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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Another fast approximation might involve:</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="color:#002060"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="color:#002060">Unit heaters on a per zone basis</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="color:#002060"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="color:#002060">Zeroed out fan energy</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="color:#002060"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="color:#002060">Drop zonal heating setpoint by ~10 degrees from comfort (reference specified manufacturer recommendations and general guidelines regarding occupant comfort for the associated controls)</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="color:#002060"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="color:#002060">Assign a unitary efficiency for the “furnace” of the unit heaters in consideration of what radiant fraction is expected to be delivered to the space vs. exhausted (for powered IR units only)</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="color:#002060"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="color:#002060">Noting IR heating is commonly leveraged in exterior and semi-exterior environments where heating the conditioned volume of air doesn’t make sense due to fast turnover / wind effects: Invest some of the time you’ve saved so far to give some serious consideration to the associated infiltration inputs, to accurately capture outside air change rates </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">There’s </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">~Nick</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#002060">NICK CATON, P.E.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><br></span><b><span style="color:#561782">Owner</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#561782"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#561782">Caton Energy Consulting</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><br></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d"> 306 N Ferrel</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span 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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">You can approximate a gas infrared heater by adding baseboard heating to your system and selecting BASEBOARD-SOURCE = FURNACE.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Regards,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">~Bill</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:black">William Bishop, PE, BEMP, BEAP, CEM, LEED AP </span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#006600">|</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:black"> Pathfinder Engineers & Architects LLP</span></b></p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="526" 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How to model infrared gas heater</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Does anyone have an idea how to model a gas infrared heater in eQUEST?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Matthew Humphreys, PE <br></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Mechanical Engineer<br>Associate</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#666666"> <br></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">SSOE Group<br></span></b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><br></span><span 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