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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I’m converting a series of decks to TRNSYS 16. When
I run the decks using TRNSYS 16 source code with the deck version as “15”
I don’t get any radiation or data problems, beyond the warning about the
new start time convention. My results are similar to TRNSYS 15.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I then converted the decks to “version 16” and
made the changes to the type 9 that are described in the user manual. I’m
using TMY data for the entire year, but I’m not using all columns of the
entire TMY file, so I’m not using the default TMY reader mode. Now
when I run these decks, I got the following results:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1.<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Many type 16 errors due to radiation exceeding the
SC.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2.<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>A minimum collector temperature that is below
anything in the data file.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3.<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Similar overall results to TRNSYS 15.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>My type 9 is as follows:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>(Idn=input 2,ih= input 3)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Fixedsys><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Fixedsys'>UNIT 1 TYPE 9 DATA READER</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Fixedsys><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Fixedsys'>PARAMETERS 34</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Fixedsys><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Fixedsys'>3 0 7 1 </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Fixedsys><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Fixedsys'>1 1 0 0</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Fixedsys><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Fixedsys'>-2 1 0 0</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Fixedsys><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Fixedsys'>-3 1 0 0</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Fixedsys><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Fixedsys'>4 1 0 0</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Fixedsys><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Fixedsys'>5 1 0 0</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Fixedsys><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Fixedsys'>6 1 0 0</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Fixedsys><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Fixedsys'>7 1 0 0</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Fixedsys><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Fixedsys'>10 -1</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Fixedsys><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Fixedsys'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Fixedsys><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Fixedsys'>I have tried various modes and get similar errors.
If I add one “starter” line to the TMY file and change to mode 5/6,
I get fewer radiation errors.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Fixedsys><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Fixedsys'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Fixedsys><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Fixedsys'>I also looked at type 16 and it appeared that this
changed as well:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Fixedsys><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Fixedsys'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Fixedsys><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Fixedsys'>UNIT 66 TYPE 16 RADIATION
PROCESSOR</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Fixedsys><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Fixedsys'>PARAMETERS 9</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Fixedsys><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Fixedsys'>* RADMODE TRACKMODE TILTMODE
DAY
LAT
SC
SHFT SMOOTH</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Fixedsys><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Fixedsys'>4
1
2 ZSTARTDAX1 GLATITUDC1 XSOLARCOC1
ZSHIFTLOC1 2</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Fixedsys><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Fixedsys'>* IE</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Fixedsys><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Fixedsys'>-1</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Fixedsys><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Fixedsys'>INPUTS 7</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Fixedsys><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Fixedsys'>*
I
IDN
TD1
TD2
RHOG BETAI
GAMMAI</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Fixedsys><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Fixedsys'>1,3 1,2 1,99 1,100
0,0 0,0
0,0</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Fixedsys><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Fixedsys'>0 0
0 0
ZGROUNDRC1 GCOLSLOPC1 GCOLAZIMC1</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Fixedsys><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Fixedsys'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>It appears that the smooth mode is no longer used and the
last parameter should be -1. Looking at the documentation, it was unclear
what inputs 3 and 4 should be as they are listed as 19,20 in type 16, but the older
convention of 99,100 is still indicated in the type 9 documentation.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Do you have any ideas as to what I may be doing wrong?</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Steven Long</span></font></p>
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