Fans consumption too high (OpenStudio)

asked 2025-03-23 11:33:31 -0500

updated 2025-03-24 07:25:16 -0500

My project uses a VRF system, but for some reason, if I leave the fan on all the time, the fan consumes a lot of energy. While leaving it running with the evaporator, the evaporator's energy consumption is too small. here is the link : https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...

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I wasn't able to view the file location. But generally I find the default VRF fans on the terminal units to consume too much energy relative to existing technology. There are 2 aspects to consider. First. the pressure drop of the fans by default is 300 Pa. That is too high for non-ducted and still on the high side for most ducted. Second, the default fans are on/off whereas most systems are at least low/med/high speed. You can edit the Fan Power Ratio Function of Speed Ratio Curve to be closer to a typical fan power curve to mimic this.

Craig Simmons's avatar Craig Simmons  ( 2025-03-26 04:50:35 -0500 )edit