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Digital Economizer Controls

asked 2016-01-14 11:39:41 -0500

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updated 2017-05-17 12:25:08 -0500

I am wondering if EnergyPlus has the capability to model digital economizer controls to estimate energy savings for a more efficient economizer controller. I see there is a separate toggle for DCV under the Controller:MechanicalVentilation, but that is not what I am looking for. Alternatively, would there simply be a way to change the availability schedule for the economizer controller?

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answered 2016-01-15 13:14:36 -0500

You might want to take a look at the EnergyPlus documentation for the Controller:OutdoorAir object. Many of the digital controls have to do with the economizer control type, economizer control action type, lockout type fields as well as the other fields. There is a lot of flexibility with that object. If you do want to schedule the outdoor air, there are three fields related to scheduling. See

http://bigladdersoftware.com/epx/docs...

or

http://nrel.github.io/EnergyPlus/Inpu...

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