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Can EnergyPlus output report chiller energy consumption associated with a process chilled water load?

In EnergyPlus, we are using LoadProfile:Plant to apply a process chilled water load to a chilled water system. (It represents chilled water loading associated with water-cooled refrigeration racks.) Is there a way to report the (approximate) chiller energy consumption associated with this process load?

In DOE2.2 (eQuest) this was reported as chiller energy with an end use category of "Misc. Equip". I assume the reported value was determined by allocating a portion of the total chiller energy at each hour using the ratio of the process load to the total chilled water load for each hour. We can run the simulation with and without the process load applied to get a better answer, but I wondered if there is a similar approximate answer available in EnergyPlus.

Can EnergyPlus output report chiller energy consumption associated with a process chilled water load?

In EnergyPlus, we are using LoadProfile:Plant LoadProfile:Plant to apply a process chilled water load to a chilled water system. (It represents chilled water loading associated with water-cooled refrigeration racks.) Is there a way to report the (approximate) chiller energy consumption associated with this process load?

In DOE2.2 (eQuest) this was reported as chiller energy with an end use category of "Misc. Equip". I assume the reported value was determined by allocating a portion of the total chiller energy at each hour using the ratio of the process load to the total chilled water load for each hour. We can run the simulation with and without the process load applied to get a better answer, but I wondered if there is a similar approximate answer available in EnergyPlus.