Hello, right now I have been given a .idf file (written by another university student) so that I can start working on my thesis. It was supposed to be working but somehow I got a severe error when I run the simulation. The version of both the .idf file and my installed EnergyPlus is the same (8.9).
Here is what is shown on the .err file that I got after running the simulation.
Program Version,EnergyPlus, Version 8.9.0-40101eaafd, YMD=2019.04.06 20:32, * Severe * <root>[ZoneHVAC:EquipmentList][Thermal Zone: Bad Equipment List][equipment][0][zone_equipment_object_type] - "Zone HVAC Baseboard Radiant Convective Electric" - Failed to match against any enum values. * Fatal * Errors occurred on processing input file. Preceding condition(s) cause termination. ...Summary of Errors that led to program termination: ..... Reference severe error count=1 ..... Last severe error=<root>[ZoneHVAC:EquipmentList][Thermal Zone: Bad Equipment List][equipment][0][zone_equipment_object_type] - "Zone HVAC Baseboard Radiant Convective Electric" - Failed to match against any enum values. *** Warning: Node connection errors not checked - most system input has not been read (see previous warning). *** Fatal error -- final processing. Program exited before simulations began. See previous error messages. *** EnergyPlus Warmup Error Summary. During Warmup: 0 Warning; 0 Severe Errors. *** EnergyPlus Sizing Error Summary. During Sizing: 0 Warning; 0 Severe Errors. *** EnergyPlus Terminated--Fatal Error Detected. 0 Warning; 1 Severe Errors; Elapsed Time=00hr 00min 0.24sec
A few things that I do not understand. What is being failed to match against any enum values? And when this 'Severe' error is found, does this count/create the 'Fatal' error and end the simulation?
Here is one part of the Texteditor of the .idf file that the error mentioned.
ZoneHVAC:EquipmentList, Thermal Zone: Bad Equipment List, !- Name ZoneHVAC:Baseboard:RadiantConvective:Electric, !- Zone Equipment 1 Object Type Zone HVAC Baseboard Radiant Convective Electric, !- Zone Equipment 1 Name 1, !- Zone Equipment 1 Cooling Sequence 1; !- Zone Equipment 1 Heating or No-Load Sequence
Can I kindly ask you to explain to me what the problem could be and a solution? I am new to EnergyPlus and Openstudio so I do not have a lot of knowledge about the programs. It would also be very helpful if you could recommend to me where I can study more about EnergyPlus. I am also new to this website and this is my first post so if I post anything wrong please correct me.
Thank you in advance.
