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    Kieu Anh, others,<br>
    <br>
    What you have posted works just for converting EPW format weather
    files to eQUEST BIN. This does not work at all for Belal's case,
    where the original weather file is in another format. For that, you
    have to specially process the data.   In addition to what I had
    posted last time, there's also the need to calculate/convert the
    Direct and Diffuse radiation to Total Global Horizontal radiation. 
    To do that, you need to have the solar angle every hour.   Sorry to
    have to explain the bad news.<br>
    <br>
    Joe<br>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="90">Joe Huang
White Box Technologies, Inc.
346 Rheem Blvd., Suite 108D
Moraga CA 94556
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:yjhuang@whiteboxtechnologies.com">yjhuang@whiteboxtechnologies.com</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.whiteboxtechnologies.com">www.whiteboxtechnologies.com</a>
(o) (925)388-0265
(c) (510)928-2683
"building energy simulations at your fingertips"
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    On 3/12/2013 9:01 PM, Kieu Anh Doan wrote:
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cite="mid:CAP75qdVLAt63v6Cwo3ZPaeps=Kg0XSDxm9Smiu88DoJLN6p=iQ@mail.gmail.com"
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          rgb(204, 204, 204);">Belal K. Abboushi & All</b><br>
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              style="font-size: 16px;"><b>Please see file attaches, it's
                all!</b></span></font></div>
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        <div style=""><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif"><span
              style="font-size: 16px;"><b>Doan Kieu Anh</b></span></font></div>
        <div style=""><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif"><span
              style="font-size: 16px;"><b>HCM City, Vietnam</b></span></font></div>
        <div style=""><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif"><span
              style="font-size: 16px;"><b>Email: <a
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                  href="mailto:asandcrab@gmail.com">asandcrab@gmail.com</a></b></span></font></div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 7:36 AM, Joe
          Huang <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:yjhuang@whiteboxtechnologies.com"
              target="_blank">yjhuang@whiteboxtechnologies.com</a>></span>
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            <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> Belal,<br>
              <br>
              I took a look at your text weather file. If  it's clean,
              i.e., all the elements are there for every hour,  then the
              main difficulties are to calculate the following
              parameters that are needed in the DOE-2/eQUEST *.BIN
              format, as well as to convert all the parameters from SI
              to IP:<br>
              <br>
                 calculate wet-bulb temperature from the dry-bulb and
              relative humidity<br>
                 calculate the humidity ratio <br>
                 calculate the enthalpy of air <br>
              <br>
              You would also have to add a constant air pressure based
              on the location's elevation, and then leave the rain and
              snow flags as 0's, but those aren't really used anyway.<br>
              <br>
              There used to be a dummy Fortran subroutine called OTHER
              that a user could modify and then compile with the DOE-2
              weather processor program (also in Fortran), wthr.f,<br>
              but I've known of only a handful of people who's actually
              tried to use it all the years I was at LBNL.   By now, I
              actually prefer to write my own program rather than
              struggling<br>
              with the syntax of wthr.f<br>
              <br>
              Since I do this type of stuff (process weather data) all
              the time, I could probably convert this file for you to
              eQUEST in less than an hour, but I would have to charge
              you.<br>
              Let me know if you're interested.<br>
              <br>
              Joe<br>
                 <br>
              <pre cols="90">Joe Huang
White Box Technologies, Inc.
346 Rheem Blvd., Suite 108D
Moraga CA 94556
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:yjhuang@whiteboxtechnologies.com" target="_blank">yjhuang@whiteboxtechnologies.com</a>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.whiteboxtechnologies.com" target="_blank">www.whiteboxtechnologies.com</a>
(o) <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="tel:%28925%29388-0265" value="+19253880265" target="_blank">(925)388-0265</a>
(c) <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="tel:%28510%29928-2683" value="+15109282683" target="_blank">(510)928-2683</a>
"building energy simulations at your fingertips"
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                <div class="h5"> <br>
                  On 3/12/2013 4:51 PM, Belal Khalid Abboushi wrote: </div>
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                    <div>Hi all,
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                      <div>I have a weather file in txt and would like
                        to use the same file in equest. Is there a way i
                        can convert it to bin so i can use it in eQuest?
                        the weather file (txt) is attached. </div>
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                      <div>Thanks all,<br>
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                          <div> Kind regards, </div>
                          <div> Belal Abboushi </div>
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                          <div><span> <b>Belal K. Abboushi</b> </span></div>
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                            <div> M.Sc.Arch Candidate - Design &
                              Energy Conservation </div>
                          </span> <span>
                            <div> College of Architecture, Planning, and
                              Landscape Architecture</div>
                          </span>
                          <div><span>The University of Arizona </span><span>-
                              U.S.A.</span></div>
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