
specified SYSTEM:MIN-FLOW-RATIO = 0.8, but at each zone you specified
ZONE:MIN-FLOW-RATIO = 0.46. The zone HMIN-FLOW-RATIO was then
defaulting to 0.8 rather than “no default”, which would have
then been set at the start of the simulation to 0.46. <br>
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Interim solution: Don’t specify the MIN-FLOW-RATIO at both the
SYSTEM and ZONE level; either is fine, both are not.<br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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the SYSTEM:SUPPLY-FLOW is specifed, and one or more ZONE:ASSIGNED-FLOWs
are also specified, the outside air requirement for that zone was dropped
from the summation of zone outside air requirements. This causes the
“OUTSIDE AIR RATIO” reported on SV-A to be less than it should
be, resulting in less heating energy.<br>
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Interim solution: Don’t specify SUPPLY-FLOW and ASSIGNED-FLOW
concurrently. Or, don’t specify any zonal outside air
requirements, and instead specify the SYSTEM:MIN-OUTSIDE-AIR<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Charles Land<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, June 03, 2009
8:20 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Clayton.E.Dumcum@jci.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b>
equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org; equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Equest-users] new
equest</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>I sent this e-mail a
few weeks ago in hopes to validate the accuracy of the new equest 3.63. I
have heard back about bugfixes you can place in your bdl code as well as a
pending release. The only problem is the bug fix is for when your heating
and fan energy is increasing. My gas usage is dropping when running my
old file in the new equest. Has anyone heard anything else about any of
the problems (bugs) with 3.63. I am honestly worried about switching
over. Has anyone else still been running into these problems? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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Clayton.E.Dumcum@jci.com [mailto:Clayton.E.Dumcum@jci.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, May 21, 2009 12:26
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Charles Land<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b>
equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org; equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Equest-users] new
equest<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Jason,</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>There
is a bug in V3.63 that defaults zone heating minimum flow ratio to 1.00
(technically, I think it defaults to the system minimum overall supply ratio),
rather than the system heating minimum flow ratio (which defaults to 0.01).
This will cause systems with variable heating air flow to use a lot more
fan and heating energy than expected.</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>You
can either change all of your zone flows manually or set a user-defined default
code snippet: for the zone heating minimum air flow (or insert this bit of code
in your .inp file).</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>if
(#P("HMIN-CFM-RATIO") == unused)</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
then unused</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
else if (#RV(#P("HMIN-CFM-RATIO")) == 0)</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
then #P("HMIN-CFM-RATIO")</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
else no_default</span></font> <br>
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endif</span></font> <br>
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endif</span></font> <br>
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<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hope
this helps,</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Clayton</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Charles Land <cland@geo-marine.com></span></font></b><font
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<font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Sent
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<p><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>05/21/2009
11:08 AM</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>Has anyone ran any of their old files in the new equest
yet. My numbers have significantly changed. I am working on ECMs
and my constant volume alternative is saving more money than my vav
alternative. Is anyone else having any problems with this. Should I
not be running 3.61 file on 3.63?</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri'> </span></font>
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<font size=2 color="#1f497d"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Charles
(Jason) Land</span></font> <br>
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