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Can EnergyPlus model a wastewater treatment plant with digesters?

asked 2016-03-06 15:14:59 -0500

holtzcjd
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updated 2018-04-17 19:06:51 -0500

__AmirRoth__

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Looking for examples where people have used EnergyPlus to model an industrial waste water treatment plant, particularly one with a large Anaerobic Digester and CHP? If not wastewater plant, than other industrial type facility (ie brewery) with large process loads. I typically see Energy Plus used only on conventional buildings (offices, schools, etc) and I'd like to use it on an industrial facility

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answered 2016-03-18 13:57:24 -0500

MJWitte

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If you can quantify the process loads and the heat gains to the zones, then it should be possible. EnergyPlus has internal gains objects for Electric, Gas, and "Other" (heat/cool source with no utility consumption). If you want to model the boiler and chiller loads from the industrial equipment, the LoadProfile:Plant object can place a scheduled hot water or chilled water load on the plant. So, it is possible, depending on the complexity and what you expect to get from the model.

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