How to change temperature in Energyplus
- I have a model of building in energyplus (EP) with Ground heat exchanger which works well.
- I developed an in-house software simulating heat conduction around ground heat exchanger. It is a C++ code equipped with Functional Mockup Interface. On input it takes inlet temperature and mass flow rate, on the output it returns outlet temperature.
- I managed to partly connect EP with the FMU code. The EP sends the inlet temperature and mass flow rate to FMU, FMU computes the response and sends back outlet temperature.
- The problem is that I didn't find any way how can I change the temperature in pipes in the EP model according to the outlet temperature of the FMU. What object can I use? Actuators does not seem to have such functionality, set point managers only sets goals, not the actual temperature. I need hard rewrite of a primary value in the EP model.
Conclusion: Is there any way haw can I directly change temperature at some node of the EnergyPlus model? Otherwise I do not know how can I connect the FMU models with EP.
Thank you for your help, Jan