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<div dir="ltr">Maybe I didn't elaborate this problem clearly enough. Here i'm repeating: the tank does't work below 0 degree no matter what charge/discharge rate i assign to it. I don't know if other guy've met the same problem too?  <br>

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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: '΢ÈíÑźÚ','sans-serif'">enclosed are the screenshot. You may see both the water side system and the propertites panel of storage tank. Charge temperature now is 32 F( 0 C) due to the reason i mentioned. Another two attachement are the screenshot of charge loop and discharge loop.<br><br> </span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: '΢ÈíÑźÚ','sans-serif'">Of course I've set the maximum rate per design value. My problem here is the actual rate doesn't equal to the supposed value. As i mentioned below, the actual discharge/charge load/rate is zero when the entering/leaving temperature is below 0 degree. I don't think the problem comes from wrong setting of discharge/charge rate.<br><br>Any other possibility besides the charge/discharge rate?<br><br>Thank you all the same.<br><br></span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">This problem came across when I was modelling an ice-storage system. Hourly report said the charge and discharge load are both zero, which means the tank doesn¡¯t work under the setting condition. The supposed entering temperature of the tank is -6</span><span style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" lang="ZH-CN">¡æ</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> and is leaving at -3</span><span style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" lang="ZH-CN">¡æ</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">. Freeze temp is below -10</span><span style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" lang="ZH-CN">¡æ</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">. In order to run the simulation, I have to raise the charge/discharge temperature as well as the loop temperature of charge loop up above 0</span><span style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" lang="ZH-CN">¡æ</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">. When the charge temperature is above or  equal to zero, the tank does work. However it changes the performance of double duty chillers under ice-making mode, since the curve of chiller is different with different leaving temperature, leading to a bigger assigned load of double duty chiller than the max charge load and less accurate results.</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: '΢ÈíÑźÚ','sans-serif'"></span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Does anyone have any thoughts how to solve this problem? Making storage tank work below 0</span><span style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" lang="ZH-CN">¡æ</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> at setting temperature? Or is this the limit of eQuest software yet to be solved?</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: '΢ÈíÑźÚ','sans-serif'"></span></p>
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