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<h5 style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Varkie,</h5><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Here's some of the inputs you need. The info is in the DOE2.2 Volume 2r which includes the refrigeration equipment definitions. Sorry about the font difficulties - this comes from cutting and pasting.</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><h5 style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><br></h5><h5 style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">WATER-ECONO-EFF<a name="_Toc49583299"></a></h5>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoBodyText">for a WATER-ECONOMIZER, specifies the effectiveness of the
heat-exchanger. The simple heat-exchanger model in this component assumes a
constant effectiveness for all chilled-water and condenser-water flows. It is
used in the following equation for load:<a name="_Toc49583299"></a></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoBodyTextIndent">Q<sub>econo</sub> = M<sub>chw</sub> *
Cp<sub>chw</sub> * Eff * (T<sub>return</sub> - T<sub>cw</sub>)<a name="_Toc49583299"></a></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoBodyText">where<a name="_Toc49583299"></a></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoBodyTextIndent">Q<sub>econo</sub> maximum load the economizer
can handle<br>M<sub>chw</sub> chilled-water mass flow
rate<br>Cp<sub>chw</sub> chilled-water specific heat<br>Eff
heat-exchanger effectiveness<br>T<sub>return</sub> chilled-water return
temperature<br>T<sub>cw </sub> condenser-water supply temperature<a name="_Toc49583299"></a></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoBodyText">The default effectiveness is 0.8. To model direct-injection
(<font style="background-color: rgb(49, 106, 197);" color="#ffffff">strainer cycles</font>),
specify an effectiveness of 1.0. <a name="_Toc49583299"></a></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><a style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" name="_Toc49583299"></a><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"> </span><title>Chiller Water-Economizer</title><link style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../Theme/nav.css"><link style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../Theme/lf.css"><link style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../LinksExt/C1H_HTML.css"><link style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../LinksExt/DOE22Vol2-Dictionary.css">
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<h3 style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><a name="_Toc226181893">Chiller Water-Economizer</a></h3>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoBodyText">A water-side economizer provides “free <font style="background-color: rgb(49, 106, 197);" color="#ffffff">cooling</font>” by allowing
<font style="background-color: rgb(49, 106, 197);" color="#ffffff">cooling</font> tower water
to bypass the chiller(s) and directly <font style="background-color: rgb(49, 106, 197);" color="#ffffff">cool</font> a chilled-water loop. The <font style="background-color: rgb(49, 106, 197);" color="#ffffff">cooling</font> is not actually
“free”, as energy must still be expended in the <font style="background-color: rgb(49, 106, 197);" color="#ffffff">cooling</font> tower fans and
pumps. Water-side economizers may be divided into three principal
configurations: </p>
<p style="text-indent: -18pt; margin-left: 36pt; font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoBodyText"><font style="background-color: rgb(49, 106, 197);" color="#ffffff">Direct</font> injection – The condenser water is filtered and
directly injected into the chilled-water loop. While this method maximizes the
effectiveness of the economizer, it introduces oxygen and other contaminants
into the piping. These contaminants may ultimately corrode and/or foul the
piping and coils; thereby degrading the performance of the system and shortening
its life.</p>
<p style="text-indent: -18pt; margin-left: 36pt; font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoBodyText">Indirect heat-exchanger – A plate-and-frame
heat-exchanger to indirectly <font style="background-color: rgb(49, 106, 197);" color="#ffffff">cools</font> the chilled-water loop. The heat-exchanger prevents
the relatively dirty condenser water from fouling the chilled-water components.
Since the effectiveness of a heat-exchanger is always less than 1.0, this method
cannot achieve the same performance as <font style="background-color: rgb(49, 106, 197);" color="#ffffff">direct</font> injection.</p>
<p style="text-indent: -18pt; margin-left: 36pt; font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoBodyText">Thermocycle – A chiller can be configured so that its
heat-exchangers and refrigerant act as a passive heat transfer mechanism. Like
the indirect method, this method prevents cross-contamination of the chilled and
condenser loops. However, it does not usually achieve the same <font style="background-color: rgb(49, 106, 197);" color="#ffffff">cooling</font> capacity for a
given temperature differential.</p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoBodyText">The capability to simulate a water-side economizer was
omitted from earlier versions of DOE-2 because of the lack of funding necessary
to implement this component properly. Nevertheless, many high-rise buildings
utilize water-side economizers, and many users have expressed the need to
simulate these components. </p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoBodyText">The program now partially remedies this problem by
introducing a new type of chiller that is a simple plate-and-frame
heat-exchanger. This is not a complete implementation, and the following rules
must be understood:</p>
<p style="text-indent: -18pt; margin-left: 36pt; font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoBodyText">The program assumes a water-side economizer is used in an “all
or nothing” <font style="background-color: rgb(49, 106, 197);" color="#ffffff">mode</font>.
If the water-side economizer can handle the entire <font style="background-color: rgb(49, 106, 197);" color="#ffffff">cooling</font> load, then it
will be used. Otherwise, the loop will use its other chillers. A water-side
economizer cannot precool the return flow prior to entering the
chillers.<br><br>The “all or nothing” <font style="background-color: rgb(49, 106, 197);" color="#ffffff">mode</font> precludes the use of an EQUIP-CTRL sequence to
coordinate the operation of an economizer chiller with other chillers. If you
list a water-side economizer chiller in an EQUIP-CTRL sequence, it will be
ignored.</p>
<p style="text-indent: -18pt; margin-left: 36pt; font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoBodyText">There must be a one-to-one correspondence between a CHW loop,
a water-side economizer, and a CW loop. A CHW loop may be supplied by only one
water-side economizer, and a CW loop may supply only one water-side economizer.
In other words, a plant may have any number of chilled water loops having
water-side economizers, but those economizers cannot draw from the same CW loop.
The program will generate an error if this condition is not met.</p>
<p style="text-indent: -18pt; margin-left: 36pt; font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoBodyText">If a CW loop supplies a water-side economizer, it may also
supply chillers serving the same CHW loop as the economizer. However, it cannot
supply chillers serving other CHW loops. The program will generate an error if
this condition is not met.</p>
<p style="text-indent: -18pt; margin-left: 36pt; font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoBodyText">A CW loop supplying a water-side economizer should have only
one <font style="background-color: rgb(49, 106, 197);" color="#ffffff">cooling</font> tower.
More than one <font style="background-color: rgb(49, 106, 197);" color="#ffffff">cooling</font> tower is allowed, however only the first tower
defined will be checked to see if sufficient free <font style="background-color: rgb(49, 106, 197);" color="#ffffff">cooling</font> capacity is
available. Once free <font style="background-color: rgb(49, 106, 197);" color="#ffffff">cooling</font> is allocated to a CW loop, the program may use any
combination of towers to satisfy it. <i>The program may underpredict the
water-side economizer savings if more than one <font style="background-color: rgb(49, 106, 197);" color="#ffffff">cooling</font> tower serves a
given CW loop. To minimize the underprediction, define the largest tower
first.</i></p>
<p style="text-indent: -18pt; margin-left: 36pt; font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoBodyText">If there is any water-<font style="background-color: rgb(49, 106, 197);" color="#ffffff">cooled</font> packaged equipment in the SYSTEM command, this
equipment will be ignored when determining whether the tower has sufficient free
<font style="background-color: rgb(49, 106, 197);" color="#ffffff">cooling</font> capacity.
<i>This may cause the program to overpredict water-side economizer
savings.</i></p>
<p style="text-indent: -18pt; margin-left: 36pt; font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoBodyText">For maximum effectiveness, the CHW loop should have <font style="background-color: rgb(49, 106, 197);" color="#ffffff">COOL</font>-SETPT-CTRL =
LOAD-RESET. This allows the CHW temperature setpoint to rise during periods of
low loads, maximizing the effectiveness of the water-<font style="background-color: rgb(49, 106, 197);" color="#ffffff">cooled</font> economizer.</p>
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</div><p></p></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Varkie C Thomas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thomasv@iit.edu">thomasv@iit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">I have not been able to model WSE in eQUEST (DOE22). I have received advice and instructions on this subject. <b> I need an example project or the Plant section of the DOE22 inp file.</b><span> </span>I have done this in DOE2.1E (sample Plant inp attached). The attachment includes the results of my efforts to understand how WSE works and attempts at modeling it with eQ.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri">I cannot find the equivalent DOE2.1E keywords in the DOE22 manuals:</font></span></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri">DIRECT-COOL-MODE:<span> </span>STRAINER-CYCLE - THERMO-CYCLE</font></span></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri">DC-MAX-OAT<span> </span><span> </span>DC-MAX-CHILL-WTR-T<span> </span>DC-TWR-WTR-SETPT</font></span></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri">DIRECT-COOL-SCH<span> </span>DIRECT-COOL-KW</font></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="4"><b>The best way to teach (learn) building energy modeling & simulation is with case studies.</b></font></span></p></div>
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