Question-and-Answer Resource for the Building Energy Modeling Community
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You'd typically use "Fraction Lost" that isn't zero for equipment where some of the load is - you guessed it - "lost".
See the input/output reference for Fraction Lost
This field is a decimal number between 0.0 and 1.0 and is used to characterize the amount of “lost” heat being given off by electric equipment in a zone. The number specified in this field will be multiplied by the total energy consumed by electric equipment to give the amount of heat which is “lost” and does not impact the zone energy balances. This might correspond to electrical energy converted to mechanical work or heat that is vented to the atmosphere.
Perhaps an example is an electric dryer that is vented to the outside: a (big) fraction is lost to outside. (BEOpt assumes 0.8 for example, see here)
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You'd typically use "Fraction Lost" that isn't zero for equipment where some of the load is - you guessed it - "lost".
See the input/output reference for Fraction Lost
This field is a decimal number between 0.0 and 1.0 and is used to characterize the amount of “lost” heat being given off by electric equipment in a zone. The number specified in this field will be multiplied by the total energy consumed by electric equipment to give the amount of heat which is “lost” and does not impact the zone energy balances. This might correspond to electrical energy converted to mechanical work or heat that is vented to the atmosphere.
Perhaps an example is an electric dryer that is vented to the outside: a (big) fraction is lost to outside. (BEOpt assumes 0.8 for example, see here)
