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    At the system level in flow parameters supply air is set to 20,000
    cfm but return is set to 16,000 cfm. Difference is set as OA.  Clear
    the return air flow field and you will get 0 OA air flow.<br>
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    On 4/19/2011 2:39 PM, R B wrote:
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      <div>Attached are the files. I am looking at RTU1 system.</div>
      <div>Thanks</div>
      <div>-Rohini<br>
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      <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 1:12 PM, R B <span
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          class="gmail_quote">Its a VAV system.
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              <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 12:42 PM,
                Brian Fountain <span dir="ltr"><<a
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                  <div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> When I set OA
                    cfm to 0 and system min OA to 0, I do get 0 for
                    variable 39 & 0 for OA in the SV-A report.  What
                    system type?<br>
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                    Perhaps best if you send .pd2 and .inp to list to
                    have a look.
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                      On 4/19/2011 12:40 PM, R B wrote: </div>
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                          <div><font face="tahoma,sans-serif">Kamel,
                              Bill,</font></div>
                          <div><font face="tahoma,sans-serif">Thanks for
                              the reply. I changed the OA cfm for all
                              the zones to 0. Now in the SV-A report the
                              zone OA is showing as zero but the system
                              OA ratio is 0.2 and the custom hourly
                              report variables (ratio of outside air to
                              supply flow - Var 39, and the minimum OA
                              damper position - Var 80) are still
                              varying from 0.21 to 0.56. Not sure from
                              where eQuest is getting 0.2 value or these
                              other values in the hourly report.</font></div>
                          <div><font face="tahoma,sans-serif">Does VAV
                              have a default minimum outside air that
                              cannot be overwritten?</font></div>
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                          <div>Thanks</div>
                          <div>-Rohini<br>
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                          <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 19, 2011
                            at 10:16 AM, Haddad, Kamel <span dir="ltr"><<a
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                                <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font
                                      color="#0000ff" face="Arial">Rohini,
                                      Try setting all the zone level
                                      outside air fields to the smallest
                                      number you can enter.</font></span></div>
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                                <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font
                                      color="#0000ff" face="Arial">Kamel
                                      Haddad</font></span></div>
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                                    <div><b>From:</b> <a
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                                      <b>On Behalf Of </b>R B<br>
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                                    <b>Sent:</b> April 19, 2011 10:21
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                                      <b>To:</b> eQUEST Users List<br>
                                      <b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] OA
                                      hourly data<br>
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                                    <div><font face="trebuchet
                                        ms,sans-serif">I am trying to
                                        simulate zero outside air. I set
                                        the min OA on the systems tab to
                                        zero, economizer to fixed
                                        fraction, there are no OA
                                        numbers at the zone level. I
                                        would assume this will give me
                                        zero OA but when I look at the
                                        hourly variables (ratio of
                                        outside air to supply flow -
                                        Var 39, and the minimum OA
                                        damper position - Var 80) they
                                        vary from 0.21 to 0.56. </font></div>
                                    <div><font face="Trebuchet MS">What
                                        am I missing? Any pointers
                                        helpful.</font></div>
                                    <div><font face="Trebuchet MS">-Rohini</font><br>
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