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Hot gas reheat for an air loop in EnergyPlus

There's not much on this forum regarding hot gas reheat coils, so I'm trying to get an update... So far as I know, hot gas reheat coils can be modeled ONLY using the "Coil:Heating:Desuperheater" object AND the amount of reheat is limited to 30% of the available energy.

This is a big restriction for models that use DX coils and also control relative humidity. We run into them a lot and the workarounds are cumbersome.

1) Is my understanding correct?

2) Have any of you created a workaround that you like? (our best at the moment is to add a heating coil with "Other" fuel so electricity and natural gas use are not affected. This coil is available only during summer cooling months. Another heating coil is used for winter months.)

Hot gas reheat for an air loop in EnergyPlus

There's not much on this forum regarding hot gas reheat coils, so I'm trying to get an update... So far as I know, hot gas reheat coils can be modeled ONLY using the "Coil:Heating:Desuperheater" object AND the amount of reheat is limited to 30% of the available energy.

This is a big restriction for models that use DX coils and also control relative humidity. We run into them a lot and the workarounds are cumbersome.

1) Is my understanding correct?

2) Have any of you created a workaround that you like? (our best at the moment is to add a heating coil with "Other" fuel so electricity and natural gas use are not affected. This coil is available only during summer cooling months. Another heating coil is used for winter months.)