Fixing CheckWarmupConvergence: Loads Initialization
I am working on Large office IDF with Ice storage. I am getting some warnings and severe errors that I wanted advice to fix:- error file:-
** Severe ** CheckWarmupConvergence: Loads Initialization, Zone="BASEMENT" did not converge after 30 warmup days.
** ~~~ ** See Warmup Convergence Information in .eio file for details.
The eio file says:-
Environment,ANN CLG .4% CONDNS WB=>MDB,SizingPeriod:DesignDay,07/21,07/21,SummerDesignDay,1,N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A
Environment:Daylight Saving,No,SizingPeriod:DesignDay
Environment:Design Day Data,31.50,10.70,DefaultMultipliers,99063,230,5.3,1.00,No,No
Environment:Design_Day_Misc,202,1084.4,0.2082,0.1365,1.0,-6.23,20.6,ASHRAEClearSky
Environment:WarmupDays, 30
Warmup Convergence Information,BASEMENT,SizingPeriod: ANN CLG .4% CONDNS WB=>MDB,0.1964664140,0.3575570799,Fail,Fail,0.1536937202,0.3534613879,Pass,Fail
Warmup Convergence Information,CORE_BOTTOM,SizingPeriod: ANN CLG .4% CONDNS WB=>MDB,0.3079054477,0.5981899290,Fail,Fail,0.1960349312,0.3841265110,Pass,Fail
Warmup Convergence Information,CORE_MID,SizingPeriod: ANN CLG .4% CONDNS WB=>MDB,0.3410378473,0.6696950377,Fail,Fail,0.2058594613,0.3973854067,Pass,Fail
Warmup Convergence Information,CORE_TOP,SizingPeriod: ANN CLG .4% CONDNS WB=>MDB,0.3317395058,0.6754560500,Fail,Fail,0.2135801218,0.4167416112,Pass,Fail
Warmup Convergence Information,GROUNDFLOOR_PLENUM,SizingPeriod: ANN CLG .4% CONDNS WB=>MDB,8.4113945264E-002,0.1626210495,Fail,Fail,0.3225963607,1.3948949867,Fail,Fail
Warmup Convergence Information,MIDFLOOR_PLENUM,SizingPeriod: ANN CLG .4% CONDNS WB=>MDB,9.4245352381E-002,0.1761810140,Fail,Fail,0.2934462584,1.1012358014,Fail,Fail
Warmup Convergence Information,PERIMETER_BOT_ZN_1,SizingPeriod: ANN CLG .4% CONDNS WB=>MDB,0.2787503518,0.5460691283,Fail,Fail,0.1930109289,0.3855431641,Pass,Fail
Warmup Convergence Information,PERIMETER_BOT_ZN_2,SizingPeriod: ANN CLG .4% CONDNS WB=>MDB,0.4365263312,0.8184326004,Fail,Fail,0.2017963980,0.3776870592,Pass,Fail
Warmup Convergence Information,PERIMETER_BOT_ZN_3,SizingPeriod: ANN CLG .4% CONDNS WB=>MDB,0.2741747824,0.5419750323,Fail,Fail,0.1918063497,0.3863588029,Pass,Fail
I tried increasing the tolerance to 0.07 and 0.1 but still getting the errors. Can anyone help me help get to identify the problem and solution.
hello, @rkbest - I am facing similar issues right now - did you by any chance find a solution to this? i am aware you posted this a couple of years ago, however i'd be more than happy for any sort of hint! best regards, caro