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how to find Zone Infiltration Rate? or equivalent in [W]

How to calculate infiltration rate [W] I am trying to get all variables that 'make' design heat loss and design cooling load. I manage to find infiltration mass flow rate from the available reports list:

Zone Infiltration Sensible Heat Loss Energy
Zone Infiltration Sensible Heat Gain Energy
Zone Infiltration Latent Heat Loss Energy
Zone Infiltration Latent Heat Gain Energy
Zone Infiltration Total Heat Loss Energy
Zone Infiltration Total Heat Gain Energy
Zone Infiltration Current Density Volume Flow Rate
Zone Infiltration Standard Density Volume Flow Rate
Zone Infiltration Current Density Volume
Zone Infiltration Standard Density Volume
Zone Infiltration Mass
Zone Infiltration Mass Flow Rate
Zone Infiltration Air Change Rate

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I added both
Zone Infiltration Sensible Heat Loss Energy and Zone Infiltration Sensible Heat Gain Energy
but this gives me different results...I guess cp is recalculated for each hour? rather than my assumed cp=1.005 kJ/kgK?

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how to find Zone Infiltration Rate? or equivalent in [W]

How to calculate infiltration rate [W] I am trying to get all variables that 'make' design heat loss and design cooling load. I manage to find infiltration mass flow rate from the available reports list:

Zone Infiltration Sensible Heat Loss Energy
Zone Infiltration Sensible Heat Gain Energy
Zone Infiltration Latent Heat Loss Energy
Zone Infiltration Latent Heat Gain Energy
Zone Infiltration Total Heat Loss Energy
Zone Infiltration Total Heat Gain Energy
Zone Infiltration Current Density Volume Flow Rate
Zone Infiltration Standard Density Volume Flow Rate
Zone Infiltration Current Density Volume
Zone Infiltration Standard Density Volume
Zone Infiltration Mass
Zone Infiltration Mass Flow Rate
Zone Infiltration Air Change Rate

image description

I added both
Zone Infiltration Sensible Heat Loss Energy and Zone Infiltration Sensible Heat Gain Energy
but this gives me different results...I guess cp is recalculated for each hour? rather than my assumed cp=1.005 kJ/kgK?

image description