In case of having multiple chillers in parallel in chilled water plant loop, some simple control strategy could be considered:
Uniform *: In this control strategy, each chiller would make same load part. *Sequencing: In this control strategy, the first chiller would work at its highest PLR and then the other chiller and the other and...
Currently, I am working with OpenStudio. I chilled water loop tab, there is a part for controlling. An availability manager part can be seen but, I don't know how to use it and I don't know if it's capable of preforming mentioned control strategies.
1- Can anyone help me with this?
2- I have another question related to this. Is it possible in each timestep we determine how many chillers to use and what control strategy to use?
