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How can HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV ensure Minimum OA Flow Rate?

Any model is fine, but let me explain the problem using an ExampleFile in E+ v9-4-0 for simplicity.

This idf file is a slightly revised version of HVACTemplate-5ZoneVAVFanPowered.idf from ExampleFiles. Originally there were 5 zones, but I deleted 4 HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV:FanPowered because they worked fine. Now there is only one zone (SPACE5-1) with HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV and HVACTemplate:System:VAV. I want to focus on them.

Besides, I added Zone Air Terminal Outdoor Air Volume Flow Rate in Output:Variable, and just ran the simulation. I got the results for 2 days in winter and summer. The charts below show outdoor air flow rate. image description

I don't know why the actual outdoor air flow rate is not constant and below the design outdoor air flow rate.

In HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV, Outdoor Air Method is flow/person and the value is fixed to 0.00944 m3/s per person. In People, Number of People is fixed to 20, so I think the outdoor air flow rate should be constant at 0.00944 x 20 = 0.1888m3/s (the orange dashed lines in the charts). But the actual outdoor air flow rate is quite different from 0.1888m3/s, especially when heating.

At first, Minimum Outdoor Air Flow Rate in HVACTemplate:System:VAV was set to autosize, so I changed it to the exact value 0.1888, but in vain.

People has an occupancy schedule with different fractions for different time zones, but I believe that flow/person for Outdoor Air Method is not affected by occupancy schedule.

I know that acrording to Engineering Reference, VAV doesn't work as VAV when heating (although I'm not convinced why this is the default setting). But is there any way to keep minimum outdoor air flow rate as I want? image description

For your reference, below is the input for HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV and HVACTemplate:System:VAV. The fraction of Min OA Schedis 1 from 9:00 to 21:00, so there is nothing strange about it.

HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV,
    SPACE5-1,                !- Zone Name
    VAV Sys 1,               !- Template VAV System Name
    All Zones,               !- Template Thermostat Name
    autosize,                !- Supply Air Maximum Flow Rate {m3/s}
    ,                        !- Zone Heating Sizing Factor
    ,                        !- Zone Cooling Sizing Factor
    Constant,                !- Zone Minimum Air Flow Input Method
    0.3,                     !- Constant Minimum Air Flow Fraction
    ,                        !- Fixed Minimum Air Flow Rate {m3/s}
    ,                        !- Minimum Air Flow Fraction Schedule Name
    flow/person,             !- Outdoor Air Method
    0.00944,                 !- Outdoor Air Flow Rate per Person {m3/s}
    0.0,                     !- Outdoor Air Flow Rate per Zone Floor Area {m3/s-m2}
    0.0,                     !- Outdoor Air Flow Rate per Zone {m3/s}
    HotWater,                !- Reheat Coil Type
    ,                        !- Reheat Coil Availability Schedule Name
    Reverse,                 !- Damper Heating Action
    ,                        !- Maximum Flow per Zone Floor Area During Reheat {m3/s-m2}
    ,                        !- Maximum Flow Fraction During Reheat
    ,                        !- Maximum Reheat Air Temperature {C}
    ,                        !- Design Specification Outdoor Air Object Name for Control
    ,                        !- Supply Plenum Name
    ,                        !- Return Plenum Name
    None,                    !- Baseboard Heating Type
    ,                        !- Baseboard Heating Availability Schedule Name
    autosize,                !- Baseboard Heating Capacity {W}
    SystemSupplyAirTemperature,  !- Zone Cooling Design Supply Air Temperature Input Method
    ,                        !- Zone Cooling Design Supply Air Temperature {C}
    ,                        !- Zone Cooling Design Supply Air Temperature Difference {deltaC}
    SupplyAirTemperature,    !- Zone Heating Design Supply Air Temperature Input Method
    50.0,                    !- Zone Heating Design Supply Air Temperature {C}
    ;                        !- Zone Heating Design Supply Air Temperature Difference {deltaC}

HVACTemplate:System:VAV,
    VAV Sys 1,               !- Name
    FanAvailSched,           !- System Availability Schedule Name
    autosize,                !- Supply Fan Maximum Flow Rate {m3/s}
    autosize,                !- Supply Fan Minimum Flow Rate {m3/s}
    0.7,                     !- Supply Fan Total Efficiency
    600,                     !- Supply Fan Delta Pressure {Pa}
    0.9,                     !- Supply Fan Motor Efficiency
    1,                       !- Supply Fan Motor in Air Stream Fraction
    ChilledWater,            !- Cooling Coil Type
    ,                        !- Cooling Coil Availability Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Cooling Coil Setpoint Schedule Name
    12.8,                    !- Cooling Coil Design Setpoint {C}
    HotWater,                !- Heating Coil Type
    ,                        !- Heating Coil Availability Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Heating Coil Setpoint Schedule Name
    10.0,                    !- Heating Coil Design Setpoint {C}
    0.8,                     !- Gas Heating Coil Efficiency
    0.0,                     !- Gas Heating Coil Parasitic Electric Load {W}
    None,                    !- Preheat Coil Type
    ,                        !- Preheat Coil Availability Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Preheat Coil Setpoint Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Preheat Coil Design Setpoint {C}
    0.8,                     !- Gas Preheat Coil Efficiency
    0.0,                     !- Gas Preheat Coil Parasitic Electric Load {W}
    autosize,                !- Maximum Outdoor Air Flow Rate {m3/s}
    0.1888,                  !- Minimum Outdoor Air Flow Rate {m3/s}
    FixedMinimum,            !- Minimum Outdoor Air Control Type
    Min OA Sched,            !- Minimum Outdoor Air Schedule Name
    DifferentialDryBulb,     !- Economizer Type
    NoLockout,               !- Economizer Lockout
    19,                      !- Economizer Upper Temperature Limit {C}
    4,                       !- Economizer Lower Temperature Limit {C}
    ,                        !- Economizer Upper Enthalpy Limit {J/kg}
    ,                        !- Economizer Maximum Limit Dewpoint Temperature {C}
    ,                        !- Supply Plenum Name
    PLENUM-1,                !- Return Plenum Name
    DrawThrough,             !- Supply Fan Placement
    InletVaneDampers,        !- Supply Fan Part-Load Power Coefficients
    CycleOnAnyZoneFansOnly,  !- Night Cycle Control
    ,                        !- Night Cycle Control Zone Name
    None,                    !- Heat Recovery Type
    0.70,                    !- Sensible Heat Recovery Effectiveness
    0.65,                    !- Latent Heat Recovery Effectiveness
    None,                    !- Cooling Coil Setpoint Reset Type
    None,                    !- Heating Coil Setpoint Reset Type
    None,                    !- Dehumidification Control Type
    ,                        !- Dehumidification Control Zone Name
    60.0,                    !- Dehumidification Setpoint {percent}
    None,                    !- Humidifier Type
    ,                        !- Humidifier Availability Schedule Name
    0.000001,                !- Humidifier Rated Capacity {m3/s}
    2690.0,                  !- Humidifier Rated Electric Power {W}
    ,                        !- Humidifier Control Zone Name
    30.0,                    !- Humidifier Setpoint {percent}
    NonCoincident,           !- Sizing Option
    ,                        !- Return Fan
    ,                        !- Return Fan Total Efficiency
    ,                        !- Return Fan Delta Pressure {Pa}
    ,                        !- Return Fan Motor Efficiency
    ,                        !- Return Fan Motor in Air Stream Fraction
    ;                        !- Return Fan Part-Load Power Coefficients

How can HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV ensure Minimum OA Flow Rate?

Any model is fine, but let me explain the problem using an ExampleFile in E+ v9-4-0 for simplicity.

This idf file is a slightly revised version of HVACTemplate-5ZoneVAVFanPowered.idf from ExampleFiles. Originally there were 5 zones, but I deleted 4 HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV:FanPowered because they worked fine. Now there is only one zone (SPACE5-1) with HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV and HVACTemplate:System:VAV. I want to focus on them.

Besides, I added Zone Air Terminal Outdoor Air Volume Flow Rate in Output:Variable, and just ran the simulation. I got the results for 2 days in winter and summer. The charts below show outdoor air flow rate. image description

I don't know why the actual outdoor air flow rate is not constant and below the design outdoor air flow rate.

In HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV, Outdoor Air Method is flow/person and the value is fixed to 0.00944 m3/s per person. In People, Number of People is fixed to 20, so I think the outdoor air flow rate should be constant at 0.00944 x 20 = 0.1888m3/s (the orange dashed lines in the charts). But the actual outdoor air flow rate is quite different from 0.1888m3/s, especially when heating.

At first, Minimum Outdoor Air Flow Rate in HVACTemplate:System:VAV was set to autosize, so I changed it to the exact value 0.1888, but in vain.

People has an occupancy schedule with different fractions for different time zones, but I believe that flow/person for Outdoor Air Method is not affected by occupancy schedule.

Economizer Type is set to DifferentialDryBulb in HVACTemplate:System:VAV, but even when I changed it to NoEconomizer, the result didn't change.

Minimum Outdoor Air Control Type is set to FixedMinimum, and the fraction of Minimum Outdoor Air Schedule is 1 from 9:00 to 21:00, so there seems to be nothing strange about it. When I tried changing this control type to ProportionalMinimum, The outdoor air flow rate further decreased (see the charts below).

image description

Constant Minimum Air Flow Fraction is set to 0.3. When I tried changing this fraction to 1, the outside airflow rate became constant, but the supply airflow rate also became constant (see the charts below). This is not what I expect. This is not VAV, but CAV. I want to keep outdoor airflow rate, and I want supply airflow rate to vary according to cooling/heating load.

image description

I know that acrording to Engineering Reference, VAV doesn't work as VAV when heating (although I'm not convinced why this is the default setting). But is there any way to keep minimum outdoor air flow rate as I want? image description

For your reference, below is the input for HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV and HVACTemplate:System:VAV. The fraction of Min OA Schedis 1 from 9:00 to 21:00, so there is nothing strange about it..

HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV,
    SPACE5-1,                !- Zone Name
    VAV Sys 1,               !- Template VAV System Name
    All Zones,               !- Template Thermostat Name
    autosize,                !- Supply Air Maximum Flow Rate {m3/s}
    ,                        !- Zone Heating Sizing Factor
    ,                        !- Zone Cooling Sizing Factor
    Constant,                !- Zone Minimum Air Flow Input Method
    0.3,                     !- Constant Minimum Air Flow Fraction
    ,                        !- Fixed Minimum Air Flow Rate {m3/s}
    ,                        !- Minimum Air Flow Fraction Schedule Name
    flow/person,             !- Outdoor Air Method
    0.00944,                 !- Outdoor Air Flow Rate per Person {m3/s}
    0.0,                     !- Outdoor Air Flow Rate per Zone Floor Area {m3/s-m2}
    0.0,                     !- Outdoor Air Flow Rate per Zone {m3/s}
    HotWater,                !- Reheat Coil Type
    ,                        !- Reheat Coil Availability Schedule Name
    Reverse,                 !- Damper Heating Action
    ,                        !- Maximum Flow per Zone Floor Area During Reheat {m3/s-m2}
    ,                        !- Maximum Flow Fraction During Reheat
    ,                        !- Maximum Reheat Air Temperature {C}
    ,                        !- Design Specification Outdoor Air Object Name for Control
    ,                        !- Supply Plenum Name
    ,                        !- Return Plenum Name
    None,                    !- Baseboard Heating Type
    ,                        !- Baseboard Heating Availability Schedule Name
    autosize,                !- Baseboard Heating Capacity {W}
    SystemSupplyAirTemperature,  !- Zone Cooling Design Supply Air Temperature Input Method
    ,                        !- Zone Cooling Design Supply Air Temperature {C}
    ,                        !- Zone Cooling Design Supply Air Temperature Difference {deltaC}
    SupplyAirTemperature,    !- Zone Heating Design Supply Air Temperature Input Method
    50.0,                    !- Zone Heating Design Supply Air Temperature {C}
    ;                        !- Zone Heating Design Supply Air Temperature Difference {deltaC}

HVACTemplate:System:VAV,
    VAV Sys 1,               !- Name
    FanAvailSched,           !- System Availability Schedule Name
    autosize,                !- Supply Fan Maximum Flow Rate {m3/s}
    autosize,                !- Supply Fan Minimum Flow Rate {m3/s}
    0.7,                     !- Supply Fan Total Efficiency
    600,                     !- Supply Fan Delta Pressure {Pa}
    0.9,                     !- Supply Fan Motor Efficiency
    1,                       !- Supply Fan Motor in Air Stream Fraction
    ChilledWater,            !- Cooling Coil Type
    ,                        !- Cooling Coil Availability Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Cooling Coil Setpoint Schedule Name
    12.8,                    !- Cooling Coil Design Setpoint {C}
    HotWater,                !- Heating Coil Type
    ,                        !- Heating Coil Availability Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Heating Coil Setpoint Schedule Name
    10.0,                    !- Heating Coil Design Setpoint {C}
    0.8,                     !- Gas Heating Coil Efficiency
    0.0,                     !- Gas Heating Coil Parasitic Electric Load {W}
    None,                    !- Preheat Coil Type
    ,                        !- Preheat Coil Availability Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Preheat Coil Setpoint Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Preheat Coil Design Setpoint {C}
    0.8,                     !- Gas Preheat Coil Efficiency
    0.0,                     !- Gas Preheat Coil Parasitic Electric Load {W}
    autosize,                !- Maximum Outdoor Air Flow Rate {m3/s}
    0.1888,                  !- Minimum Outdoor Air Flow Rate {m3/s}
    FixedMinimum,            !- Minimum Outdoor Air Control Type
    Min OA Sched,            !- Minimum Outdoor Air Schedule Name
    DifferentialDryBulb,     !- Economizer Type
    NoLockout,               !- Economizer Lockout
    19,                      !- Economizer Upper Temperature Limit {C}
    4,                       !- Economizer Lower Temperature Limit {C}
    ,                        !- Economizer Upper Enthalpy Limit {J/kg}
    ,                        !- Economizer Maximum Limit Dewpoint Temperature {C}
    ,                        !- Supply Plenum Name
    PLENUM-1,                !- Return Plenum Name
    DrawThrough,             !- Supply Fan Placement
    InletVaneDampers,        !- Supply Fan Part-Load Power Coefficients
    CycleOnAnyZoneFansOnly,  !- Night Cycle Control
    ,                        !- Night Cycle Control Zone Name
    None,                    !- Heat Recovery Type
    0.70,                    !- Sensible Heat Recovery Effectiveness
    0.65,                    !- Latent Heat Recovery Effectiveness
    None,                    !- Cooling Coil Setpoint Reset Type
    None,                    !- Heating Coil Setpoint Reset Type
    None,                    !- Dehumidification Control Type
    ,                        !- Dehumidification Control Zone Name
    60.0,                    !- Dehumidification Setpoint {percent}
    None,                    !- Humidifier Type
    ,                        !- Humidifier Availability Schedule Name
    0.000001,                !- Humidifier Rated Capacity {m3/s}
    2690.0,                  !- Humidifier Rated Electric Power {W}
    ,                        !- Humidifier Control Zone Name
    30.0,                    !- Humidifier Setpoint {percent}
    NonCoincident,           !- Sizing Option
    ,                        !- Return Fan
    ,                        !- Return Fan Total Efficiency
    ,                        !- Return Fan Delta Pressure {Pa}
    ,                        !- Return Fan Motor Efficiency
    ,                        !- Return Fan Motor in Air Stream Fraction
    ;                        !- Return Fan Part-Load Power Coefficients

How can HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV ensure Minimum OA Flow Rate?

Any model is fine, but let me explain the problem using an ExampleFile in E+ v9-4-0 for simplicity.

This idf file is a slightly revised version of HVACTemplate-5ZoneVAVFanPowered.idf from ExampleFiles. Originally there were 5 zones, but I deleted 4 HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV:FanPowered because they worked fine. Now there is only one zone (SPACE5-1) with HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV and HVACTemplate:System:VAV. I want to focus on them.

Besides, I added Zone Air Terminal Outdoor Air Volume Flow Rate in Output:Variable, and just ran the simulation. I got the results for 2 days in winter and summer. The charts below show outdoor air flow rate. image description

I don't know why the actual outdoor air flow rate is not constant and below the design outdoor air flow rate.

In HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV, Outdoor Air Method is flow/person and the value is fixed to 0.00944 m3/s per person. In People, Number of People is fixed to 20, so I think the outdoor air flow rate should be constant at 0.00944 x 20 = 0.1888m3/s (the orange dashed lines in the charts). But the actual outdoor air flow rate is quite different from 0.1888m3/s, especially when heating.

At first, Minimum Outdoor Air Flow Rate in HVACTemplate:System:VAV was set to autosize, so I changed it to the exact value 0.1888, but in vain.

People has an occupancy schedule with different fractions for different time zones, but I believe that flow/person for Outdoor Air Method is not affected by occupancy schedule.

Economizer Type is set to DifferentialDryBulb in HVACTemplate:System:VAV, but even when I changed it to NoEconomizer, the result didn't change.

Minimum Outdoor Air Control Type is set to FixedMinimum, and the fraction of Minimum Outdoor Air Schedule is 1 from 9:00 to 21:00, so there seems to be nothing strange about it. When I tried changing this control type to ProportionalMinimum, The outdoor air flow rate further decreased (see the charts below).below). The change in outdoor airflow rate by time does not seem to correspond to the occupancy schedule either.

image description

People has an occupancy schedule with different fractions for different time zones, but I believe that flow/person for Outdoor Air Method is not affected by occupancy schedule. (Actually, my ultimate goal is to find a way to do DCV using HVACTemplate, and this post is a question in the middle of that consideration.)

Constant Minimum Air Flow Fraction is set to 0.3. When I tried changing this fraction to 1, the outside airflow rate became constant, but the supply airflow rate also became constant (see the charts below). This is not what I expect. This is not VAV, but CAV. I want to keep outdoor airflow rate, and I want supply airflow rate to vary according to cooling/heating load.

image description

I know that acrording to Engineering Reference, VAV doesn't work as VAV when heating (although I'm not convinced why this is the default setting). But is there any way to keep minimum outdoor air flow rate as I want? image description

For your reference, below is the input for HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV and HVACTemplate:System:VAV.

HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV,
    SPACE5-1,                !- Zone Name
    VAV Sys 1,               !- Template VAV System Name
    All Zones,               !- Template Thermostat Name
    autosize,                !- Supply Air Maximum Flow Rate {m3/s}
    ,                        !- Zone Heating Sizing Factor
    ,                        !- Zone Cooling Sizing Factor
    Constant,                !- Zone Minimum Air Flow Input Method
    0.3,                     !- Constant Minimum Air Flow Fraction
    ,                        !- Fixed Minimum Air Flow Rate {m3/s}
    ,                        !- Minimum Air Flow Fraction Schedule Name
    flow/person,             !- Outdoor Air Method
    0.00944,                 !- Outdoor Air Flow Rate per Person {m3/s}
    0.0,                     !- Outdoor Air Flow Rate per Zone Floor Area {m3/s-m2}
    0.0,                     !- Outdoor Air Flow Rate per Zone {m3/s}
    HotWater,                !- Reheat Coil Type
    ,                        !- Reheat Coil Availability Schedule Name
    Reverse,                 !- Damper Heating Action
    ,                        !- Maximum Flow per Zone Floor Area During Reheat {m3/s-m2}
    ,                        !- Maximum Flow Fraction During Reheat
    ,                        !- Maximum Reheat Air Temperature {C}
    ,                        !- Design Specification Outdoor Air Object Name for Control
    ,                        !- Supply Plenum Name
    ,                        !- Return Plenum Name
    None,                    !- Baseboard Heating Type
    ,                        !- Baseboard Heating Availability Schedule Name
    autosize,                !- Baseboard Heating Capacity {W}
    SystemSupplyAirTemperature,  !- Zone Cooling Design Supply Air Temperature Input Method
    ,                        !- Zone Cooling Design Supply Air Temperature {C}
    ,                        !- Zone Cooling Design Supply Air Temperature Difference {deltaC}
    SupplyAirTemperature,    !- Zone Heating Design Supply Air Temperature Input Method
    50.0,                    !- Zone Heating Design Supply Air Temperature {C}
    ;                        !- Zone Heating Design Supply Air Temperature Difference {deltaC}

HVACTemplate:System:VAV,
    VAV Sys 1,               !- Name
    FanAvailSched,           !- System Availability Schedule Name
    autosize,                !- Supply Fan Maximum Flow Rate {m3/s}
    autosize,                !- Supply Fan Minimum Flow Rate {m3/s}
    0.7,                     !- Supply Fan Total Efficiency
    600,                     !- Supply Fan Delta Pressure {Pa}
    0.9,                     !- Supply Fan Motor Efficiency
    1,                       !- Supply Fan Motor in Air Stream Fraction
    ChilledWater,            !- Cooling Coil Type
    ,                        !- Cooling Coil Availability Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Cooling Coil Setpoint Schedule Name
    12.8,                    !- Cooling Coil Design Setpoint {C}
    HotWater,                !- Heating Coil Type
    ,                        !- Heating Coil Availability Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Heating Coil Setpoint Schedule Name
    10.0,                    !- Heating Coil Design Setpoint {C}
    0.8,                     !- Gas Heating Coil Efficiency
    0.0,                     !- Gas Heating Coil Parasitic Electric Load {W}
    None,                    !- Preheat Coil Type
    ,                        !- Preheat Coil Availability Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Preheat Coil Setpoint Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Preheat Coil Design Setpoint {C}
    0.8,                     !- Gas Preheat Coil Efficiency
    0.0,                     !- Gas Preheat Coil Parasitic Electric Load {W}
    autosize,                !- Maximum Outdoor Air Flow Rate {m3/s}
    0.1888,                  !- Minimum Outdoor Air Flow Rate {m3/s}
    FixedMinimum,            !- Minimum Outdoor Air Control Type
    Min OA Sched,            !- Minimum Outdoor Air Schedule Name
    DifferentialDryBulb,     !- Economizer Type
    NoLockout,               !- Economizer Lockout
    19,                      !- Economizer Upper Temperature Limit {C}
    4,                       !- Economizer Lower Temperature Limit {C}
    ,                        !- Economizer Upper Enthalpy Limit {J/kg}
    ,                        !- Economizer Maximum Limit Dewpoint Temperature {C}
    ,                        !- Supply Plenum Name
    PLENUM-1,                !- Return Plenum Name
    DrawThrough,             !- Supply Fan Placement
    InletVaneDampers,        !- Supply Fan Part-Load Power Coefficients
    CycleOnAnyZoneFansOnly,  !- Night Cycle Control
    ,                        !- Night Cycle Control Zone Name
    None,                    !- Heat Recovery Type
    0.70,                    !- Sensible Heat Recovery Effectiveness
    0.65,                    !- Latent Heat Recovery Effectiveness
    None,                    !- Cooling Coil Setpoint Reset Type
    None,                    !- Heating Coil Setpoint Reset Type
    None,                    !- Dehumidification Control Type
    ,                        !- Dehumidification Control Zone Name
    60.0,                    !- Dehumidification Setpoint {percent}
    None,                    !- Humidifier Type
    ,                        !- Humidifier Availability Schedule Name
    0.000001,                !- Humidifier Rated Capacity {m3/s}
    2690.0,                  !- Humidifier Rated Electric Power {W}
    ,                        !- Humidifier Control Zone Name
    30.0,                    !- Humidifier Setpoint {percent}
    NonCoincident,           !- Sizing Option
    ,                        !- Return Fan
    ,                        !- Return Fan Total Efficiency
    ,                        !- Return Fan Delta Pressure {Pa}
    ,                        !- Return Fan Motor Efficiency
    ,                        !- Return Fan Motor in Air Stream Fraction
    ;                        !- Return Fan Part-Load Power Coefficients

How can HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV ensure Minimum OA Flow Rate?

Any model is fine, but let me explain the problem using an ExampleFile in E+ v9-4-0 for simplicity.

This idf file is a slightly revised version of HVACTemplate-5ZoneVAVFanPowered.idf from ExampleFiles. Originally there were 5 zones, but I deleted 4 HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV:FanPowered because they worked fine. Now there is only one zone (SPACE5-1) with HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV and HVACTemplate:System:VAV. I want to focus on them.

Besides, I added Zone Air Terminal Outdoor Air Volume Flow Rate in Output:Variable, and just ran the simulation. I got the results for 2 days in winter and summer. The charts below show outdoor air flow rate. image description

I don't know why the actual outdoor air flow rate is not constant and below the design outdoor air flow rate.

In HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV, Outdoor Air Method is flow/person and the value is fixed to 0.00944 m3/s per person. In People, Number of People is fixed to 20, so I think the outdoor air flow rate should be constant at 0.00944 x 20 = 0.1888m3/s (the orange dashed lines in the charts). But the actual outdoor air flow rate is quite different from 0.1888m3/s, especially when heating.

At first, Minimum Outdoor Air Flow Rate in HVACTemplate:System:VAV was set to autosize, so I changed it to the exact value 0.1888, but in vain.

Economizer Type is set to DifferentialDryBulb in HVACTemplate:System:VAV, but even when I changed it to NoEconomizer, the result didn't change.

Minimum Outdoor Air Control Type is set to FixedMinimum, and the fraction of Minimum Outdoor Air Schedule is 1 from 9:00 to 21:00, so there seems to be nothing strange about it. When I tried changing this control type to ProportionalMinimum, The outdoor air flow rate further decreased (see the charts below). The change in outdoor airflow rate by time does not seem to correspond to the occupancy schedule either.

image description

People has an occupancy schedule with different fractions for different time zones, but I believe that that flow/person for for Outdoor Air Method is not affected by occupancy schedule. schedule. (Actually, my ultimate goal is to find a way to do DCV using HVACTemplate, and this post is a question in the middle of that consideration.)

Constant Minimum Air Flow Fraction is set to 0.3. When I tried changing this fraction to 1, the outside airflow rate became constant, but the supply airflow rate also became constant (see the charts below). This is not what I expect. This is not VAV, but CAV. I want to keep outdoor airflow rate, and I want supply airflow rate to vary according to cooling/heating load.

image description

I know that acrording to Engineering Reference, VAV doesn't work as VAV when heating (although I'm not convinced why this is the default setting). But is there any way to keep minimum outdoor air flow rate as I want? image description

For your reference, below is the input for HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV and HVACTemplate:System:VAV.

HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV,
    SPACE5-1,                !- Zone Name
    VAV Sys 1,               !- Template VAV System Name
    All Zones,               !- Template Thermostat Name
    autosize,                !- Supply Air Maximum Flow Rate {m3/s}
    ,                        !- Zone Heating Sizing Factor
    ,                        !- Zone Cooling Sizing Factor
    Constant,                !- Zone Minimum Air Flow Input Method
    0.3,                     !- Constant Minimum Air Flow Fraction
    ,                        !- Fixed Minimum Air Flow Rate {m3/s}
    ,                        !- Minimum Air Flow Fraction Schedule Name
    flow/person,             !- Outdoor Air Method
    0.00944,                 !- Outdoor Air Flow Rate per Person {m3/s}
    0.0,                     !- Outdoor Air Flow Rate per Zone Floor Area {m3/s-m2}
    0.0,                     !- Outdoor Air Flow Rate per Zone {m3/s}
    HotWater,                !- Reheat Coil Type
    ,                        !- Reheat Coil Availability Schedule Name
    Reverse,                 !- Damper Heating Action
    ,                        !- Maximum Flow per Zone Floor Area During Reheat {m3/s-m2}
    ,                        !- Maximum Flow Fraction During Reheat
    ,                        !- Maximum Reheat Air Temperature {C}
    ,                        !- Design Specification Outdoor Air Object Name for Control
    ,                        !- Supply Plenum Name
    ,                        !- Return Plenum Name
    None,                    !- Baseboard Heating Type
    ,                        !- Baseboard Heating Availability Schedule Name
    autosize,                !- Baseboard Heating Capacity {W}
    SystemSupplyAirTemperature,  !- Zone Cooling Design Supply Air Temperature Input Method
    ,                        !- Zone Cooling Design Supply Air Temperature {C}
    ,                        !- Zone Cooling Design Supply Air Temperature Difference {deltaC}
    SupplyAirTemperature,    !- Zone Heating Design Supply Air Temperature Input Method
    50.0,                    !- Zone Heating Design Supply Air Temperature {C}
    ;                        !- Zone Heating Design Supply Air Temperature Difference {deltaC}

HVACTemplate:System:VAV,
    VAV Sys 1,               !- Name
    FanAvailSched,           !- System Availability Schedule Name
    autosize,                !- Supply Fan Maximum Flow Rate {m3/s}
    autosize,                !- Supply Fan Minimum Flow Rate {m3/s}
    0.7,                     !- Supply Fan Total Efficiency
    600,                     !- Supply Fan Delta Pressure {Pa}
    0.9,                     !- Supply Fan Motor Efficiency
    1,                       !- Supply Fan Motor in Air Stream Fraction
    ChilledWater,            !- Cooling Coil Type
    ,                        !- Cooling Coil Availability Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Cooling Coil Setpoint Schedule Name
    12.8,                    !- Cooling Coil Design Setpoint {C}
    HotWater,                !- Heating Coil Type
    ,                        !- Heating Coil Availability Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Heating Coil Setpoint Schedule Name
    10.0,                    !- Heating Coil Design Setpoint {C}
    0.8,                     !- Gas Heating Coil Efficiency
    0.0,                     !- Gas Heating Coil Parasitic Electric Load {W}
    None,                    !- Preheat Coil Type
    ,                        !- Preheat Coil Availability Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Preheat Coil Setpoint Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Preheat Coil Design Setpoint {C}
    0.8,                     !- Gas Preheat Coil Efficiency
    0.0,                     !- Gas Preheat Coil Parasitic Electric Load {W}
    autosize,                !- Maximum Outdoor Air Flow Rate {m3/s}
    0.1888,                  !- Minimum Outdoor Air Flow Rate {m3/s}
    FixedMinimum,            !- Minimum Outdoor Air Control Type
    Min OA Sched,            !- Minimum Outdoor Air Schedule Name
    DifferentialDryBulb,     !- Economizer Type
    NoLockout,               !- Economizer Lockout
    19,                      !- Economizer Upper Temperature Limit {C}
    4,                       !- Economizer Lower Temperature Limit {C}
    ,                        !- Economizer Upper Enthalpy Limit {J/kg}
    ,                        !- Economizer Maximum Limit Dewpoint Temperature {C}
    ,                        !- Supply Plenum Name
    PLENUM-1,                !- Return Plenum Name
    DrawThrough,             !- Supply Fan Placement
    InletVaneDampers,        !- Supply Fan Part-Load Power Coefficients
    CycleOnAnyZoneFansOnly,  !- Night Cycle Control
    ,                        !- Night Cycle Control Zone Name
    None,                    !- Heat Recovery Type
    0.70,                    !- Sensible Heat Recovery Effectiveness
    0.65,                    !- Latent Heat Recovery Effectiveness
    None,                    !- Cooling Coil Setpoint Reset Type
    None,                    !- Heating Coil Setpoint Reset Type
    None,                    !- Dehumidification Control Type
    ,                        !- Dehumidification Control Zone Name
    60.0,                    !- Dehumidification Setpoint {percent}
    None,                    !- Humidifier Type
    ,                        !- Humidifier Availability Schedule Name
    0.000001,                !- Humidifier Rated Capacity {m3/s}
    2690.0,                  !- Humidifier Rated Electric Power {W}
    ,                        !- Humidifier Control Zone Name
    30.0,                    !- Humidifier Setpoint {percent}
    NonCoincident,           !- Sizing Option
    ,                        !- Return Fan
    ,                        !- Return Fan Total Efficiency
    ,                        !- Return Fan Delta Pressure {Pa}
    ,                        !- Return Fan Motor Efficiency
    ,                        !- Return Fan Motor in Air Stream Fraction
    ;                        !- Return Fan Part-Load Power Coefficients

How can HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV ensure Minimum OA Flow Rate?

Any model is fine, but let me explain the problem current issue by using an ExampleFile in E+ v9-4-0 for simplicity.

This idf file is a slightly revised version of HVACTemplate-5ZoneVAVFanPowered.idf from ExampleFiles. Originally there were 5 zones, but I deleted 4 HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV:FanPowered because they worked fine. Now there is only one zone (SPACE5-1) with HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV and HVACTemplate:System:VAV. I want to focus on them.

Besides, I added Zone Air Terminal Outdoor Air Volume Flow Rate in Output:Variable, and just ran the simulation. I got the results for 2 days in winter and summer. The charts below show outdoor air flow rate. image description

I don't know why the actual outdoor air flow rate is not constant and below the design outdoor air flow rate.

In HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV, Outdoor Air Method is flow/person and the value is fixed to 0.00944 m3/s per person. In People, Number of People is fixed to 20, so I think the outdoor air flow rate should be constant at 0.00944 x 20 = 0.1888m3/s (the orange dashed lines in the charts). But the actual outdoor air flow rate is quite different from 0.1888m3/s, especially when heating.

At first, Minimum Outdoor Air Flow Rate in HVACTemplate:System:VAV was set to autosize, so I changed it to the exact value 0.1888, but in vain.

Economizer Type is set to DifferentialDryBulb in HVACTemplate:System:VAV, but even when I changed it to NoEconomizer, the result didn't change.

Minimum Outdoor Air Control Type is set to FixedMinimum, and the fraction of Minimum Outdoor Air Schedule is 1 from 9:00 to 21:00, so there seems to be nothing strange about it. When I tried changing this control type to ProportionalMinimum, The outdoor air flow rate further decreased (see the charts below). The change in outdoor airflow rate by time does not seem to correspond to the occupancy schedule either.

image description

People has an occupancy schedule with different fractions for different time zones, but I believe that flow/person for Outdoor Air Method is not affected by occupancy schedule. (Actually, my ultimate goal is to find a way to do DCV using HVACTemplate, and this post is a question in the middle of that consideration.)

Constant Minimum Air Flow Fraction is set to 0.3. When I tried changing this fraction to 1, the outside airflow rate became constant, but the supply airflow rate also became constant (see the charts below). This is not what I expect. This is not VAV, but CAV. I want to keep outdoor airflow rate, and I want supply airflow rate to vary according to cooling/heating load.

image description

I know that acrording to Engineering Reference, VAV doesn't work as VAV when heating (although I'm not convinced why this is the default setting). But is there any way to keep minimum outdoor air flow rate as I want? image description

P.S.

I found this post. This is what I want to do with HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV and HVACTemplate:System:VAV. The post was 5 years ago, and I don't know if we still have to use EMS. This is very common control for practical MEP engineering. I'm looking for a different way to do it easily.

For your reference, below is the input for HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV and HVACTemplate:System:VAV.

HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV,
    SPACE5-1,                !- Zone Name
    VAV Sys 1,               !- Template VAV System Name
    All Zones,               !- Template Thermostat Name
    autosize,                !- Supply Air Maximum Flow Rate {m3/s}
    ,                        !- Zone Heating Sizing Factor
    ,                        !- Zone Cooling Sizing Factor
    Constant,                !- Zone Minimum Air Flow Input Method
    0.3,                     !- Constant Minimum Air Flow Fraction
    ,                        !- Fixed Minimum Air Flow Rate {m3/s}
    ,                        !- Minimum Air Flow Fraction Schedule Name
    flow/person,             !- Outdoor Air Method
    0.00944,                 !- Outdoor Air Flow Rate per Person {m3/s}
    0.0,                     !- Outdoor Air Flow Rate per Zone Floor Area {m3/s-m2}
    0.0,                     !- Outdoor Air Flow Rate per Zone {m3/s}
    HotWater,                !- Reheat Coil Type
    ,                        !- Reheat Coil Availability Schedule Name
    Reverse,                 !- Damper Heating Action
    ,                        !- Maximum Flow per Zone Floor Area During Reheat {m3/s-m2}
    ,                        !- Maximum Flow Fraction During Reheat
    ,                        !- Maximum Reheat Air Temperature {C}
    ,                        !- Design Specification Outdoor Air Object Name for Control
    ,                        !- Supply Plenum Name
    ,                        !- Return Plenum Name
    None,                    !- Baseboard Heating Type
    ,                        !- Baseboard Heating Availability Schedule Name
    autosize,                !- Baseboard Heating Capacity {W}
    SystemSupplyAirTemperature,  !- Zone Cooling Design Supply Air Temperature Input Method
    ,                        !- Zone Cooling Design Supply Air Temperature {C}
    ,                        !- Zone Cooling Design Supply Air Temperature Difference {deltaC}
    SupplyAirTemperature,    !- Zone Heating Design Supply Air Temperature Input Method
    50.0,                    !- Zone Heating Design Supply Air Temperature {C}
    ;                        !- Zone Heating Design Supply Air Temperature Difference {deltaC}

HVACTemplate:System:VAV,
    VAV Sys 1,               !- Name
    FanAvailSched,           !- System Availability Schedule Name
    autosize,                !- Supply Fan Maximum Flow Rate {m3/s}
    autosize,                !- Supply Fan Minimum Flow Rate {m3/s}
    0.7,                     !- Supply Fan Total Efficiency
    600,                     !- Supply Fan Delta Pressure {Pa}
    0.9,                     !- Supply Fan Motor Efficiency
    1,                       !- Supply Fan Motor in Air Stream Fraction
    ChilledWater,            !- Cooling Coil Type
    ,                        !- Cooling Coil Availability Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Cooling Coil Setpoint Schedule Name
    12.8,                    !- Cooling Coil Design Setpoint {C}
    HotWater,                !- Heating Coil Type
    ,                        !- Heating Coil Availability Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Heating Coil Setpoint Schedule Name
    10.0,                    !- Heating Coil Design Setpoint {C}
    0.8,                     !- Gas Heating Coil Efficiency
    0.0,                     !- Gas Heating Coil Parasitic Electric Load {W}
    None,                    !- Preheat Coil Type
    ,                        !- Preheat Coil Availability Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Preheat Coil Setpoint Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Preheat Coil Design Setpoint {C}
    0.8,                     !- Gas Preheat Coil Efficiency
    0.0,                     !- Gas Preheat Coil Parasitic Electric Load {W}
    autosize,                !- Maximum Outdoor Air Flow Rate {m3/s}
    0.1888,                  !- Minimum Outdoor Air Flow Rate {m3/s}
    FixedMinimum,            !- Minimum Outdoor Air Control Type
    Min OA Sched,            !- Minimum Outdoor Air Schedule Name
    DifferentialDryBulb,     !- Economizer Type
    NoLockout,               !- Economizer Lockout
    19,                      !- Economizer Upper Temperature Limit {C}
    4,                       !- Economizer Lower Temperature Limit {C}
    ,                        !- Economizer Upper Enthalpy Limit {J/kg}
    ,                        !- Economizer Maximum Limit Dewpoint Temperature {C}
    ,                        !- Supply Plenum Name
    PLENUM-1,                !- Return Plenum Name
    DrawThrough,             !- Supply Fan Placement
    InletVaneDampers,        !- Supply Fan Part-Load Power Coefficients
    CycleOnAnyZoneFansOnly,  !- Night Cycle Control
    ,                        !- Night Cycle Control Zone Name
    None,                    !- Heat Recovery Type
    0.70,                    !- Sensible Heat Recovery Effectiveness
    0.65,                    !- Latent Heat Recovery Effectiveness
    None,                    !- Cooling Coil Setpoint Reset Type
    None,                    !- Heating Coil Setpoint Reset Type
    None,                    !- Dehumidification Control Type
    ,                        !- Dehumidification Control Zone Name
    60.0,                    !- Dehumidification Setpoint {percent}
    None,                    !- Humidifier Type
    ,                        !- Humidifier Availability Schedule Name
    0.000001,                !- Humidifier Rated Capacity {m3/s}
    2690.0,                  !- Humidifier Rated Electric Power {W}
    ,                        !- Humidifier Control Zone Name
    30.0,                    !- Humidifier Setpoint {percent}
    NonCoincident,           !- Sizing Option
    ,                        !- Return Fan
    ,                        !- Return Fan Total Efficiency
    ,                        !- Return Fan Delta Pressure {Pa}
    ,                        !- Return Fan Motor Efficiency
    ,                        !- Return Fan Motor in Air Stream Fraction
    ;                        !- Return Fan Part-Load Power Coefficients

How can HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV ensure Minimum OA Flow Rate?

Any model is fine, but let me explain the current issue by using an ExampleFile in E+ v9-4-0 for simplicity.

This idf file is a slightly revised version of HVACTemplate-5ZoneVAVFanPowered.idf from ExampleFiles. Originally there were 5 zones, but I deleted 4 HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV:FanPowered because they worked fine. Now there is only one zone (SPACE5-1) with HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV and HVACTemplate:System:VAV. I want to focus on them.

Besides, I added Zone Air Terminal Outdoor Air Volume Flow Rate in Output:Variable, and just ran the simulation. I got the results for 2 days in winter and summer. The charts below show outdoor air flow rate. image description

I don't know why the actual outdoor air flow rate is not constant and below the design outdoor air flow rate.

In HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV, Outdoor Air Method is flow/person and the value is fixed to 0.00944 m3/s per person. In People, Number of People is fixed to 20, so I think the outdoor air flow rate should be constant at 0.00944 x 20 = 0.1888m3/s (the orange dashed lines in the charts). But the actual outdoor air flow rate is quite different from 0.1888m3/s, especially when heating.

At first, Minimum Outdoor Air Flow Rate in HVACTemplate:System:VAV was set to autosize, so I changed it to the exact value 0.1888, but in vain.

Economizer Type is set to DifferentialDryBulb in HVACTemplate:System:VAV, but even when I changed it to NoEconomizer, the result didn't change.

Minimum Outdoor Air Control Type is set to FixedMinimum, and the fraction of Minimum Outdoor Air Schedule is 1 from 9:00 to 21:00, so there seems to be nothing strange about it. When I tried changing this control type to ProportionalMinimum, The outdoor air flow rate further decreased (see the charts below). The change in outdoor airflow rate by time does not seem to correspond to the occupancy schedule either.

image description

People has an occupancy schedule with different fractions for different time zones, but I believe that flow/person for Outdoor Air Method is not affected by occupancy schedule.

Constant Minimum Air Flow Fraction is set to 0.3. When I tried changing this fraction to 1, the outside airflow rate became constant, but the supply airflow rate also became constant (see the charts below). This is not what I expect. This is not VAV, but CAV. I want to keep outdoor airflow rate, and I want supply airflow rate to vary according to cooling/heating load.

image description

I know that acrording to Engineering Reference, VAV doesn't work as VAV when heating (although I'm not convinced why this is the default setting). But is there any way to keep minimum outdoor air flow rate as I want? image description

P.S.

I found this post. This is what I want to do with HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV and HVACTemplate:System:VAV. The post was 5 years ago, and I don't know if we still have to use EMS. This is very common control for practical MEP engineering. I'm looking for a different way to do it easily.

For your reference, below is the input for HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV and HVACTemplate:System:VAV.

HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV,
    SPACE5-1,                !- Zone Name
    VAV Sys 1,               !- Template VAV System Name
    All Zones,               !- Template Thermostat Name
    autosize,                !- Supply Air Maximum Flow Rate {m3/s}
    ,                        !- Zone Heating Sizing Factor
    ,                        !- Zone Cooling Sizing Factor
    Constant,                !- Zone Minimum Air Flow Input Method
    0.3,                     !- Constant Minimum Air Flow Fraction
    ,                        !- Fixed Minimum Air Flow Rate {m3/s}
    ,                        !- Minimum Air Flow Fraction Schedule Name
    flow/person,             !- Outdoor Air Method
    0.00944,                 !- Outdoor Air Flow Rate per Person {m3/s}
    0.0,                     !- Outdoor Air Flow Rate per Zone Floor Area {m3/s-m2}
    0.0,                     !- Outdoor Air Flow Rate per Zone {m3/s}
    HotWater,                !- Reheat Coil Type
    ,                        !- Reheat Coil Availability Schedule Name
    Reverse,                 !- Damper Heating Action
    ,                        !- Maximum Flow per Zone Floor Area During Reheat {m3/s-m2}
    ,                        !- Maximum Flow Fraction During Reheat
    ,                        !- Maximum Reheat Air Temperature {C}
    ,                        !- Design Specification Outdoor Air Object Name for Control
    ,                        !- Supply Plenum Name
    ,                        !- Return Plenum Name
    None,                    !- Baseboard Heating Type
    ,                        !- Baseboard Heating Availability Schedule Name
    autosize,                !- Baseboard Heating Capacity {W}
    SystemSupplyAirTemperature,  !- Zone Cooling Design Supply Air Temperature Input Method
    ,                        !- Zone Cooling Design Supply Air Temperature {C}
    ,                        !- Zone Cooling Design Supply Air Temperature Difference {deltaC}
    SupplyAirTemperature,    !- Zone Heating Design Supply Air Temperature Input Method
    50.0,                    !- Zone Heating Design Supply Air Temperature {C}
    ;                        !- Zone Heating Design Supply Air Temperature Difference {deltaC}

HVACTemplate:System:VAV,
    VAV Sys 1,               !- Name
    FanAvailSched,           !- System Availability Schedule Name
    autosize,                !- Supply Fan Maximum Flow Rate {m3/s}
    autosize,                !- Supply Fan Minimum Flow Rate {m3/s}
    0.7,                     !- Supply Fan Total Efficiency
    600,                     !- Supply Fan Delta Pressure {Pa}
    0.9,                     !- Supply Fan Motor Efficiency
    1,                       !- Supply Fan Motor in Air Stream Fraction
    ChilledWater,            !- Cooling Coil Type
    ,                        !- Cooling Coil Availability Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Cooling Coil Setpoint Schedule Name
    12.8,                    !- Cooling Coil Design Setpoint {C}
    HotWater,                !- Heating Coil Type
    ,                        !- Heating Coil Availability Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Heating Coil Setpoint Schedule Name
    10.0,                    !- Heating Coil Design Setpoint {C}
    0.8,                     !- Gas Heating Coil Efficiency
    0.0,                     !- Gas Heating Coil Parasitic Electric Load {W}
    None,                    !- Preheat Coil Type
    ,                        !- Preheat Coil Availability Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Preheat Coil Setpoint Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Preheat Coil Design Setpoint {C}
    0.8,                     !- Gas Preheat Coil Efficiency
    0.0,                     !- Gas Preheat Coil Parasitic Electric Load {W}
    autosize,                !- Maximum Outdoor Air Flow Rate {m3/s}
    0.1888,                  !- Minimum Outdoor Air Flow Rate {m3/s}
    FixedMinimum,            !- Minimum Outdoor Air Control Type
    Min OA Sched,            !- Minimum Outdoor Air Schedule Name
    DifferentialDryBulb,     !- Economizer Type
    NoLockout,               !- Economizer Lockout
    19,                      !- Economizer Upper Temperature Limit {C}
    4,                       !- Economizer Lower Temperature Limit {C}
    ,                        !- Economizer Upper Enthalpy Limit {J/kg}
    ,                        !- Economizer Maximum Limit Dewpoint Temperature {C}
    ,                        !- Supply Plenum Name
    PLENUM-1,                !- Return Plenum Name
    DrawThrough,             !- Supply Fan Placement
    InletVaneDampers,        !- Supply Fan Part-Load Power Coefficients
    CycleOnAnyZoneFansOnly,  !- Night Cycle Control
    ,                        !- Night Cycle Control Zone Name
    None,                    !- Heat Recovery Type
    0.70,                    !- Sensible Heat Recovery Effectiveness
    0.65,                    !- Latent Heat Recovery Effectiveness
    None,                    !- Cooling Coil Setpoint Reset Type
    None,                    !- Heating Coil Setpoint Reset Type
    None,                    !- Dehumidification Control Type
    ,                        !- Dehumidification Control Zone Name
    60.0,                    !- Dehumidification Setpoint {percent}
    None,                    !- Humidifier Type
    ,                        !- Humidifier Availability Schedule Name
    0.000001,                !- Humidifier Rated Capacity {m3/s}
    2690.0,                  !- Humidifier Rated Electric Power {W}
    ,                        !- Humidifier Control Zone Name
    30.0,                    !- Humidifier Setpoint {percent}
    NonCoincident,           !- Sizing Option
    ,                        !- Return Fan
    ,                        !- Return Fan Total Efficiency
    ,                        !- Return Fan Delta Pressure {Pa}
    ,                        !- Return Fan Motor Efficiency
    ,                        !- Return Fan Motor in Air Stream Fraction
    ;                        !- Return Fan Part-Load Power Coefficients

How can HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV ensure Minimum OA Flow Rate?

Any model is fine, but let me explain the current issue by using an ExampleFile in E+ v9-4-0 for simplicity.

This idf file is a slightly revised version of HVACTemplate-5ZoneVAVFanPowered.idf from ExampleFiles. Originally there were 5 zones, but I deleted 4 HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV:FanPowered because they worked fine. Now there is only one zone (SPACE5-1) with HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV and HVACTemplate:System:VAV. I want to focus on them.

Besides, I added Zone Air Terminal Outdoor Air Volume Flow Rate in Output:Variable, and just ran the simulation. I got the results for 2 days in winter and summer. The charts below show outdoor air flow rate. image description

I don't know why the actual outdoor air flow rate is not constant and below the design outdoor air flow rate.

In HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV, Outdoor Air Method is flow/person and the value is fixed to 0.00944 m3/s per person. In People, Number of People is fixed to 20, so I think the outdoor air flow rate should be constant at 0.00944 x 20 = 0.1888m3/s (the orange dashed lines in the charts). But the actual outdoor air flow rate is quite different from 0.1888m3/s, especially when heating.

At first, Minimum Outdoor Air Flow Rate in HVACTemplate:System:VAV was set to autosize, so I changed it to the exact value 0.1888, but in vain.

Economizer Type is set to DifferentialDryBulb in HVACTemplate:System:VAV, but even when I changed it to NoEconomizer, the result didn't change.

Minimum Outdoor Air Control Type is set to FixedMinimum, and the fraction of Minimum Outdoor Air Schedule is 1 from 9:00 to 21:00, so there seems to be nothing strange about it. When I tried changing this control type to ProportionalMinimum, The outdoor air flow rate further decreased (see the charts below). The change in outdoor airflow rate by time does not seem to correspond to the occupancy schedule either.

image description

People has an occupancy schedule with different fractions for different time zones, but I believe that flow/person for Outdoor Air Method is not affected by occupancy schedule.

Constant Minimum Air Flow Fraction is set to 0.3. When I tried changing this fraction to 1, the outside airflow rate became constant, but the supply airflow rate also became constant (see the charts below). This is not what I expect. This is not VAV, but CAV. I want to keep outdoor airflow rate, and I want supply airflow rate to vary according to cooling/heating load.

image description

I know that acrording to Engineering Reference, VAV doesn't work as VAV when heating (although I'm not convinced why this is the default setting). But is there any way to keep minimum outdoor air flow rate as I want? image description

P.S. I found this post. This is what I want to do with HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV and HVACTemplate:System:VAV. The post was 5 years ago, and I don't know if we still have to use EMS. This is very common control for practical MEP engineering. I'm looking for a different way to do it easily.

For your reference, below is the input for HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV and HVACTemplate:System:VAV.

HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV,
    SPACE5-1,                !- Zone Name
    VAV Sys 1,               !- Template VAV System Name
    All Zones,               !- Template Thermostat Name
    autosize,                !- Supply Air Maximum Flow Rate {m3/s}
    ,                        !- Zone Heating Sizing Factor
    ,                        !- Zone Cooling Sizing Factor
    Constant,                !- Zone Minimum Air Flow Input Method
    0.3,                     !- Constant Minimum Air Flow Fraction
    ,                        !- Fixed Minimum Air Flow Rate {m3/s}
    ,                        !- Minimum Air Flow Fraction Schedule Name
    flow/person,             !- Outdoor Air Method
    0.00944,                 !- Outdoor Air Flow Rate per Person {m3/s}
    0.0,                     !- Outdoor Air Flow Rate per Zone Floor Area {m3/s-m2}
    0.0,                     !- Outdoor Air Flow Rate per Zone {m3/s}
    HotWater,                !- Reheat Coil Type
    ,                        !- Reheat Coil Availability Schedule Name
    Reverse,                 !- Damper Heating Action
    ,                        !- Maximum Flow per Zone Floor Area During Reheat {m3/s-m2}
    ,                        !- Maximum Flow Fraction During Reheat
    ,                        !- Maximum Reheat Air Temperature {C}
    ,                        !- Design Specification Outdoor Air Object Name for Control
    ,                        !- Supply Plenum Name
    ,                        !- Return Plenum Name
    None,                    !- Baseboard Heating Type
    ,                        !- Baseboard Heating Availability Schedule Name
    autosize,                !- Baseboard Heating Capacity {W}
    SystemSupplyAirTemperature,  !- Zone Cooling Design Supply Air Temperature Input Method
    ,                        !- Zone Cooling Design Supply Air Temperature {C}
    ,                        !- Zone Cooling Design Supply Air Temperature Difference {deltaC}
    SupplyAirTemperature,    !- Zone Heating Design Supply Air Temperature Input Method
    50.0,                    !- Zone Heating Design Supply Air Temperature {C}
    ;                        !- Zone Heating Design Supply Air Temperature Difference {deltaC}

HVACTemplate:System:VAV,
    VAV Sys 1,               !- Name
    FanAvailSched,           !- System Availability Schedule Name
    autosize,                !- Supply Fan Maximum Flow Rate {m3/s}
    autosize,                !- Supply Fan Minimum Flow Rate {m3/s}
    0.7,                     !- Supply Fan Total Efficiency
    600,                     !- Supply Fan Delta Pressure {Pa}
    0.9,                     !- Supply Fan Motor Efficiency
    1,                       !- Supply Fan Motor in Air Stream Fraction
    ChilledWater,            !- Cooling Coil Type
    ,                        !- Cooling Coil Availability Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Cooling Coil Setpoint Schedule Name
    12.8,                    !- Cooling Coil Design Setpoint {C}
    HotWater,                !- Heating Coil Type
    ,                        !- Heating Coil Availability Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Heating Coil Setpoint Schedule Name
    10.0,                    !- Heating Coil Design Setpoint {C}
    0.8,                     !- Gas Heating Coil Efficiency
    0.0,                     !- Gas Heating Coil Parasitic Electric Load {W}
    None,                    !- Preheat Coil Type
    ,                        !- Preheat Coil Availability Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Preheat Coil Setpoint Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Preheat Coil Design Setpoint {C}
    0.8,                     !- Gas Preheat Coil Efficiency
    0.0,                     !- Gas Preheat Coil Parasitic Electric Load {W}
    autosize,                !- Maximum Outdoor Air Flow Rate {m3/s}
    0.1888,                  !- Minimum Outdoor Air Flow Rate {m3/s}
    FixedMinimum,            !- Minimum Outdoor Air Control Type
    Min OA Sched,            !- Minimum Outdoor Air Schedule Name
    DifferentialDryBulb,     !- Economizer Type
    NoLockout,               !- Economizer Lockout
    19,                      !- Economizer Upper Temperature Limit {C}
    4,                       !- Economizer Lower Temperature Limit {C}
    ,                        !- Economizer Upper Enthalpy Limit {J/kg}
    ,                        !- Economizer Maximum Limit Dewpoint Temperature {C}
    ,                        !- Supply Plenum Name
    PLENUM-1,                !- Return Plenum Name
    DrawThrough,             !- Supply Fan Placement
    InletVaneDampers,        !- Supply Fan Part-Load Power Coefficients
    CycleOnAnyZoneFansOnly,  !- Night Cycle Control
    ,                        !- Night Cycle Control Zone Name
    None,                    !- Heat Recovery Type
    0.70,                    !- Sensible Heat Recovery Effectiveness
    0.65,                    !- Latent Heat Recovery Effectiveness
    None,                    !- Cooling Coil Setpoint Reset Type
    None,                    !- Heating Coil Setpoint Reset Type
    None,                    !- Dehumidification Control Type
    ,                        !- Dehumidification Control Zone Name
    60.0,                    !- Dehumidification Setpoint {percent}
    None,                    !- Humidifier Type
    ,                        !- Humidifier Availability Schedule Name
    0.000001,                !- Humidifier Rated Capacity {m3/s}
    2690.0,                  !- Humidifier Rated Electric Power {W}
    ,                        !- Humidifier Control Zone Name
    30.0,                    !- Humidifier Setpoint {percent}
    NonCoincident,           !- Sizing Option
    ,                        !- Return Fan
    ,                        !- Return Fan Total Efficiency
    ,                        !- Return Fan Delta Pressure {Pa}
    ,                        !- Return Fan Motor Efficiency
    ,                        !- Return Fan Motor in Air Stream Fraction
    ;                        !- Return Fan Part-Load Power Coefficients

How can HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV ensure Minimum OA Flow Rate?

Any model is fine, but let me explain the current issue by using an ExampleFile in E+ v9-4-0 for simplicity.

This idf file is a slightly revised version of HVACTemplate-5ZoneVAVFanPowered.idf from ExampleFiles. Originally there were 5 zones, but I deleted 4 HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV:FanPowered because they worked fine. Now there is only one zone (SPACE5-1) with HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV and HVACTemplate:System:VAV. I want to focus on them.

Besides, I added Zone Air Terminal Outdoor Air Volume Flow Rate in Output:Variable, and just ran the simulation. I got the results for 2 days in winter and summer. The charts below show outdoor air flow rate. image description

I don't know why the actual outdoor air flow rate is not constant and below the design outdoor air flow rate.

In HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV, Outdoor Air Method is flow/person and the value is fixed to 0.00944 m3/s per person. In People, Number of People is fixed to 20, so I think the outdoor air flow rate should be constant at 0.00944 x 20 = 0.1888m3/s (the orange dashed lines in the charts). But the actual outdoor air flow rate is quite different from 0.1888m3/s, especially when heating.

At first, Minimum Outdoor Air Flow Rate in HVACTemplate:System:VAV was set to autosize, so I changed it to the exact value 0.1888, but in vain.

Economizer Type is set to DifferentialDryBulb in HVACTemplate:System:VAV, but even when I changed it to NoEconomizer, the result didn't change.

Minimum Outdoor Air Control Type is set to FixedMinimum, and the fraction of Minimum Outdoor Air Schedule is 1 from 9:00 to 21:00, so there seems to be nothing strange about it. When I tried changing this control type to ProportionalMinimum, The outdoor air flow rate further decreased (see the charts below). The change in outdoor airflow rate by time does not seem to correspond to the occupancy schedule either.

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People has an occupancy schedule with different fractions for different time zones, but I believe that flow/person for Outdoor Air Method is not affected by occupancy schedule.

Constant Minimum Air Flow Fraction is set to 0.3. When I tried changing this fraction to 1, the outside airflow rate became constant, but the supply airflow rate also became constant (see the charts below). This is not what I expect. This is not VAV, but CAV. I want to keep outdoor airflow rate, and I want supply airflow rate to vary according to cooling/heating load.

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I know that acrording to Engineering Reference, VAV doesn't work as VAV when heating (although I'm not convinced why this is the default setting). But is there any way to keep minimum outdoor air flow rate as I want? image description

P.S. I found this post. This is what I want to do with HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV and HVACTemplate:System:VAV. The post was 5 years ago, and I don't know if we still have to use EMS. This is very common control for practical MEP engineering. I'm looking for a different way to do it easily.

For your reference, below is the input for HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV and HVACTemplate:System:VAV.

HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV,
    SPACE5-1,                !- Zone Name
    VAV Sys 1,               !- Template VAV System Name
    All Zones,               !- Template Thermostat Name
    autosize,                !- Supply Air Maximum Flow Rate {m3/s}
    ,                        !- Zone Heating Sizing Factor
    ,                        !- Zone Cooling Sizing Factor
    Constant,                !- Zone Minimum Air Flow Input Method
    0.3,                     !- Constant Minimum Air Flow Fraction
    ,                        !- Fixed Minimum Air Flow Rate {m3/s}
    ,                        !- Minimum Air Flow Fraction Schedule Name
    flow/person,             !- Outdoor Air Method
    0.00944,                 !- Outdoor Air Flow Rate per Person {m3/s}
    0.0,                     !- Outdoor Air Flow Rate per Zone Floor Area {m3/s-m2}
    0.0,                     !- Outdoor Air Flow Rate per Zone {m3/s}
    HotWater,                !- Reheat Coil Type
    ,                        !- Reheat Coil Availability Schedule Name
    Reverse,                 !- Damper Heating Action
    ,                        !- Maximum Flow per Zone Floor Area During Reheat {m3/s-m2}
    ,                        !- Maximum Flow Fraction During Reheat
    ,                        !- Maximum Reheat Air Temperature {C}
    ,                        !- Design Specification Outdoor Air Object Name for Control
    ,                        !- Supply Plenum Name
    ,                        !- Return Plenum Name
    None,                    !- Baseboard Heating Type
    ,                        !- Baseboard Heating Availability Schedule Name
    autosize,                !- Baseboard Heating Capacity {W}
    SystemSupplyAirTemperature,  !- Zone Cooling Design Supply Air Temperature Input Method
    ,                        !- Zone Cooling Design Supply Air Temperature {C}
    ,                        !- Zone Cooling Design Supply Air Temperature Difference {deltaC}
    SupplyAirTemperature,    !- Zone Heating Design Supply Air Temperature Input Method
    50.0,                    !- Zone Heating Design Supply Air Temperature {C}
    ;                        !- Zone Heating Design Supply Air Temperature Difference {deltaC}

HVACTemplate:System:VAV,
    VAV Sys 1,               !- Name
    FanAvailSched,           !- System Availability Schedule Name
    autosize,                !- Supply Fan Maximum Flow Rate {m3/s}
    autosize,                !- Supply Fan Minimum Flow Rate {m3/s}
    0.7,                     !- Supply Fan Total Efficiency
    600,                     !- Supply Fan Delta Pressure {Pa}
    0.9,                     !- Supply Fan Motor Efficiency
    1,                       !- Supply Fan Motor in Air Stream Fraction
    ChilledWater,            !- Cooling Coil Type
    ,                        !- Cooling Coil Availability Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Cooling Coil Setpoint Schedule Name
    12.8,                    !- Cooling Coil Design Setpoint {C}
    HotWater,                !- Heating Coil Type
    ,                        !- Heating Coil Availability Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Heating Coil Setpoint Schedule Name
    10.0,                    !- Heating Coil Design Setpoint {C}
    0.8,                     !- Gas Heating Coil Efficiency
    0.0,                     !- Gas Heating Coil Parasitic Electric Load {W}
    None,                    !- Preheat Coil Type
    ,                        !- Preheat Coil Availability Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Preheat Coil Setpoint Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Preheat Coil Design Setpoint {C}
    0.8,                     !- Gas Preheat Coil Efficiency
    0.0,                     !- Gas Preheat Coil Parasitic Electric Load {W}
    autosize,                !- Maximum Outdoor Air Flow Rate {m3/s}
    0.1888,                  !- Minimum Outdoor Air Flow Rate {m3/s}
    FixedMinimum,            !- Minimum Outdoor Air Control Type
    Min OA Sched,            !- Minimum Outdoor Air Schedule Name
    DifferentialDryBulb,     !- Economizer Type
    NoLockout,               !- Economizer Lockout
    19,                      !- Economizer Upper Temperature Limit {C}
    4,                       !- Economizer Lower Temperature Limit {C}
    ,                        !- Economizer Upper Enthalpy Limit {J/kg}
    ,                        !- Economizer Maximum Limit Dewpoint Temperature {C}
    ,                        !- Supply Plenum Name
    PLENUM-1,                !- Return Plenum Name
    DrawThrough,             !- Supply Fan Placement
    InletVaneDampers,        !- Supply Fan Part-Load Power Coefficients
    CycleOnAnyZoneFansOnly,  !- Night Cycle Control
    ,                        !- Night Cycle Control Zone Name
    None,                    !- Heat Recovery Type
    0.70,                    !- Sensible Heat Recovery Effectiveness
    0.65,                    !- Latent Heat Recovery Effectiveness
    None,                    !- Cooling Coil Setpoint Reset Type
    None,                    !- Heating Coil Setpoint Reset Type
    None,                    !- Dehumidification Control Type
    ,                        !- Dehumidification Control Zone Name
    60.0,                    !- Dehumidification Setpoint {percent}
    None,                    !- Humidifier Type
    ,                        !- Humidifier Availability Schedule Name
    0.000001,                !- Humidifier Rated Capacity {m3/s}
    2690.0,                  !- Humidifier Rated Electric Power {W}
    ,                        !- Humidifier Control Zone Name
    30.0,                    !- Humidifier Setpoint {percent}
    NonCoincident,           !- Sizing Option
    ,                        !- Return Fan
    ,                        !- Return Fan Total Efficiency
    ,                        !- Return Fan Delta Pressure {Pa}
    ,                        !- Return Fan Motor Efficiency
    ,                        !- Return Fan Motor in Air Stream Fraction
    ;                        !- Return Fan Part-Load Power Coefficients

How can HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV ensure Minimum OA Flow Rate?

Any model is fine, but let me explain the current issue by using an ExampleFile in E+ v9-4-0 for simplicity.

This idf file is a slightly revised version of HVACTemplate-5ZoneVAVFanPowered.idf from ExampleFiles. Originally there were 5 zones, but I deleted 4 HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV:FanPowered because they worked fine. Now there is only one zone (SPACE5-1) with HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV and HVACTemplate:System:VAV. I want to focus on them.

Besides, I added Zone Air Terminal Outdoor Air Volume Flow Rate in Output:Variable, and just ran the simulation. I got the results for 2 days in winter and summer. The charts below show outdoor air flow rate. image description

I don't know why the actual outdoor air flow rate is not constant and below the design outdoor air flow rate.

In HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV, Outdoor Air Method is flow/person and the value is fixed to 0.00944 m3/s per person. In People, Number of People is fixed to 20, so I think the outdoor air flow rate should be constant at 0.00944 x 20 = 0.1888m3/s (the orange dashed lines in the charts). But the actual outdoor air flow rate is quite different from 0.1888m3/s, especially when heating.

At first, Minimum Outdoor Air Flow Rate in HVACTemplate:System:VAV was set to autosize, so I changed it to the exact value 0.1888, but in vain.

Economizer Type is set to DifferentialDryBulb in HVACTemplate:System:VAV, but even when I changed it to NoEconomizer, the result didn't change.

Minimum Outdoor Air Control Type is set to FixedMinimum, and the fraction of Minimum Outdoor Air Schedule is 1 from 9:00 to 21:00, so there seems to be nothing strange about it. When I tried changing this control type to ProportionalMinimum, The outdoor air flow rate further decreased (see the charts below). The change in outdoor airflow rate by time does not seem to correspond to the occupancy schedule either.

image description

People has an occupancy schedule with different fractions for different time zones, but I believe that flow/person for Outdoor Air Method is not affected by occupancy schedule.

Constant Minimum Air Flow Fraction is set to 0.3. When I tried changing this fraction to 1, the outside airflow rate became constant, but the supply airflow rate also became constant (see the charts below). This is not what I expect. This is not VAV, but CAV. I want to keep outdoor airflow rate, and I want supply airflow rate to vary according to cooling/heating load.

image description

I know that acrording to Engineering Reference, VAV doesn't work as VAV when heating (although I'm not convinced why this is the default setting). But is there any way to keep minimum outdoor air flow rate as I want? image description

For your reference, below is the input for HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV and HVACTemplate:System:VAV.

HVACTemplate:Zone:VAV,
    SPACE5-1,                !- Zone Name
    VAV Sys 1,               !- Template VAV System Name
    All Zones,               !- Template Thermostat Name
    autosize,                !- Supply Air Maximum Flow Rate {m3/s}
    ,                        !- Zone Heating Sizing Factor
    ,                        !- Zone Cooling Sizing Factor
    Constant,                !- Zone Minimum Air Flow Input Method
    0.3,                     !- Constant Minimum Air Flow Fraction
    ,                        !- Fixed Minimum Air Flow Rate {m3/s}
    ,                        !- Minimum Air Flow Fraction Schedule Name
    flow/person,             !- Outdoor Air Method
    0.00944,                 !- Outdoor Air Flow Rate per Person {m3/s}
    0.0,                     !- Outdoor Air Flow Rate per Zone Floor Area {m3/s-m2}
    0.0,                     !- Outdoor Air Flow Rate per Zone {m3/s}
    HotWater,                !- Reheat Coil Type
    ,                        !- Reheat Coil Availability Schedule Name
    Reverse,                 !- Damper Heating Action
    ,                        !- Maximum Flow per Zone Floor Area During Reheat {m3/s-m2}
    ,                        !- Maximum Flow Fraction During Reheat
    ,                        !- Maximum Reheat Air Temperature {C}
    ,                        !- Design Specification Outdoor Air Object Name for Control
    ,                        !- Supply Plenum Name
    ,                        !- Return Plenum Name
    None,                    !- Baseboard Heating Type
    ,                        !- Baseboard Heating Availability Schedule Name
    autosize,                !- Baseboard Heating Capacity {W}
    SystemSupplyAirTemperature,  !- Zone Cooling Design Supply Air Temperature Input Method
    ,                        !- Zone Cooling Design Supply Air Temperature {C}
    ,                        !- Zone Cooling Design Supply Air Temperature Difference {deltaC}
    SupplyAirTemperature,    !- Zone Heating Design Supply Air Temperature Input Method
    50.0,                    !- Zone Heating Design Supply Air Temperature {C}
    ;                        !- Zone Heating Design Supply Air Temperature Difference {deltaC}

HVACTemplate:System:VAV,
    VAV Sys 1,               !- Name
    FanAvailSched,           !- System Availability Schedule Name
    autosize,                !- Supply Fan Maximum Flow Rate {m3/s}
    autosize,                !- Supply Fan Minimum Flow Rate {m3/s}
    0.7,                     !- Supply Fan Total Efficiency
    600,                     !- Supply Fan Delta Pressure {Pa}
    0.9,                     !- Supply Fan Motor Efficiency
    1,                       !- Supply Fan Motor in Air Stream Fraction
    ChilledWater,            !- Cooling Coil Type
    ,                        !- Cooling Coil Availability Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Cooling Coil Setpoint Schedule Name
    12.8,                    !- Cooling Coil Design Setpoint {C}
    HotWater,                !- Heating Coil Type
    ,                        !- Heating Coil Availability Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Heating Coil Setpoint Schedule Name
    10.0,                    !- Heating Coil Design Setpoint {C}
    0.8,                     !- Gas Heating Coil Efficiency
    0.0,                     !- Gas Heating Coil Parasitic Electric Load {W}
    None,                    !- Preheat Coil Type
    ,                        !- Preheat Coil Availability Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Preheat Coil Setpoint Schedule Name
    ,                        !- Preheat Coil Design Setpoint {C}
    0.8,                     !- Gas Preheat Coil Efficiency
    0.0,                     !- Gas Preheat Coil Parasitic Electric Load {W}
    autosize,                !- Maximum Outdoor Air Flow Rate {m3/s}
    0.1888,                  !- Minimum Outdoor Air Flow Rate {m3/s}
    FixedMinimum,            !- Minimum Outdoor Air Control Type
    Min OA Sched,            !- Minimum Outdoor Air Schedule Name
    DifferentialDryBulb,     !- Economizer Type
    NoLockout,               !- Economizer Lockout
    19,                      !- Economizer Upper Temperature Limit {C}
    4,                       !- Economizer Lower Temperature Limit {C}
    ,                        !- Economizer Upper Enthalpy Limit {J/kg}
    ,                        !- Economizer Maximum Limit Dewpoint Temperature {C}
    ,                        !- Supply Plenum Name
    PLENUM-1,                !- Return Plenum Name
    DrawThrough,             !- Supply Fan Placement
    InletVaneDampers,        !- Supply Fan Part-Load Power Coefficients
    CycleOnAnyZoneFansOnly,  !- Night Cycle Control
    ,                        !- Night Cycle Control Zone Name
    None,                    !- Heat Recovery Type
    0.70,                    !- Sensible Heat Recovery Effectiveness
    0.65,                    !- Latent Heat Recovery Effectiveness
    None,                    !- Cooling Coil Setpoint Reset Type
    None,                    !- Heating Coil Setpoint Reset Type
    None,                    !- Dehumidification Control Type
    ,                        !- Dehumidification Control Zone Name
    60.0,                    !- Dehumidification Setpoint {percent}
    None,                    !- Humidifier Type
    ,                        !- Humidifier Availability Schedule Name
    0.000001,                !- Humidifier Rated Capacity {m3/s}
    2690.0,                  !- Humidifier Rated Electric Power {W}
    ,                        !- Humidifier Control Zone Name
    30.0,                    !- Humidifier Setpoint {percent}
    NonCoincident,           !- Sizing Option
    ,                        !- Return Fan
    ,                        !- Return Fan Total Efficiency
    ,                        !- Return Fan Delta Pressure {Pa}
    ,                        !- Return Fan Motor Efficiency
    ,                        !- Return Fan Motor in Air Stream Fraction
    ;                        !- Return Fan Part-Load Power Coefficients