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2025-05-30 08:28:58 -0500 edited answer Autosized FCU not Cooling the Space

EnergyPlus sizes coils to meet zone sensible loads. You might try increasing the Sizing:Zone Zone Cooling Design Supply

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2025-05-30 08:27:52 -0500 answered a question Autosized FCU not Cooling the Space

EnergyPlus sizes coils to meet zone sensible loads. You might try increasing the Sizing:Zone Zone Cooling Design Supply

2025-05-22 08:07:10 -0500 commented answer EnergyPlus/OpenStudio VAV w/ Reheat Throttling Range Adjustment?

I think that's a fair statement. You should be OK to simulate cooling and heating set points closer than you would expec

2025-05-21 08:02:18 -0500 answered a question EnergyPlus/OpenStudio VAV w/ Reheat Throttling Range Adjustment?

In EnergyPlus, the VAV box will try to meet the zone load, cooling or heating required to meet the thermostat set point

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2025-05-20 14:44:32 -0500 commented answer EnergyPlus/OpenStudio VAV w/ Reheat Throttling Range Adjustment?

@kwalkerman you might try checking the thermostat control type in winter and make sure it's dual instead of heating only

2025-04-22 07:41:47 -0500 answered a question Could not open file out\eplusout.mtd for output (write)

This would appear to mean that the document is already open/locked by another process. You could try deleting that file

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2025-04-09 16:24:55 -0500 commented question Unexpected design-day heat flows vs U-values in simple building

You can execute ReadVarsESO.exe or RunReadESO.bat (double click either file) in the same folder as your eso and you will

2025-04-09 16:24:32 -0500 commented question Unexpected design-day heat flows vs U-values in simple building

You can execute ReadVarsESO.exe or RunReadESO.bat (double click either file) in these same folder as your eso and you wi

2025-04-09 10:04:16 -0500 edited answer Controller Water coil configuration

The sensor is the coil outlet air node temperature and the actuator is the coil water-side inlet node. The set point man

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2025-04-09 10:03:20 -0500 answered a question Controller Water coil configuration

The sensor is the coil outlet air node temperature and the actuator is the coil water-side inlet node. Controller:Water

2025-04-09 09:54:30 -0500 commented question Unexpected design-day heat flows vs U-values in simple building

Did you check that the floor has no heat transfer? That would be the first thing I checked.

2025-02-18 14:10:45 -0500 edited answer VRF coils in VAV air terminal

The ZoneHVAC:TerminalUnit:VariableRefrigerantFlow may be used in the outdoor air system. See the IO Reference doc for th

2025-02-18 14:10:18 -0500 edited answer VRF coils in VAV air terminal

The ZoneHVAC:TerminalUnit:VariableRefrigerantFlow may be used in the outdoor air system. See the IO Reference doc for th

2025-02-18 14:09:39 -0500 edited answer VRF coils in VAV air terminal

The ZoneHVAC:TerminalUnit:VariableRefrigerantFlow may be used in the outdoor air system. See the IO Reference doc for th

2025-02-18 14:07:19 -0500 answered a question VRF coils in VAV air terminal

The ZoneHVAC:TerminalUnit:VariableRefrigerantFlow may be used in the outdoor air system. See the IO Reference doc for th

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2025-01-25 12:07:32 -0500 edited answer Controller:WaterCoil

The plant water temperature is not hot enough to heat the air passing through this coil up to Controller temperature set

2025-01-25 12:06:31 -0500 answered a question Controller:WaterCoil

The plant water temperature is not hot enough to heat the air passing through this coil up to Controller temperature set

2025-01-13 10:59:52 -0500 commented answer EnergyPlus Fan:OnOff or Fan:SystemMode don't show on/off cycling pattern

I added a ZoneControl:Thermostat object to each zone and the simulation now runs.

2024-10-22 12:49:19 -0500 commented answer EnergyPlus Fan:OnOff or Fan:SystemMode don't show on/off cycling pattern

Try removing the Controlling Zone or Thermostat Location name and leave that field blank. I would still like to see the

2024-10-22 12:48:01 -0500 commented answer EnergyPlus Fan:OnOff or Fan:SystemMode don't show on/off cycling pattern

Also, what version of E+ are you using?

2024-10-22 12:46:59 -0500 commented answer EnergyPlus Fan:OnOff or Fan:SystemMode don't show on/off cycling pattern

@zeroJ this should work with setpoint control. send me the idf file, see my profile for my email address

2024-10-22 08:17:05 -0500 commented answer EnergyPlus Fan:OnOff or Fan:SystemMode don't show on/off cycling pattern

Look at SetpointManager:SingleZone:OneStageCooling and SetpointManager:SingleZone:OneStageHeating to see if that gives t

2024-10-22 08:15:37 -0500 commented answer EnergyPlus Fan:OnOff or Fan:SystemMode don't show on/off cycling pattern

Look at SetpointManager:SingleZone:OneStageCooling and SetpointManager:SingleZone:OneStageHeating to see if that gives t

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2024-10-21 14:49:25 -0500 answered a question EnergyPlus Fan:OnOff or Fan:SystemMode don't show on/off cycling pattern

The air flow rate is showing an average across the time step. It's: mass flow rate = design mass flow rate * part load

2024-10-21 11:00:47 -0500 commented question EnergyPlus chiller load is much lower than measured data

The building data does look close and the chiller data matches at peak, so that's a good sign. It looks like there are m

2024-09-25 08:42:26 -0500 answered a question Visualizing heat index

You can plot the heat index for each zone. The description for how to do this is here: https://openstudiocoalition.org/g

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2024-08-23 07:39:42 -0500 commented answer Severe Error: FindRootSimpleController: Controller error for controller

Look for something that schedules a plant on and off, in the Plant Equipment Operation Scheme: PlantLoop, Chilled Wat

2024-08-16 08:29:44 -0500 commented answer Severe Error: FindRootSimpleController: Controller error for controller

You could look at the plant outlet water temperature and the chiller evaporator heat transfer to see if the chiller is r

2024-08-16 07:31:36 -0500 answered a question Severe Error: FindRootSimpleController: Controller error for controller

The cooling coil outlet air set point temperature is 17.65 C and the coil entering water temperature is 19.46 C so it is

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2024-07-17 09:13:48 -0500 commented question Area mismatch errors

@mikiksoar9@gmail.com could you please provide the input file that shows this warning. And which multiplier you are refe

2024-07-09 11:48:39 -0500 answered a question Understanding if a result file is an automatic Energy Plus file.

You should be able to create that table using Output:Table:Monthly and Output:Table:Annual. Not sure if you can do that

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2024-06-11 12:31:35 -0500 commented question Differences between VAV:Reheat and VAV:HeatAndCool:Reheat

So according to the above plots the HeatAndCool terminal unit is not responding as originally intended. Given the 2 inde

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2024-06-11 08:35:49 -0500 answered a question Differences between VAV:Reheat and VAV:HeatAndCool:Reheat

I did review the code for each of these terminal units but it is difficult to say if there is an actual difference. The

2024-05-29 07:27:27 -0500 commented question Heating setpoint decreased by 2°C but the overall energy requirenment increses

@Yagnik the cooling load increased because the space temperature decreased due to dehumidification. I suggest you turn o

2024-05-28 10:21:59 -0500 commented question Heating setpoint decreased by 2°C but the overall energy requirenment increses

@Yagnik is it a cooling demand increase or a dehumidification demand increase? My first guess is the lower heating set p

2024-05-16 11:30:43 -0500 commented question Error in UserDefined HVAC Objects assembled

I posted issue 10507 to get this fixed.

2024-05-16 11:23:49 -0500 answered a question Error in UserDefined HVAC Objects assembled

The program is comparing the AirTerminal:SingleDuct:UserDefined Primary Air Outlet Node Name to the ZoneHVAC:AirDistribu

2024-05-15 08:55:40 -0500 answered a question no_load_supply_air_flow_rate_control_set_to_low_speed - Failed to match against any enum values.

Change the input for this line: SupplyAirFlowRate, !- No Load Supply Air Flow Rate Control Set To Low Speed t

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