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Internal Thermal gains

I'm trying to simulate a walk-in freezer, and since EnergyPlus doesn't give the internal temperature when using the Refrigeration:Walkin objects, instead I used Refrigeration:AirChiller and ZoneHVAC:RefrigerationChillerSet (Based on RefrigeratedWarehouse Example).

I want to see the effect of stored products on the power consumption of the refrigeration, so I calculated the heat loads separately and specified them as an internal gain using the OtherEquipment object.

I set Refrigeration:Electricity as the output, and found that both scenarios have the same power consumption.

Does anyone have any idea why the power consumption does not change?

Product Thermal Load OtherEquipment object

Electric Consumption(With Product)

Electric Consumption(Without Product)

Link to the models : https://drive.google.com/file/d/11roNqsZNajBB5bgliR73wgJfz8d-7Wa8/view?usp=share_link

Internal Thermal gains

I'm trying to simulate a walk-in freezer, and since EnergyPlus doesn't give the internal temperature when using the Refrigeration:Walkin objects, instead I used Refrigeration:AirChiller and ZoneHVAC:RefrigerationChillerSet (Based on RefrigeratedWarehouse Example).

I want to see the effect of stored products on the power consumption of the refrigeration, so I calculated the heat loads separately and specified them as an internal gain using the OtherEquipment object.

I set Refrigeration:Electricity as the output, and found that both scenarios have the same power consumption.

Does anyone have any idea why the power consumption does not change?

Product Thermal Load OtherEquipment object

Electric Consumption(With Product)

Electric Consumption(Without Product)

Link to the models : https://drive.google.com/file/d/11roNqsZNajBB5bgliR73wgJfz8d-7Wa8/view?usp=share_link

Internal Thermal gains

I'm trying to simulate a walk-in freezer, and since EnergyPlus doesn't give the internal temperature when using the Refrigeration:Walkin objects, instead I used Refrigeration:AirChiller and ZoneHVAC:RefrigerationChillerSet (Based on RefrigeratedWarehouse Example).

I want to see the effect of stored products on the power consumption of the refrigeration, so I calculated the heat loads separately and specified them as an internal gain using the OtherEquipment object.

I set Refrigeration:Electricity as the output, and found that both scenarios have the same power consumption.

Does anyone have any idea why the power consumption does not change?

Product Thermal Load OtherEquipment object

Electric Consumption(With Product)

Electric Consumption(Without Product)

Link to the models : https://drive.google.com/file/d/11roNqsZNajBB5bgliR73wgJfz8d-7Wa8/view?usp=share_link