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Conversion of eQuest to EnergyPlus (.inp to .idf) file

Hello, I am trying to convert the .inp file of one of the eQuest sample cases to energy plus data file. I used the DOE2Translator and IDF version updater to do this. I have got many syntax errors in the .idf file generated and I am trying to fix each of them by looking at the DOE 2.3 manual and EnergyPlus reference manual. While converting the following lines, I could not relate what the field "C-Sub-Area" means and where its values go into EnergyPlus. I searched the DOE2.3 manual and could not see any such fields for SPACE commands. Can anyone help me with this?

!"EL1 South Perim Spc (G.S1)" = SPACE ! SHAPE = POLYGON ! ZONE-TYPE = CONDITIONED ! PEOPLE-SCHEDULE = "EL1 Bldg Occup Sch" ! LIGHTING-SCHEDUL = ( "EL1 Bldg InsLt Sch" ) ! EQUIP-SCHEDULE = ( "EL1 Bldg Misc Sch" ) ! INF-SCHEDULE = "ZG1-S1 (VAVS) P-Inf Sch" ! INF-METHOD = AIR-CHANGE ! INF-FLOW/AREA = 0.0248727 ! PEOPLE-HG-LAT = 198.215 ! PEOPLE-HG-SENS = 248.845 ! EQUIP-LATENT = ( 0 ) ! EQUIP-SENSIBLE = ( 1 ) ! LIGHTING-W/AREA = ( 1 ) ! EQUIPMENT-W/AREA = ( 0.573 ) ! AREA/PERSON = 81.6247 ! POLYGON = "EL1 Space Polygon 1" ! LOCATION = FLOOR-V1 ! C-SCHEDULE-TYPE = 0 ! C-SUB-AREA = ( 1809.78, 375, 130.43, 104.35, 55.43 ) ! C-OCC-TYPE = ( 35, 13, 31, 12, 18 ) ! C-SUB-SRC-BTUH = ( 0, 0, 0 ) ! C-SUB-SRC-KW = ( 0, 0, 0 ) ! C-ACTIVITY-DESC = Office (Open Plan) (42%)

Conversion of eQuest to EnergyPlus (.inp to .idf) file

Hello, I am trying to convert the .inp file of one of the eQuest sample cases to energy plus data file. I used the DOE2Translator and IDF version updater to do this. I have got many syntax errors in the .idf file generated and I am trying to fix each of them by looking at the DOE 2.3 manual and EnergyPlus reference manual. While converting the following lines, I could not relate what the field "C-Sub-Area" means and where its values go into EnergyPlus. I searched the DOE2.3 manual and could not see any such fields for SPACE commands. Can anyone help me with this?

!"EL1 South Perim Spc (G.S1)" = SPACE SPACE

! SHAPE = POLYGON POLYGON

! ZONE-TYPE = CONDITIONED CONDITIONED

! PEOPLE-SCHEDULE = "EL1 Bldg Occup Sch" Sch"

! LIGHTING-SCHEDUL = ( "EL1 Bldg InsLt Sch" ) )

! EQUIP-SCHEDULE = ( "EL1 Bldg Misc Sch" ) )

! INF-SCHEDULE = "ZG1-S1 (VAVS) P-Inf Sch" Sch"

! INF-METHOD = AIR-CHANGE AIR-CHANGE

! INF-FLOW/AREA = 0.0248727 0.0248727

! PEOPLE-HG-LAT = 198.215 198.215

! PEOPLE-HG-SENS = 248.845 248.845

! EQUIP-LATENT = ( 0 ) )

! EQUIP-SENSIBLE = ( 1 ) )

! LIGHTING-W/AREA = ( 1 ) )

! EQUIPMENT-W/AREA = ( 0.573 ) )

! AREA/PERSON = 81.6247 81.6247

! POLYGON = "EL1 Space Polygon 1" 1"

! LOCATION = FLOOR-V1 FLOOR-V1

! C-SCHEDULE-TYPE = 0 0

! C-SUB-AREA = ( 1809.78, 375, 130.43, 104.35, 55.43 ) )

! C-OCC-TYPE = ( 35, 13, 31, 12, 18 ) )

! C-SUB-SRC-BTUH = ( 0, 0, 0 ) )

! C-SUB-SRC-KW = ( 0, 0, 0 ) )

! C-ACTIVITY-DESC = Office (Open Plan) (42%)

Conversion of eQuest to EnergyPlus (.inp to .idf) file

Hello, I am trying to convert the .inp file of one of the eQuest sample cases to energy plus data file. I used the DOE2Translator and IDF version updater to do this. I have got many syntax errors in the .idf file generated and I am trying to fix each of them by looking at the DOE 2.3 manual and EnergyPlus reference manual. While converting the following lines, I could not relate what the field "C-Sub-Area" means and where its values go into EnergyPlus. I searched the DOE2.3 manual and could not see any such fields for SPACE commands. Can anyone help me with this?

!"EL1 South Perim Spc (G.S1)" = SPACE

! SHAPE = POLYGON

! ZONE-TYPE = CONDITIONED

! PEOPLE-SCHEDULE = "EL1 Bldg Occup Sch"

! LIGHTING-SCHEDUL = ( "EL1 Bldg InsLt Sch" )

! EQUIP-SCHEDULE = ( "EL1 Bldg Misc Sch" )

! INF-SCHEDULE = "ZG1-S1 (VAVS) P-Inf Sch"

! INF-METHOD = AIR-CHANGE

! INF-FLOW/AREA = 0.0248727

! PEOPLE-HG-LAT = 198.215

! PEOPLE-HG-SENS = 248.845

! EQUIP-LATENT = ( 0 )

! EQUIP-SENSIBLE = ( 1 )

! LIGHTING-W/AREA = ( 1 )

! EQUIPMENT-W/AREA = ( 0.573 )

! AREA/PERSON = 81.6247

! POLYGON = "EL1 Space Polygon 1"

! LOCATION = FLOOR-V1

! C-SCHEDULE-TYPE = 0

! C-SUB-AREA = ( 1809.78, 375, 130.43, 104.35, 55.43 )

! C-OCC-TYPE = ( 35, 13, 31, 12, 18 )

! C-SUB-SRC-BTUH = ( 0, 0, 0 )

! C-SUB-SRC-KW = ( 0, 0, 0 )

! C-ACTIVITY-DESC = Office (Open Plan) (42%)