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Is it possible to model a hybrid heat pump system in eQuest, possibly by adjusting the CAP and EIR curves? The proposed hybrid heat pump system is set up with one WSHP loop with boilers and cooling tower, where each heat pump uses the standard refrigeration cycle for cooling but uses only a water coil for heating without a refrigeration cycle for heating (with the loop temperature reset based on outdoor air temp). eQuest appears to eliminate the heating choice when selecting heat pump. As a work-around I tried using a packaged single zone, but it will only allow a 2-pipe, HW, or Domestic water coil for heating, and on the cooling side only allows a CW or WSHP loop for water cooled condenser. I seem not to be able to put the both the heating and cooling of the hybrid heat pump on the same loop to achieve the energy "sharing". So another thought I had was to play around with the heating CAP and EIR curves to model the heating as typical water coils. Any suggestions on how best to model the hybrid heat pump system?

Is it possible to model a hybrid heat pump system in eQuest, possibly by adjusting the CAP and EIR curves? The proposed hybrid heat pump system is set up with one WSHP loop with boilers and cooling tower, where each heat pump uses the standard refrigeration cycle for cooling but uses only a water coil for heating without a refrigeration cycle for heating (with the loop temperature reset based on outdoor air temp). eQuest appears to eliminate the heating choice when selecting heat pump. As a work-around I tried using a packaged single zone, but it will only allow a 2-pipe, HW, or Domestic water coil for heating, and on the cooling side only allows a CW or WSHP loop for water cooled condenser. I seem not to be able to put the both the heating and cooling of the hybrid heat pump on the same loop to achieve the energy "sharing". So another thought I had was to play around with the heating CAP and EIR curves to model the heating as typical water coils. Any suggestions on how best to model the hybrid heat pump system?

Is it possible to model a hybrid heat pump system in eQuest, possibly by adjusting the CAP and EIR curves? The proposed hybrid heat pump system is set up with one WSHP loop with boilers and cooling tower, where each heat pump uses the standard refrigeration cycle for cooling but uses only a water coil for heating without a refrigeration cycle for heating (with the loop temperature reset based on outdoor air temp). eQuest appears to eliminate the heating choice when selecting heat pump. As a work-around I tried using a packaged single zone, but it will only allow a 2-pipe, HW, or Domestic water coil for heating, and on the cooling side only allows a CW or WSHP loop for water cooled condenser. I seem not to be able to put the both the heating and cooling of the hybrid heat pump on the same loop to achieve the energy "sharing". So another thought I had was to play around with the heating CAP and EIR curves to model the heating as typical water coils. Any suggestions on how best to model the hybrid heat pump system?

Is it possible to model a hybrid heat pump system in eQuest, possibly by adjusting the CAP and EIR curves? The proposed hybrid heat pump system is set up with one WSHP loop with boilers and cooling tower, where each heat pump uses the standard refrigeration cycle for cooling but uses only a water coil for heating without a refrigeration cycle for heating (with the loop temperature reset based on outdoor air temp). eQuest appears to eliminate the heating choice when selecting heat pump. As a work-around I tried using a packaged single zone, but it will only allow a 2-pipe, HW, or Domestic water coil for heating, and on the cooling side only allows a CW or WSHP loop for water cooled condenser. I seem not to be able to put the both the heating and cooling of the hybrid heat pump on the same loop to achieve the energy "sharing". So another thought I had was to play around with the heating CAP and EIR curves to model the heating as typical water coils. Any suggestions on how best to model the hybrid heat pump system?