<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div id="yiv5083978948"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div id="yiv5083978948"><div id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409773050248_9883"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409773050248_9818" id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409773050248_9882"><div id="yiv5083978948"><div id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409773050248_3885"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409773050248_3785 yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409773050248_9819" id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409773050248_3884"><div
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yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409773050248_9820" id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409745842588_13617"><div id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_6_1409745842588_4" class="yiv5083978948" style=""><span id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_6_1409745842588_20" class="yiv5083978948" style="">Dear TRNSYS user,</span></div><div id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_6_1409745842588_4" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302948px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class="yiv5083978948 yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409745842588_13558 yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409773050248_3789 yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409773050248_9823"><span id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_6_1409745842588_48" class="yiv5083978948" style=""><br style=""></span></div><div id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_6_1409745842588_4" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302948px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color:
transparent;" class="yiv5083978948 yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409745842588_13561 yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409773050248_3792 yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409773050248_9826">Did anyone face a problem of getting COPs greater than the rated one in a solar assisted absorption system? Where COP rises to around (0.8) at the start of the simulation and gets down to an average (0.75) for the rest of the day, whilst the
rated cop is (0.7).</div><div id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_6_1409745842588_4" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302948px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class="yiv5083978948 yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409745842588_13561 yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409773050248_3792 yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409773050248_9826">I assumed the set point temp for the Aux heater 70 C and the <span id="yiv5083978948d9b6-39d5-4054-bab9-6e798f76eee5" class="yiv5083978948GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span id="yiv5083978948dec4abe9-44e7-4637-97da-6f7cc688bf54" class="yiv5083978948GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span id="c7b6333c-9957-474d-993c-cfe95f910d7a" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="9d4ea4b7-f260-4aae-9a75-119c9716a4b9" class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">timestep</span></span></span> was 1min</div><div id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_6_1409745842588_4" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302948px; font-family:
verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class="yiv5083978948
yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409745842588_13562 yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409773050248_3793 yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409773050248_9827"><br id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_6_1409745842588_328" class="yiv5083978948" style=""></div><div id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_6_1409745842588_4" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302948px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class="yiv5083978948 yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409745842588_13564 yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409773050248_3795 yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409773050248_9829">In my project, a cold tank (type 4) is used to connect between the chiller and the building, with the aid of
using type 682 to impose the load.</div><div id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_6_1409745842588_4" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302948px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class="yiv5083978948 yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409745842588_13565 yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409773050248_3796 yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409773050248_9830"><span style="font-size:13.63636302948px;background-color:transparent;" id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_6_1409773050248_24">Is it resulted from a mistake in the connections of the cold tank? </span><br></div><div id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_6_1409745842588_4" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302948px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class="yiv5083978948 yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409745842588_13568 yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409773050248_3799
yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409773050248_9832"><br></div><div id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_6_1409745842588_4" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302948px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class="yiv5083978948 yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409745842588_13568 yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409773050248_3799 yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409773050248_9833">Down below are the <span style="font-size:13.63636302948px;background-color:transparent;" id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409745842588_6206" class="yiv5083978948">links</span><span style="font-size:13.63636302948px;background-color:transparent;" id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409745842588_6206" class="yiv5083978948">, where a&b for chiller-tank loop and c&d
for tank-load loop</span></div><div id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_6_1409745842588_4" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302948px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class="yiv5083978948 yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409745842588_13568 yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409773050248_3802 yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409773050248_9836"><span class="yiv5083978948" id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_6_1409745842588_164" style="font-size:13.63636302948px;background-color:transparent;">a- </span><span class="yiv5083978948" id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409745842588_6276" style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;">Chilled water temperature and flow rate (chiller107) ---->> Cold-side temperature and flow rate (cold tank)</span><br></div><div id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_6_1409745842588_6" class="yiv5083978948" style=""></div><div id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_6_1409745842588_8"
class="yiv5083978948" style=""><span id="yiv5083978948cb3df404-ecb5-41c5-84e7-c9df5231e498" class="yiv5083978948GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span id="yiv5083978948c58ec2f8-fd5f-4984-bf91-203ebb3e56b5" class="yiv5083978948GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span id="yiv508397894858f64090-63d7-4898-9fc8-714b8c5e5cc5" class="yiv5083978948GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span id="27406636-a194-4459-8622-74aa296cd772" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d0ea8d15-776d-4c24-9bcc-9dbf1f5fa0be" class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">b</span></span></span></span>- Temperature (and flow rate) to load (cold tank) --->> Chilled water inlet temp and flow rate (chiller) trough a constant speed pump</div><div id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_6_1409745842588_8" class="yiv5083978948" style=""><span id="yiv5083978948ce65c357-e3c2-455a-9a6b-54e7475c3d8d" class="yiv5083978948GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" style="font-size:10pt;"><span id="yiv5083978948dba59-0ced-4ab2-aeae-5c40a18c083a"
class="yiv5083978948GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span id="yiv50839789484308a211-2d03-4f7d-a580-7cf07c4f48b8" class="yiv5083978948GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span id="e25f592f-b68a-4b6e-bd94-dcbe7fac7bc6" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="385718ed-644d-461b-9523-b19cfe128922" class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">c</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;" id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409773050248_4207">- Outlet temperature and flow rate (type 682) --->> Hot-side temperature and flow rate (cold tank)
through a pump</span><br></div><div id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_6_1409745842588_8" class="yiv5083978948" style=""><span id="yiv5083978948f19ff-4912-4c19-93e5-ac007df4293e" class="yiv5083978948GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span id="yiv5083978948ac69-70a9-4936-b78a-62527f405976" class="yiv5083978948GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span id="yiv50839789485a82e45d-6157-416e-8843-2bc577fbc0f6" class="yiv5083978948GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span id="62277457-529b-468a-9295-bd815a49fd98" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="f555ab36-03b6-420b-bf60-4a315b309bca" class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">d</span></span></span></span>- Temperature (and flow rate) to heat source (cold tank) --->> Inlet temperature and flow rate of type 682</div><div id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_6_1409745842588_8" class="yiv5083978948" style=""><span style="font-size:10pt;" id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_6_1409773050248_37"><br></span></div><div id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_6_1409745842588_8" class="yiv5083978948"
style=""><span style="font-size:10pt;" id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_6_1409745842588_406">Am I right? If yes,
a</span><span style="font-size:10pt;" id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_1_1409745842588_14117">re there other reasons, such as the set
point temp of the Aux heater, that might cause this error?</span></div><div id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_6_1409745842588_8" class="yiv5083978948" style=""><br></div><div id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_6_1409745842588_8" class="yiv5083978948" style="">Kind regards,</div><div id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_6_1409745842588_8" class="yiv5083978948" style="">Shahen</div><div id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_6_1409745842588_8" class="yiv5083978948" style=""><br></div><div id="yiv5083978948yui_3_16_0_6_1409745842588_10" class="yiv5083978948" style=""><font size="3" class="yiv5083978948" style=""></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>