Many thanks. This resolves the issue. Alternatively if you'd like to avoid the detailed interface, on that page 21 drop down menu which you mentioned, the default setting is Natural Gas, with the option to change it to Process Load. However, once you change it to Process Load, you can't change it back to Natural Gas. It wasn't too much trouble to rebuild the model with all the correct inputs and make a point not to change that drop down this time. Now it works like a charm.<div>
<br></div><div>-- <br><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><font color="#888888">Adrian Gurga<br>Smart Energy Design Assistance Center<br>University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign<br>
<a href="http://www.sedac.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 88, 181); ">www.sedac.org</a><br>(217) 244-4671<br>(800) 214-7954</font></span><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Dakota Kelley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dakotak@teliospc.com">dakotak@teliospc.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">I think there’s a bug in v3.63b which restricts DDW Screen
21, at least for the gas side, to process loads. eQUEST defines process
loads as internal thermal loads which do not contribute to utility loads, hence
your observation. Look at the top of the Load column on Screen 21 and you’ll
see a drop-down menu that is set to “Process Load”. I say
there’s a bug because at one point you could change this menu to “Gas”
and it would be a thermal and utility load as you desire. However, it now
appears that Process Load is the only option.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">The work-around is to go to the applicable zones in the Detailed
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 23, 2010 5:54 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Trouble with thermal process loads in eQUEST</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">I'm
trying to add a process load which consumes natural gas in eQUEST. I'm
doing it through the Design Development wizard. I have enabled process
loads by clicking the Process Loads box on page 15 (non-HVAC enduses to model)
of the shell editor. That enables page 21 (process loads and profiles).
In this, I can specify electric loads without a problem. I just add
in the watts per square foot and the electricity consumption goes up.
Perfect. The trouble is the thermal loads, which are to the right
of the electrical loads. First I just tried entering 100 Btuh per square
foot but left sensible fraction as zero. Then I ran the model and there
was no change. Adding 100 Btuh per square foot has no effect on the
natural gas consumption in the model. If I try the same thing but
increase the sensible fraction it will decrease the energy use in the model
because it's assuming we get free heating from our process load, which is the
opposite of what I want because it's assuming that process energy just
magically appears in the building. For some reason, adding a process load
of X Btuh has no effect on the energy consumption. How do I properly add
this load?</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#888888">Adrian
Gurga<br>
Smart Energy Design Assistance Center<br>
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign<br>
<a href="http://www.sedac.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0658B5">www.sedac.org</span></a><br>
(217) 244-4671<br>
(800) 214-7954</span></p>
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