[TRNSYS-users] TRNSYS support

[Fred Betz]

Scott,

Type 4 (under Thermal Storage/Stratified.../Fixed Inlets/) has two internal auxiliary heaters with independent temperature set points and control signals.

You could use a general forcing function (Type 14h under Utility/Forcing Functions/General/),  as a control signal to heat up the water at a specific hour and then keep the aux heaters off the rest of the day.

Remember to set the capacity of the water heaters high enough to heat the water in the tank in 1 hour.

Hope that helps,

Fred

Fred Betz  PhD., LEED AP
Sustainable Systems Analyst



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From: scott cowden [mailto:cowden_scott at hotmail.co.uk]
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 9:01 AM
To: trnsys-users at engr.wisc.edu
Subject: [TRNSYS-users] TRNSYS support

Hi guys,

im a student in N. Ireland using TRNSYS for the first time, can anyone tell me if its possible to raise the temperature of a storage tank type 4c to 60 degrees C and hold it at that temperature for an hour each day by using the auxilary heating element in the tank. Any help would be great thanks

scott cowden
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