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not fully enclosed and heating load

asked 1 year ago

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updated 1 year ago

Hi,

I have two questions:

  1. one of my zone is not fully enclosed and there is some errors message but I dont understand the meaning
  2. calculated design heat load is zero, we are here not use heating load. How to solve this error?

Please see EnergyPlus error file below

Program Version,EnergyPlus, Version 9.5.0-de239b2e5f, YMD=2023.04.20 16:19,
************* Beginning Zone Sizing Calculations
** Warning ** CalculateZoneVolume: The Zone="KM WC LT2" is not fully enclosed. To be fully enclosed, each edge of a surface must also be an edge on one other surface.
**   ~~~   **   The zone volume was calculated using the floor area times ceiling height method where the floor and ceiling are the same except for the z-coordinates.
**   ~~~   **   The surface    "A8329B" has an edge that is either not an edge on another surface or is an edge on three or more surfaces: 
**   ~~~   **     Vertex start { 0.1234, 4.3450, 6.9800}
**   ~~~   **     Vertex end   { 0.1234, 4.3450, 3.6000}
**   ~~~   **   The surface    "91CD98" has an edge that is either not an edge on another surface or is an edge on three or more surfaces: 
**   ~~~   **     Vertex start { 0.1234, 6.2450, 3.6000}
**   ~~~   **     Vertex end   { 0.1234, 6.2450, 6.9800}
**   ~~~   **   The surface    "97F56C" has an edge that is either not an edge on another surface or is an edge on three or more surfaces: 
**   ~~~   **     Vertex start { 0.1234, 6.2450, 6.9800}
**   ~~~   **     Vertex end   { 0.1234, 4.3450, 6.9800}
**   ~~~   **   The surface    "97F56C" has an edge that is either not an edge on another surface or is an edge on three or more surfaces: 
**   ~~~   **     Vertex start { 0.1234, 4.3450, 3.6000}
**   ~~~   **     Vertex end   { 0.1234, 6.2450, 3.6000}
** Warning ** Calculated design heating load for zone=K TIDUR LT1 is zero.
**   ~~~   ** Check Sizing:Zone and ZoneControl:Thermostat inputs.
** Warning ** Calculated design heating load for zone=R KELUARGA is zero.
**   ~~~   ** Check Sizing:Zone and ZoneControl:Thermostat inputs.
** Warning ** Calculated design heating load for zone=KAMAR TIDUR LT2 is zero.
**   ~~~   ** Check Sizing:Zone and ZoneControl:Thermostat inputs.
** Warning ** Calculated design heating load for zone=KAMAR TIDUR UTAMA is zero.
**   ~~~   ** Check Sizing:Zone and ZoneControl:Thermostat inputs.
** Warning ** Calculated design heating load for zone=VOID is zero.
**   ~~~   ** Check Sizing:Zone and ZoneControl:Thermostat inputs.

thank you very much in advance where I can send the idf files for your checking

regards, Budijanto Chandra

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@budich you can upload your IDF to a file-sharing service like Dropbox or Google Drive, then edit your post to include the URL to your uploaded file(s).

Aaron Boranian's avatar Aaron Boranian  ( 1 year ago )

this is the link https://drive.google.com/drive/folder... thank you very much have a nice day

budich's avatar budich  ( 1 year ago )

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Here's a 3D rendering of Zone "KM WC LT2" (with a few coordinates).

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"KM WC LT2" has 12x surfaces in the IDF - there should only be 11x:

  • 7x walls
  • 2x ceilings
  • 2x floors

Wall "97F56C" looks to be the intruder (in purple). It's facing Outdoors, but that's beside the point. I have not verified other surfaces/zones in the IDF. I suggest you first fix geometry issues like this one. This may fix other issues downstream (i.e. many calculations require valid volumes/areas).

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Thank you very much Denis Borgeois, I will check the geometry, and you are correct. 97F56C is the intruder.

For my second question, how can the error "calculated design heating load for the zones ... is zero" be solved? These zones are not use heating load as we are in a tropical country.

thank you very much Have a nice day Budijanto

budich's avatar budich  ( 1 year ago )
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@budich, I'm not sure this is an issue. You're getting warnings, not errors. There's no calculated design heating load ... which seems correct as the thermostat heating in the IDF (20°C) is "Always Off" (search for "Constant Setpoint Thermostat", the only HVACTemplate:Thermostat defined in the IDF).

Denis Bourgeois's avatar Denis Bourgeois  ( 1 year ago )

great Denis thank you very much Have a nice day

budich's avatar budich  ( 1 year ago )

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