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EMS control of supply air flow and temperature in EnergyPlus

Hello,

I'm asking this question on this forum because I'm experiencing a problem for which I haven't found a solution. I have a single-zone building served by a VAV system with terminal. I know the supply air temperature and flow rate at each time step (10 minutes) of the study year. Values are implemented as Schedule:File. I'd like to use these values to calculate energy consumption instead of those automatically calculated by EnergyPlus.

The solution lies in the use of EMS programs, but I haven't found anything conclusive on how to go about it. I need to define an actuator for temperature and supply air flow in the zone, and create a program to match the values at each time step with those in the schedules.

Do you have a solution?

Have a nice day.