EnergyPlus EnergyPlus

Overview
Material prepared by GARD Analytics, Inc. under contract to the U.S. Department of Energy.
All material Copyright 2002-2011 U.S. Department of Energy - All rights reserved.
E Pl T EnergyPlus Team
U S Department of Energy DC U.S. Department of Energy, DC
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, CO
Oak Ridge National Laboratory TN Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, WA
Florida Solar Energy Center, FL
DHL Consulting, CO
GARD Analytics, IL
Oklahoma State University, OK
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL
COP Associates, MN
Wrightsoft, MA
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Wrightsoft, MA
E Pl T EnergyPlus Team
COP
PNNL
WS
GARD
UI UC
NREL
DHL
LBNL
DOE
WS
DHL
ORNL
OSU
FSEC
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Wh t i E Pl ? What is EnergyPlus?
Fully integrated building & HVAC simulation program
Based on best features of
BLAST (U.S. Dept of Defense) and BLAST (U.S. Dept of Defense) and
DOE-2.1E (U.S. Dept of Energy)
plus many new capabilities
Windows XP/Vista/System7 Linux Mac Windows XP/Vista/System 7, Linux, Mac
32-bit and 64-bit versions
Main install is simulation engine and select utilities
Interfaces available separately
Info at www.energyplus.gov
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V i St t Version Status
Current version 6.0.0,
October 2010
Twice yearly updatesApril and October
No full release in April 2011, will instead have a
May 2011 bug-fix release May 2011 bug fix release
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E Pl C t EnergyPlus Concepts
Simple input/output file structures Simple input/output file structures
No surface, zone or system limits
Defaults to 500 zones per air handler and 500 Defaults to 500 zones per air handler and 500
coils per plant loop, but this can be increased by
editing master file (IDD) if needed
Other software linked in Other software linked in
AIRNET, multi-zone air flow combining wind-
induced flow and air distribution system y
DElight complex daylighting
Slab & Basement, 3-d heat transfer preprocessors
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EnergyPlus Structure with e gy us St uctu e t
Integrated Simulation Manager
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Building Description
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Buil ding
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User
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Zone
Conditions
Mass
Balance
Simulation
Building
Systems
Simulation
Calcs
Airflow
Network
Gr ound Ht
Transfer
SPARK
Pollution
Models
On-Site
Power
Update
Feedback
Conditions
Calculation Results
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Future
Modules
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Si l i l i f l d d l Simultaneous simulation of loads, systems and plant
Building Heat Balance Manager
HVAC System Simulation Manager
Air and water loops are solved iteratively at each time
step
Not a single-pass calculation as in some other hourly
i l ti t l simulation tools
Tighter coupling between the air- and water-side of the
system and plant
Loads not met result in zone temperature and Loads not met result in zone temperature and
humidity changes
Allows capacity limits to be modeled more realistically
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Loads Features and
Capabilities
Heat Balance Method Heat Balance Method
Room and surface heat balance every time step
Conduction convection radiation Conduction, convection, radiation
Sub-hourly time steps
Default is six 10-minute timesteps per hour Default is six 10 minute timesteps per hour
Room air models
Default is well-stirred with uniformtemperature Default is well-stirred with uniform temperature
Other options: displacement vent, cross vent,
UFAD, Mundt, user-defined temperature patterns
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Loads Features and
Capabilities (contd)
f h f Room surface heat transfer
1-D heat transfer
Uniformsurface temperatures Uniform surface temperatures
Uniform long and short wave radiation
Diffuse radiating and reflecting surfaces
Internal heat sources (optional)
Time dependent conduction - thermal mass
Conduction transfer functions (default) Conduction transfer functions (default)
Optional finite difference model
Optional variable properties
to model phase-change materials
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to model phase change materials
Loads Features and
Capabilities (contd)
Moisture Models
Effective Moisture Penetration Depth (EMPD)
Simplified moisture model
Moisture absorbed/released, no transport through
surfaces
Estimates moisture interactions between the space air
and interior surfaces and furnishings
Combined Heat And Moisture Finite Element Combined Heat And Moisture Finite Element
Heat and moisture transfer model (advanced feature)
MaterialProperty:HeatAndMoistureTransfer:*
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Loads Features and
Capabilities
How does EnergyPlus calculate what it will
take to keep a zone at the desired thermal
diti ? conditions?
EnergyPlus contains the heat balance engine from
IBLAST a research version of BLAST with IBLAST, a research version of BLAST with
integrated loads and HVAC calculation.
The major enhancements of the IBLAST heat balance
i i l d t f d di t h ti d engine include mass transfer and radiant heating and
cooling
Essentially identical in functionality to the Loads Toolkit
de eloped nde ASHRAE Resea ch P oject (RP 987)
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developed under ASHRAE Research Project (RP-987)
Loads Features and
Capabilities (contd)
Three models connected to the main
heat balance routine are based on
biliti f DOE 2 capabilities from DOE-2
Daylighting simulation
C l l t h l i t i d li ht ill i Calculates hourly interior daylight illuminance,
window glare, glare control, electric lighting
controls, and calculates electric lighting
d ti f th h t b l d l reduction for the heat balance module
WINDOW 5-based window calculation
Anisotropic sky
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Anisotropic sky
E l Hi h Envelope Hierarchy
Building
Zone Zone Zone
more zones
Surface Surface Surface Surface
more surfaces
Construction
M t i l M t i l M t i l M t i l
more materials
only one construction per surface
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Material Material Material Material
more materials
K d S f G t Keyword: SurfaceGeometry
Three dimensional
(3D) C te i n
Building and/or Zone North Axis
(3D) Cartesian
coordinate system
Right hand
Z Axis
Building and/or Zone North Axis
Right hand
coordinate system
X-axis points east
Y Axis
Y-axis points north
Z-axis points up
X Axis
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Keyword: SurfaceGeometry ey o d Su aceGeo et y
(contd)
Vertex-based
Specify 3D coordinates of each corner of a surface
W ld C di t World Coordinates
All coordinates refer to global origin
Building and Zone north axes ignored Building and Zone north axes ignored
Zone origins ignored (except for daylighting)
Relative Coordinates Relative Coordinates
Zones relative to building
Surfaces relative to zones
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Subsurfaces relative to zones
Keyword: SurfaceGeometry ey o d Su aceGeo et y
(contd)
Surface starting position, looking from outside
UpperLeft, UpperRight, LowerLeft, LowerRight
O d f t t Order of vertex entry
Clockwise, Counterclockwise
Coordinate system Coordinate system
WorldCoordinateSystem, RelativeCoordinateSystem
IDF Example: IDF Example:
SurfaceGeometry,
UpperLeftCorner, !- SurfaceStartingPosition
CounterClockWise !- VertexEntry
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CounterClockWise, ! VertexEntry
WorldCoordinateSystem; !- SurfaceGeometryKey
T f S f Types of Surfaces
Surface:HeatTransfer
Surface:HeatTransfer:Sub
Surface:HeatTransfer:InternalMass
Surface:Shading:Detached Surface:Shading:Detached
Surface:Shading:Detached:Fixed
S f Sh di D t h d B ildi Surface:Shading:Detached:Building
Surface:Shading:Attached
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Heat Transfer Surface
(contd)
Exterior surfaces cast
shadows
Shadows only cast in the y
direction of the outward
facing normal
A roof extended beyond
th ll ill t t the walls will not cast
shadows downward
Interior surfaces do not
t h d cast shadows
All surfaces reflect solar
as diffuse inside zone
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H t T f S b f Heat Transfer Subsurface
Surface:HeatTransfer:Sub
Windows, Doors, Glass Doors Windows, Doors, Glass Doors
Only windows and glass doors transmit
sunlight sunlight
Can have interior windows
Must be placed on a base surface Must be placed on a base surface
Cannot completely cover base surface
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D dWi d D t il Door and Window Details
(a)
Outside reveal
defined by
window
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Inside
Wall
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(b)
(a)
Outside
vertices
WindowFrame
AndDivider
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Inside
Reveal
Surface
Outside
Reveal
Depth
Outside
Reveal
Depth
Inside
Reveal
Depth
Glazing
Outside
Reveal
Surface
Inside
Reveal
Depth
specifies
details of
frame, sill,
inside reveal
W ll
Inside Sill
Depth
Glazing
Sill
Inside Sill
Depth
Glazing
Frame
inside reveal,
etc.
Wall
Wall
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Sh di S f Shading Surface
Three types
Transmittance
hed le
Upper Left Corner Vertex for
Overhang
schedule
(default is
always opaque)
A
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Automatically
mirrored to cast
h d
B
shadows in
both directions
Must specify
(0,0,0)
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Must specify
vertices
M t i l E l Material Example
MATERIAL:REGULAR
Options: VeryRough,
MATERIAL:REGULAR,
PLASTERBOARD-2, !- Name
Rough, !- Roughness
0.01, !- Thickness {m}
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p y g ,
MediumRough, Rough,
Smooth, MediumSmooth,
VerySmooth
0.16, !- Conductivity {W/m-K}
950.0, !- Density {kg/m3}
840.0, !- Specific Heat {J/kg-K}
0.9, !- Thermal Absorptance 0.9, ! Thermal Absorptance
0.6, !- Solar Absorptance
0.6; !- Visible Absorptance
Parameters Affecting:
ConvectionRoughness
ConductionThickness, Conductivity, Density, Specific Heat
RadiationAbsorptances
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Radiation Absorptances
Material:Regular-R and Material:Air contain a subset of the above information (see IDD for more details)
M t i l f O S f Materials for Opaque Surfaces
Material:Regular Material:Regular
Has thermal mass
Thickness, conductivity, density, and specific heat Thickness, conductivity, density, and specific heat
Material:Regular-R
Has no thermal mass
Specify only thermal resistance
Material:Air
Also no thermal mass, just resistance
Cannot be an outside layer, no absorptances
Oth i d l d M t i l R l R
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Otherwise, modeled same as Material:Regular-R
C t ti Construction
List material layers from outside to
inside
Convection coefficients (film layers) are
added automatically added automatically
IDF Example:
CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION,
CEILING39, !- User Defined Name
C5 - 4 IN HW CONCRETE, !- Outside Layer
E4 - CEILING AIRSPACE, !- Layer #2
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E5 - ACOUSTIC TILE; !- Inside Layer
HVAC Features and
Capabilities
Flexible specification of HVAC equipment
Components arranged on loops
Not limited to predefined system configurations
HVACTemplates for standard system
f configurations
More than one system may serve a zone
e.g. Dedicated outdoor air system
plus fan coil units
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HVAC I t O i HVAC Input Overview
Hierarchical set of objects
Loops (air, chilled & hot water, condenser)
Supply and demand sides
Topology of sides: branches, splitters, and mixers
h l l d Branches: components along a single duct or pipe
Components: specific pieces of equipment
Nodes: store components inlet &outlet conditions Nodes: store components inlet & outlet conditions
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HVAC I t O i ( td) HVAC Input Overview (contd)
Multiple systems or zone components
can serve each zone
EnergyPlus HVAC simulation attempts
to satisfy the conflicting demands of: to satisfy the conflicting demands of:
Input simplicity & usability
Input flexibility &generality Input flexibility & generality
Simulation robustness
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E Pl HVAC L O i EnergyPlus HVAC Loop Overview
Loop Types:
Air Loop
Zone Equipment Loop
Plant Loop Supply Side p ppy
Plant Loop Demand Side
Condenser Loop Supply Side Condenser Loop Supply Side
Condenser Loop Demand Side
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Ai L Air Loop
Air side of the secondary system
Typically contains equipment such as a Typically contains equipment such as a
fan, coils, mixing box, etc.
Where the centralized conditioning of Where the centralized conditioning of
air takes placebefore splitting off to
zones before reheat before individual zones, before reheat, before individual
VAV dampers, etc.
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Z E i t L Zone Equipment Loop
Equipment that is more specific to a
particular thermal zone
May include splitters and air distribution
units which split up flowfromthe air units which split up flow from the air
loop
Can have multiple systems serving Can have multiple systems serving
individual zones
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Z E i t S h ti Zone Equipment Schematic
Return Air
Path
Zone Exhaust Branch (Opt.)
None
Dual
Duct
Constant
Volume
(CV)
Zone
Supply Air
Splitter
Zone 1
Single
Duct CV
Reheat
Dual
Duct
VAV
Single
Duct
Select One
Air
Distribution
Unit
Air
Distribution
Unit
Local
Con-
vective
Units
High
Temp
Radiant/
Con-
vective
Low
Temp
Radiant
VAV:
Reheat
S l O
Unit
Options
Diagram from Input Output
Reference p. 208 (not all
equipment types are included)
Air-Air
HP
Unit
Heater/
Vent-
Fan Coil
Window
AC
Base-
boards
Radiators
High
Temp
Low
Temp
Radiant
Select
One
Select One
Select One
Water-Air
HP &
Ground
equipment types are included)
ilator
Temp
Radiators
Panels
Local Conv. Unit Alternatives
Hi Temp Rad/Conv
Alternatives
LowTemp Rad
Alternatives
Ground
Source
HP
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Pl t D dSid Plant Demand Side
Water side of coils, radiant systems,
etc. that require conditioned fluid to
provide either heating or cooling to the
zone (the demand)
Connects to air loop or zone equipment
loop through individual components loop through individual components
Connects to plant supply side through
direct fluid connection direct fluid connection
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Pl t S l Sid Plant Supply Side
Supplies hot or cold fluid to meet the
demands of the plant demand side
Eq ipment m in l de p mp hille Equipment may include pumps, chillers,
boilers, etc.
Typically controls both flowrate (via pump) Typically controls both flow rate (via pump)
and temperature (loop setpoint)
Connects directly to plant demand side y p
Connected indirectly to condenser demand
side through components
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Condenser Supply and Demand Co de se Supp y a d e a d
Sides
Analogous to plant supply and demand sides
Condenser demand receives heat rejection from plant
supply side equipment supply side equipment
Condenser supply side tries to supply the conditioned
fluid by rejecting heat to external environment
C d l id l b d Condenser supply side may only be connected to
condenser demand side
Condenser demand side also connected indirectly to y
plant supply side through components and may also
be connected to air loop and zone equipment loop
through components t oug co po e ts
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EnergyPlus HVAC Loop e gy us C oop
Interaction
Building Systems Simulation Manager
Zone
Conditions
Simulate Building
S
Zone
Conditions
Corrector
Systems
Predictor
Air Loop
Plant Loop
Condenser Loop
Demand Supply
Main Air Handler
Coils,
Baseb.,
etc.
Plant
Equip.
Cond.,
Coils,
etc.
Towers,
Wells,
etc.
Demand Supply
Zones & Equip.
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Loops, Branches, Components, oops, a c es, Co po e ts,
and Nodes
Comp

Branches
Components
Comp Comp Comp Comp
Splitter
Branches
Comp

Comp

Comp

Comp

Loop
Comp
Mixer
Nodes

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E Pl N d EnergyPlus Nodes
A node is the point at
which a component,
h
Chiller
CHWR CHWS
such as a source or a
load, is connected to
the system
Nodes
the system.
CHWS CHWR
Nodes
Load
Nodes
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E Pl N d ( td) EnergyPlus Nodes (contd)
Nodes connect components in HVAC
network
Store network state data
temperature, humidity, flow rate, pressure
(air only) at current barometric pressure
Also store control information: set
i t points
Store component input and output data
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E l N d Di Example Node Diagram
1
2
Return Fan
1
7
8
2 3
MA Damper
4 3
8 9 7 6 5
Mixed Air System
Manager
Heat Recovery
5 6
3 4
Desiccant Wheel
6 7
10
2
1 13
12
11
Supply Fan
8
9
Desiccant Wheel
Zone
9
10 12
Heating Coil
10 11
12 13
10 12
Splitter
Cooling Coil
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E Pl N d ( td) EnergyPlus Nodes (contd)
Components have one or more pairs of
inlet/outlet nodes
Fan: Air inlet node, Air outlet node
CHWCoil: Air inlet node, Air outlet node, CHW Coil: Air inlet node, Air outlet node,
CHW inlet node, CHW outlet node
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HVAC T l t dA t i i HVAC Templates and Autosizing
Templates are a time saving feature that:
Provides a shorthand way of describing systems
A i t i th f tti t th Assists in the process of putting together
EnergyPlus input
Autosizing helps the user: Autosizing helps the user:
Determine the size of equipment needed based on
the building description, thermal loads, etc.
A id th d t id i f Avoids the need to provide a size for some
equipment which may not be of interest but is still
needed as input for EnergyPlus
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T l t C t Template Concepts
Beneficial for setting up the loops, branches,
and nodes
Not as beneficial for fans, pumps, chillers,
coils, etc.,
The only "automatic" fields are the object
name, node names, and maybe flow rates.
For autosized templates the defaults are
already specified
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HVAC T l t St t HVAC Template Structure
I t Fil i f
EP-Launch or RunEplus.bat
Input File.imf
##include HVACTemplates.imf
Regular EnergyPlus objects
RUN PERIOD, 1, 1, 12, 31;
. . .
EP-Macro.exe
EP Launch or RunEplus.bat
HVAC Template commands:
##set1 ZoneName ="RESISTIVE ZONE"
##set1 AvailSched ="FanAndCoilAvailSched"
##set1 HeatSuppAirTemp =50
##set1 CoolSuppAirTemp =13
## t1H tS Ai HR 0015
EPMIDF File
Regular EnergyPlus objects
after macro processing
(Clean IDF file)
##set1 HeatSuppAirHR =0.015
##set1 CoolSuppAirHR =0.010
PurchAirZone[]
. . .
EnergyPlus.exe
EnergyPlus output files
EnergyPlus output files
EnergyPlus output files
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EnergyPlus output files
E l HVAC T l t Example HVAC Templates
Zone Thermostat
Purchased Air u c ased
Four Pipe Fan Coil
VAV Single Duct w/ Reheat VAV Single Duct w/ Reheat
Packaged Furnace w/ DX Air Conditioner
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C t Si i Component Sizing
Components are typically autosized
based on specified summer and winter
design days.
Global sizing factor optional Global sizing factor optional
Sizing factor typically >1.0
Sizing factor can be any value >0 Sizing factor can be any value >0
Default 1.0
SIZING PARAMETERS,
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1.2; !- sizing factor
Z Si i Zone Sizing
Calculates required supply air volume to
maintain zone setpoints
Comp te m im m ooling lo d he ting Computes maximum cooling load, heating
load and air flow for systems sizing and sizing
zone components p
Only controlled zones are included in zone
sizing calculations
OA flow per person based on total number of
people for all PEOPLE statements in zone
(schedule values are not applied)
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(schedule values are not applied)
S t Si i System Sizing
Calculates design air flow rates and heating
and cooling capacities based on specified
l i diti d i i lt supply air conditions and zone sizing results
Must use zone sizing objects to force hard
i ( ill t d t i ) sizes (will not read component sizes)
Only controlled zones are included in system
sizing calculations sizing calculations
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A t Si i Auto-Sizing
Generate sizing report files (.zsz, .ssz)
Outside air options Outside air options
Supply-side equipment sizing
Si d ith t d i Size and go runs with computed sizes
Uses all design days and selects max size
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A t Si i C l l ti Auto-Sizing Calculation
A Purchased Air simulation is
performed for each zone using user
specified Design Day weather
Purchased Air: hot or cold air supplied pp
directly to a zone at a fixed temperature
and with infinitely variable air flow.
The Purchased Air simulation yields zone
design air flow rates.
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Auto-Sizing Calculation g
(contd)
The zone design air flow rates are
summed to give central air handler
i id t i id t d i fl coincident or non-coincident design flow
rates.
U ifi d d i l User specified design supply
temperatures and the design weather
conditions are used to calculate zone conditions are used to calculate zone
and system design heating and cooling
capacities
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capacities.
Auto-Sizing Calculation g
(contd)
Coil UAs and other component inputs
are obtained by iterating the
component models to meet the design
outlet conditions
Coil water flow rates are summed to
obtain plant loop hot and chilled water obtain plant loop hot and chilled water
flow rates
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I t lli E Pl Installing EnergyPlus
After installation the EnergyPlus directory will
contain the following subdirectories (if default
components are selected): components are selected):
BACKUP
DataSets
PostProcess
PreProcess DataSets
Documentation
Example Files
PreProcess
WeatherData
Default path is C:\EnergyPlusV6-0-0
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MacroDataSets
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Default path is C:\EnergyPlusV6-0-0
S I t t Fil T Some I mportant File Types
IDF (input data file): Text file describing building and HVAC
system
Edit with text editor or the EnergyPlus IDF editor
EPW (EnergyPlus weather): Text file containing weather data
used by simulation engine
ERR (error): Text file of input and simulation error descriptions ERR (error): Text file of input and simulation error descriptions
ESO (EnergyPlus standard output) and MTR (meter output):
comma-separated text files of results
Viewusing xEsoView View using xEsoView
DXF (AutoCad drawing format) shows building surfaces defined
in IDF file
Viewusing TrueViewor VoloView View using TrueView or VoloView
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DataSets and
MacroDataSets Folders
S d fi d Obj DataSets Predefined Objects
Materials
Constructions
Schedules
Chillers
Holidays
and more
MacroDataSets
##def blocks for parametric batch runs
Utility rate tariffs and emissions factors for
37 utilities (2000-2005 data)
Solar collector performance data
PV f d t
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PV performance data
E l Fil F ld ExampleFiles Folder
O 300 l i Over 300 example inputs
Named by key feature,
5ZoneSupRetPlen.idf =
5 t ith l 5 zone system with supply
and return plenum
ExampleFiles.xls
T bl f k f t Table of key features
ExampleFiles-ObjectsLink.xls
Lookup by object class name
Many concepts best
learned by example
BasicsFiles tutorial examples,
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see Getting Started doc
W th D t F ld WeatherData Folder
EPW WeatherData
5 locations included in standard install
Download additional EPWweather files Download additional EPW weather files
at www.energyplus.gov
1000s of sites available worldwide
DDY Files DDY Files
ASHRAE Design Days and
Location in EnergyPlus
syntax syntax
Included in weather zip
files from
www.energyplus.gov
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Weather Data
(epw file)
Weather year for energy use comparisons
Hourly data typical, can be subhourly
Can be less than a full year
Data include temperature, humidity, solar,
wind rain and snowflags rainfall etc wind, rain and snow flags, rainfall, etc.
Interpolated for EnergyPlus time steps
Solar values are mid hour average or total Solar values are mid-hour average or total
All other values are on-the-hour instantaneous
Linear interpolation for each time step
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S f I t D t Sources of Input Data
User interfaces and other utilities User interfaces and other utilities
CADD programs
Trace over DXF in some EnergyPlus interfaces gy
OpenStudio Plugin for Google Sketchup
Green Building Studio (gbxml) supports older version
EnergyPlugged (AutoCADplug-in to create and edit EnergyPlugged (AutoCAD plug in to create and edit
EnergyPlus input files).
Graphisoft ArchiCad direct export in ?
Bentley acquired HEVACOMP investigating MicroStation link Bentley acquired HEVACOMP, investigating MicroStation link
Window5/6
Window thermal and optical data
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windows.lbl.gov/software/window/window.html
St t M Sh t t Start Menu Shortcuts
Start Programs EnergyPlus V6-0 Programs
Documentation Main Menu
h h b EP-Launch home base
IDFEditor input file editor
Readme Readme
Uninstall
Weather Converter Weather Converter
WinEPDraw
dxf drawing tool
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EP-Launch Provides a Way to Open Files EP Launch Provides a Way to Open Files
and Run Simulations
Select input (IDF) and weather files
Associate files with the appropriate Associate files with the appropriate
program or viewer
Open input and output files Open input and output files
Start simulations and view error files
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EnergyPlus Private Sector User Interfaces
PV modeling by EnergyPlus
BEE BEE (Chi ) (Chi ) BEE BEE (Chinese) (Chinese)
TREAT Plus
COMFEN
ESP-r
E G
EFEN
ECOTECT
EnergyGauge
EPlusInterface
HVAC Energy
SolarShoeBox
E Vi
EFEN
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EP-Quick
xEsoView
others, .
EnergyPlus Example File gy p
Generator
Web form
Create generic buildings
Select from 5 Stds
Submit and run remotely
Input and output
sent via e-mail
S b it t fil t Submit custom file to
conform to Std
Link at
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Link at
www.energyplus.gov/interfaces_tools.cfm
OpenStudio Plugin Ope Stud o ug
for SketchUp
SketchUp
Intuitive 3-D drawing software
A il bl f G l Available from Google as
free or pro versions
Plugin adds EnergyPlus Plugin adds EnergyPlus
functionality to the
SketchUp 3-D environment
/ d l l Create/Edit EnergyPlus Input Files
Run EnergyPlus and view results
Automatically create prototype and code
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Automatically create prototype and code
compliance building models (future v1)
E Pl S t R EnergyPlus Support Resources
E Pl W b it ( l ) EnergyPlus Web site (www.energyplus.gov)
free program download
documentation
weather data (more than 2,100 locations worldwide)
testing and validation reports
developer &commercial distribution licenses developer & commercial distribution licenses
User Support Helpdesk
energyplus helpserve com energyplus.helpserve.com
submit questions
via Web: energyplus.helpserve.com
via email: EnergyPlus-Support@gard.com via email: EnergyPlus Support@gard.com
attach input files as needed
EnergyPlus Support Resources EnergyPlus Support Resources
(cont.)
E Pl Y h T h i l G EnergyPlus Yahoo Technical Group
user-to-user forum
j i E Pl S t Y h G t join EnergyPlus-Support Yahoo Group at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EnergyPlus_Support
subscribe by sending email to g
EnergyPlus_Support-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
post messages by sending email to
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