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Hi Modeling Community,

I am calculated the amount of electrical and thermal energy collected from a renewable energy system externally to EnergyPlus. I would like to input the amount generated into EnergyPlus' energy balance but I'm not sure how.

Is there an electrical component that can read values from a schedule or actuator that can subtract energy? I found ElectricalLoadCenter:Generators but it seems to be overly complex and the Photovoltaic:Simple also requires specifications of a PV array.

What about a thermal energy input, maybe a heat exchanger or thermal storage tank?

Thank you for your time,

Justin

Hi Modeling Community,

I am calculated the amount of electrical and thermal energy collected from a renewable energy system externally to EnergyPlus. I would like to input the amount generated into EnergyPlus' energy balance but I'm not sure how.

Is there an electrical component that can read values from a schedule or actuator that can subtract energy? I found ElectricalLoadCenter:Generators but it seems to be overly complex and the Photovoltaic:Simple also requires specifications of a PV array.

What about a thermal energy input, maybe a heat exchanger or thermal storage tank?

Thank you for your time,

Justin

Hi Modeling Community,

I am calculated the amount of electrical and thermal energy collected from a renewable energy system externally to EnergyPlus. I would like to input the amount generated into EnergyPlus' energy balance but I'm not sure how.

Is there an electrical component that can read values from a schedule or actuator that can subtract energy? I found ElectricalLoadCenter:Generators but it seems to be overly complex and the Photovoltaic:Simple also requires specifications of a PV array.

What about a thermal energy input, maybe a heat exchanger or thermal storage tank?tank? Edit: As a point of clarity, the thermal energy would be best added to an HVAC system input to reduce the load on a boiler.

Thank you for your time,

Justin

Hi Modeling Community,

I am calculated the amount of electrical and thermal energy collected from a renewable energy system externally to EnergyPlus. I would like to input the amount generated into EnergyPlus' energy balance but I'm not sure how.

Is there an electrical component that can read values from a schedule or actuator that can subtract energy? I found ElectricalLoadCenter:Generators but it seems to be overly complex and the Photovoltaic:Simple also requires specifications of a PV array.

What about a thermal energy input, maybe a heat exchanger or thermal storage tank? Edit: As a point of clarity, the thermal energy would be best added to an HVAC system input to reduce the load on a boiler.

Thank you for your time,

Justin

Hi Modeling Community,

I am calculated the amount of electrical and thermal energy collected from a renewable energy system externally to EnergyPlus. I would like to input the amount generated into EnergyPlus' energy balance but I'm not sure how.

Is there an electrical component that can read values from a schedule or actuator that can subtract energy? I found ElectricalLoadCenter:Generators but it seems to be overly complex and the Photovoltaic:Simple also requires specifications of a PV array.

What about a thermal energy input, maybe a heat exchanger or thermal storage tank? Edit: As a point of clarity, the thermal energy would be best added to an HVAC system input to reduce the load on a boiler.

Thank you for your time,

Justin

Edit 2: Still looking for a way to add renewable energy or subtract energy from the total building consumption.

   ** Severe  ** Out of range value Numeric Field#1 (Design Level), value=-456.00000, range={>=0}, in ELECTRICEQUIPMENT=SPACE2-1 ELECEQ NEGATIVE
   ** Severe  ** IP: Out of "range" values found in input
   ** Severe  ** IP: Out of "range" values and/or blank required fields found in input
   **  Fatal  ** IP: Errors occurred on processing IDF file. Preceding condition(s) cause termination.