VisualEPlus Software User's Manual
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1. 3 Select time periods from dropdown list From 1 x 1 x Toll Y 111 vi in form area and drawing area and the graphs in drawing area would contain consumption data of the selected time period and then graphs corresponding to parameters of table area would be drawn in drawing area when clicking L A For user defined report graphs are line chart histogram and pie chart while scatter gram only for relation report and x coordinate and y coordinate of point correspond to values of two parameters in report Likewise Show Data Yalue click right button in drawing area a shortcut menu eee would pop up and values of graph parameters would be listed dialog when selecting this menu 5 Component Library 5 1 Introduction of Component Library The component library of this software provides with 109 components which classified into 28 classes Components have layout on different tabs according to their classes When mouse is hovering an icon the software would show its name Instruction of icons 1s listed in below table Boiler Simple BOILER Boiler Steam Chiller Electric Chiller Electric Eir CHILLER CHILLER ABSORPTION Chiller Direct Fired Absorption Chiller ci a Indirect A a Coil Water fcuk waeeooing y CS E Coil ML Chiller Const COP ETC EI E EE N CE A Connection Component PlantLoop Cooling Tower Single Speed Cooling Tower Cooling Tower Two Speed Cooling Tower Variable Spee2. 3 1 Introduce to the system modeling interface bY Untitled Conergy lus Configuration Platform FE Edt Yew Heb gt Nenu bar h D 87 Chiler Coil Connectionlom CoomgTower Dreci r Fan FanColinit_4Pipe HeaderrdFumps Heat xsl Led Component library Client areca Status bar Models established Interface 3 1 1 Menu bar File provides functions of saving exporting closing e t Edit provide functions of setting targeted to air conditioning parameters 3 1 2 Tools bar With fast icon buttons of saving zooming narrowing the tools in this bar can zoom or narrow the whole client area and has connecting line buttons for each air conditioning component It also provide shortcut buttons for setting of Loop Branch and system parameters it s convenient for users to use 3 1 3 Components Library It shows all the components icons in a tag page form when users select different tag page different components icons are available It create air conditioning model in the client area by users clicking to choose related components 3 1 4 Client area Users operate modeling in client area and can wholly zoom or narrow it The length and width can extent indefinitely to meet users require of the air conditioning model 3 1 5 Status bar It shows all of the current operations carried out by users 3 2 Instruction of XML file Modeling part of this software could enable users
3. Fan Coil Unit 4 Pipe Single Duct Uncontrolled Air Distribution Equipment Single Duct VA V Reheat Single Duct VAV NoReheat Single Duct Series PIU Reheat ConstVolum ZoneHV AC PackagedTerminalHeatPump ZoneHV AC WaterToAirHeatPump Single Duct Parallel PIU Reheat ConstVolum ZoneHV AC PackagedTerminalAirConditioner ZoneHV AC EnergyRecovery Ventilator AirLoopH VAC UnitaryS ystem HeatPump AirToAir AirLoopHV AC UnitaryS ystem HeatPump WaterToAir Unitary Equipment AirLoopHV AC UnitaryS ystem MultiSpeedHeatPump AirToAir AirLoopH VAC UnitaryCoolOnly EvaporativeCooler Direct CelDekPad Evaporative Coolers EvaporativeCooler Indirect CelDekPad Solar Collectors SolarCollector FlatPlate Water In VisualEPlus2 0 users can configure typical HVAC systems through the function of load template including HVAC file building model file and weather file Figure 4 Her Solution Basic Template Solution Mame po Solution Path Figure 4 Typical template configuration interface of VisualEPlus2 0 After the user finishes all HVAC system input the HVAC configuration interface will generate a XML file with user s system configuration data which would be saved in an automatic generated folder named HVAC under current working directory User could find more detail description of HVAC system configuration in Users manual of HVAC configuration amp reporting model of VisualEPlus Also user could use IDF File function Fig
4. can open the editing window by double clicking it and set or modify its properties For example double click the General boiler component the following editing window will pop up Boiler Simple Primary Info Part Load Info Link Node Boiler Name Boiler Simple Fuel Type NsturalGas Nominal Capacity micas Theoretical Boiler Efficiency 0 8 Design Boiler Water Outlet Temp 81 L Max Design Boiler Water Flow Rate autosize Temp Upper Limit Water Outlet 100 Boiler Flow Mode TE Parasitic Electric Load The editing window 1 3 Saving function The software only supplies saving function for the modeling part users can save unfinished model there is not saving function in Reports part After user create a new model or modify the original model user can click the saving item in File menu or click the ba icon to save the model The saving path has been set in the configuration file When users choose to quit the software but there is model file without saving in the client area this system will automatically pop up the saving dialog box Users can change the saving path and the default name as well 1 4 Loading templates If we want to load the existing template to a new solution we should select New Solution of the File menu choose the Basic Template After solution name and path are filled a typical system has been
5. in table area and we would add parameter name in report Click right button in table area a shortcut menu Add Variable Delete Current Variable Delete All would pop up and a user defined parameter dialog as below would prompt when select add parameter item of the menu E Add Yariables Eso File Column Variable Name i Variable Step Electicily Factity Electicity Building Monthly Monthly Monthly Monthly Monthly Monthly Monthly Monthly InteriorLighis Electricity IntsriorEqubmentE lecticity Electicih Plant Pumps Electricity Fans Electncity Gas Facility a amp GCG Qa fk Qa G Gc Heating Ges Dialog of user defined variables Select the above radio boxes of Eso File and Meter File and parameters corresponding to each report time step would be showed in dialog s list Select Add parameter name and click J then the selected parameter would be added into the form and click uae for completion of addition Return SaveReport main interface and click then the newly added parameter would be saved For the portion of user defined report several variables can be added while two variables for the portion of relation report 1 e value of one parameter for x coordinate and value of another for y coordinate Delete current parameter and Delete all parameters in shortcut menu are used for deletion of current parameter and all parameters from the report respectively
6. loaded to the solution to be established It can be modified to meet our need i Hew Solution Basic Template ExampleProject Solution Mame po Solution Path 1 5 Export function The software supplies export function to the user After constructing the HVAC model the user can save the model as a graphic file using the export function Select Export of the File menu and then the window is as shown Export As Metafile 19319 Y hy Documents I bay Compute BE by Network Places 45 Pam Desktop Windows Meda Pleyes My Documents My Computer A i My Meteor FA Fle pame Save a type Export function window 2 Design philosophy 2 1 Design philosophy of the air conditioning modeling part The air conditioning modeling part is used to help users establish EnergyPlus air conditioning model mainly uses the way of graphic interface establish air conditioning model by choosing arranging connecting components and setting or modifying their properties The original modeling way of EnergPlus is very complicated users need a deep understanding of this software to finish modeling and it s time consuming Through the way of graphic interface that s easy to establish a model for engineers with some understanding of air conditioning and the EnergyPlus software it s intuitive speedy and reducing the errors generated Besides the software gives the typical system models in
7. setting or modifying the properties of Chiller After users fill in corresponding data in the editing dialog box the system runs a automatic check up judge the data type check the uniqueness of the component names examine the upper and lower limit of the data with a range limit If there is data unsatisfying the requirements an error report will pop up the cursor will stay in the location of the error prompting to re fill The properties editing dialog box of Chiller is as the following shows Chiller Electric Primary Info Advanced Info Link Node Chiller Name Condenser Type Nominal Capacity COP Temp Design Condenser Inlet Temp Rise Coefficient Temp Design Evaporator Outlet Design Evaporator Water Flow Rate Design Condenser Water Flow Rate Temp Lower Limit Evaporator Outlet Chiller Flow Mode Design Heat Recovery Water Flow Rate Chiller_E1 Cancel The properties editing dialog of electric refrigerator Basic properties Chiller Electric Primary Info Advanced Info Link Node 5 Minimum Part Load Ratio Maximum Part Load Ratio Opt Part Load Ratio The Capacity Ratio Curve C1 The Capacity Ratio Curve C2 The Capacity Ratio Curve C3 The Power Ratio Curve C1 The Power Ratio Curve C2 The Power Ratio Curve C3 The Full Load Ratio Curve C1 The Full Load Ratio Curve C2 The Full Load Ratio Curve C3 OK Cancel The properties editing dia
8. ConnectorList will be deleted automatically 3 ZoneMixer and ZoneSplitter can be deleted freely and the number is unlimited Zone 1 When users delete a Zone the related Schedule can t be deleted 2 When users delete a Zone the related Infiltration Zone Sizing Controlled Zone Equip configuration Zone Control will be deleted automatically Schedule 1 When users delete a Component a Zone or some other components related to Schedule Schedule will not be deleted automatically it can only be deleted by users manually 2 When users delete unneeded Schedule in order to ensure consistency it s necessary to delete all of the items referring to this Schedule manually NodeList Users can delete NodeList manually but need to delete all the items referring to the NodeList at the same time to the Node to ensure consistency BranchList Users can delete BranchList manually but need to delete all the items referring to the BranchList at the same time to ensure consistency Connectorlist Users can delete Connect list manually but need to delete all the items referring to the Connect list at the same time to make consistent Scheme 1 When users delete components related to Scheme Scheme will not be deleted automatically users had to do a manual deleting 2 Users can delete unneeded Scheme but need to delete all the items referring to the Scheme at the same time to make consistent SchemeList SchemeList can only b
9. Standard Reports Main interface of program is used to display analysis graphs and charts of standard report and other reports As startup of program standard reports will firstly display in main interface as shown in introduction of Report system interface Interfaces of standard reports and other reports can be switched by clicked buttons of standard reports BR Standardieport and other reports BR OtherReport Interface of other report will be introduced in next part There are three parts in standard reports lt gt Report list area Type list is aligned left which contains the eight types of standard reports introduced above lt gt Form area display forms of energy consumption data are displayed in right top lt gt Drawing area Graphs and charts correspond to data of form area are shown in right bottom which includes histogram chart and pie chart Operating flow Unfolded left aligned tree list of report types and double click a report type then corresponding data and graphs will shown in right aligned form area and drawing area There are two types of operation here a Applicable for standard report 1 Double clicked report name corresponding energy consumption data would display in form area as shown in figure 3 Then double click a certain column and data of this column will display in drawing area For instance double click the column of Electricity Load and the drawing area will displa
10. abilityManager in the SystemAvailabilityManagerList will be deleted automatically SystemAvailabilityManagerList 2 Users can delete SystemAvailabilityManagerList manually but need to delete all the items referring this System Availability Manager List at the same time to make consistent SetPointManager Users can delete SetPointManager manually but the related Schedule node nodelist will not be deleted 3 3 6 Components rotation Select the component singly press the Space key to turn the input node and output node at the left and right side of the component The following diagram shows a turn of a Mixer Mixer Mixer1 Press the Space or turning key after selecting COOL _ _ _ 3 3 7 Zooming in and out of components Each component of this software is a fixed factor and without the functions of zooming in or zooming out and the zooming in and out of components is synchronous with the whole client area Users can zoom in or out the graphics by clicking AS buttons 3 4 Component model setting 3 4 1 Properties setting of common components Open the editing dialog box by double clicking components in the client area For example double clicking the icon of electric refrigerator in the client area the editing pop up as the following diagram shows Properties are classified in different tag pages for components with a large number of properties users can select different tag page to
11. an VisualEPlus Software User s Manual Version 2 0 Tongji University Shandong University Overview This manual is offered for users of VisualEPlus which consists of three parts 1 Introduction of VisualEPlus installation 2 Introduction of main interface of VisualEPlus 3 Users manual of HVAC configuration amp reporting model of VisualEPlus 1 2 3 4 Installation introduction As a Green Software VisualEPlus can be used just after unzipped The path of VisualEPlus mustn t include chinese characters or space The uninstallation can be finished just by deleting the directory of VisualEPlus In Win7 the user must run VisualEPlus as an actor of system administator when first using the software Introduction of VisualE Pus as an Interface for EnergyPlus VisualEPlus2 0 is a Chinese interface for EnergyPlus developed by Tongji University TJU Shandong University SDU in collaboration with White Box Technologies WBT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory ORNL with support from USDOE through the Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate Although the goal of the project was to make EnergyPlus easier to use in China the interface was designed to be generic so that 1t can be used in any country as well as be linked to other modeling tools and interfaces for EnergyPlus The interface has three main functions 1 A Building Loads Module established through introducing IDF fil
12. aving the edit box EnergyPlus Configuratio x Chinese characters is not allowed 6 4 Inspection of component s name There is a unique name for each component And if the name of a newly built component has already existed the below error message would prompting out EnergyPlus Configura X The Name Has Already Existed m
13. ckagedTerminalAirConditioner Units FanOnOff WaterCoil gt a E 5 2 Introduction of Component Icons In favor for modeling input and output nodes I Os are marked with different colors to distinguish different connective nodes Relevant regulations are as follow Bluel Os Connect to equipments corresponding to Chilled Water Green I Os Connect to equipments corresponding to Condensor Water Red I Os Connect to equipments corresponding to Hot Water Purple I Os Connect to equipments corresponding to air path 6 Data Inspection When component attributes are set or modified software would carry out data inspection on parameters Data inspection includes four parts 6 1 Inspection of data type Software will carry out a primary inspection on data type of filled value For parameters as name and type etc char type is permitted and for flow rate and COP value etc numeric value is permitted Or else prompt as below would be given EnergyPlus C X COP must be decimal 6 2 Inspection of data scope Numbers filled should not exceed specified data scope or error message would prompt to show whether the value is over upper limit or lower limit Energy lus Configuration Platform Fan Total Efficiency more than the maximization 6 3 Inspection of Chinese characters It is not permitted to input Chinese characters in any edit boxes otherwise the below error message would prompt out as the cursor le
14. cluding frequently used air conditioning types during the engineering design Users can select corresponding system and modify it to create a model meeting needs and this reduces the difficulties of the work to a large extent 2 2 Design philosophy of the report part The report part is a data analyzing software targeted to the EnergyPlus energy consumption output results it carries out analysis of the data in the two outputted files generated during the running of EnergyPlus including the standard Eso file and Meter file The data outputted by EnergyPlus is all in simple text format inconvenient for analysis and the report part is designed based on this problem integrating the data showing the data in the form of tables and graphs classified and makes it convenient to analyze the relationship between different energy consumption The main purpose of the report part is to make the EenergyPlus output graphical we call each item shown after analysis a report so a complete report is constituted by report name related energy consumption data and corresponding graph A report can contain one or more EnergyPlus output variables we put them in one report to analyze the relationship between them We can display value and graphics of one variable separated or put several together as well then give the data corresponding to the variables by extracting the data display graphically finally get results intuitively 3 Air conditioning modeling
15. con indicating a class of zones which share the same air conditioner system Thus there is some differences in attributes configuration between Zone and other components User can Zone attributes edit dialog by double clicking on Zone icon as shown below ZoneGroup Propperty Zone Names Rm01001 ZoneGroup Name ZoneGroupl Amb1002 _ Am01004 Am01005 l Rm02001 Zone Equipment List Zone EquipListl AmO2002 AmO2004 Rm02005 ES eta et Rm04001 Zone Bir Inlet Node s SYA RH1_Coil iDutletNode FAmO4002 Rm04004 ipsi Zone Air Exhaust Nodefs AmO3002 AmO3004 AmO3005 Zone Air Node ZoneGroup1_ZonedirNodeName ar Zone Return Air Node ZoneGroup1_ZoneRetumbirNodeNz Cancel Attributes Setting of ZoneGroup Set By clicking button Zone configuration dialog with all zone names of this class will be opened as shown below FrmSetfone Zone Names Of ZoneGroup All Ay ai able Zone N ames Amb1003 AmD2003 AmO3003 Amb4003 AmO3005 i Select All Press Shift To MultiSelect Select All OK Cancel i Attributes Setting Window of Zone All current available Zone names are listed in right and all Zone names belong to Zone of current class are in left list box User can move selected Zone name between two list boxes with buttons and Through button Select All user can select all of List box By Shift user can select multiple items 3 5 System Parameter Configuration 3 5 1 Overvi
16. d Dehumidifier Desiccant NoFans Dehumidifier Desiccant Fans Variable Speed E Dehumidifier Desiccant System Constant Speed a Dehumidifier Desiccant System Variable Speed EvaporativeCooler Direct CelDekPad a EvaporativeCooler Indirect CelDekPad ir Fan Simple Const Volume Connection Component T Desiccant Dehumidifiers Evaporative Coolers 18 Fan Simple Variable Volume E e Headered Pumps CI E CE E CE 2 CM HeatExchanger Desiccant BalancedFlow PerformanceDataType HeatPump WaterToWater EquationFit Cooling HeatPump WaterToWater EquationFit Heating Heat Pump HeatPump WaterToWater ParameterEstimation Cooling HeatPump WaterToWater ParameterEstimation Heating Humidifier Steam Electrical ci a ee ES Outside Air Mixer Outside Air Mixer Pipe Adiabatic Pipe Indoor Pipe Outdoor Pipe Pipe Underground w e Valve Tempering Pump Constant Speed eo Pumps Pump Variable Speed Pump VariableSpeed Condensate Purchased Chilled Water Purchased Purchased Hot Water E Low Temp Radiant System Hydronic Ey BASEBOARD HEATER Water Convective w ZoneHV AC LowTemperatureRadiant ConstantFlow E y ZoneHVAC HighTemperatureRadiant Ce Radiate Device ZoneHV AC LowTemperatureRadiant Electric ZoneHV AC Baseboard Convective Electric m ZoneH V AC Baseboard RadiantConvective Electric ce ZoneH V AC Baseboard RadiantConvective Water ci Solar Collectors SolarCollec
17. d data input geometry envelope internal load schedule is finished The file would be saved in an automatic generated folder named BDL under current working directory The drag and place HVAC system configuration interface Figure 2 allows the users to freely configure a HVAC system using basic HVAC components such as zone fan coil pump pipe chiller boilers etc El Untitled EnergyPlusH AS ETS EU sso sv ao i x h 0 BP na EEA 19408 EEN Hla SRI AR AR MER RSS RS E AR OM SHS BOER Ow ke IR REP ao oo Zone Spittert CHW CHW cupply CHW demand outed Sup pty Pu eme piler pipe HWW demand HW dde miser HW demand aupply P ude outetpipe Eber amp HW demand ade opliter Figure 2 HVAC system interface The properties of the basic components such as name size autosize performance curve node names branch names and parameters can be changed on the interface Figure 3 Chiller Const COP Primary Info i Link Node Chiller Name Nominal Capacity COP Design Evaporator Water Flow Rate Design Condenser Water Flow Rate Condenser Type Chiller Flow Mode Chiller_Cop1 6000 01 WATER COOLED VariableFlow Cancel Figure 3 Chiller parameter setup interface The module of HVAC system of VisualEPlus2 0 can develop some forms of HVAC as below Table 1 2 3 Tab
18. dule in prompted menu import window of Schedule Library will be opened shown as below E Import Schedule Library Select the Schedule Library to Import Cancel Import Window of Schedule Library Importing will be completed by selecting Schedule in dropdown list and clicking OK button Users can also click Import Schedule from BDL and use schedules established in BDL System Parameters List Total System Parameters List Detail System Parameters List a os of System Fan Availability Zone Control Heating Avvailabil Schedule Type Sched Setpoir g DutsidedirInletNodeLists ML Cutsidedinvodes g Schedules g ScheduleT ypes g Schemes g SetPointhl anagers g Sizings g SurfaceGroups g Syetermdyailabilityh anagerLists AF SystemayailabilityM anagers 7 Import Schedule From BDL When users import schedules from BDL the form replace the schedule with the same name will pop out as below Repalce Schedule Replace Schedule With The Same Hame When clicking the item of Concrete System Parameter List attributes edit dialog of this item will be opened Then user can set or modify this item All system parameter are listed in left aligned List of System Attributes System parameter with plus symbol indicates that there are several sub items of different types When user clicks the plus symbol all types will be unfolded under root directory in which user can select sub list name to bu
19. e deleted manually and it s must to delete all the items referring to the SchemeList manually afterward EquipmentsList 1 EquipmentsList can be deleted automatically and manually 2 The principles of deleting automatically refers to Conponent 3 3 Users can delete EquipmentList manually but need to delete all the items referring to it at the same time to make consistent Controller 1 When users delete a Controller if the corresponding ControllerList only contains this Controller the ControllerList will be deleted automatically the AirPrimaryLoop OutsideAirSystem will delete the related items automatically 2 When users delete a Controller if the ControllerList doesn t contain this Container only it s only to delete the item of this Controller ControllerList Users can delete ControllerList manually but need to delete all the items referring to this ControllerList at the same time to make consistent SystemAvailabilityManager 1 SystemAvailabilityManager can be deleted manually if the corresponding SystemAvailabilityManagerLists contains this SystemAvailabilityManager only then the SystemAvailabilityManagerLists will be deleted automatically AirPrimaryLoop will delete the item related to this SystemAvailabilityManagerLists automatically 2 When users delete a SystemAvailabilityManager if the System Availability Manager List does not contains this SystemAvailabilityManager only the item of this SystemAvail
20. e of EnergyPlus defining the building geometry envelope and space conditions 2 A HVAC System Module with a drag and drop feature for defining the HVAC system 3 A View Report Module with a reporting and visualization tool for EnergyPlus reports and outputs The interface 1s bilingual in Chinese and English The users can choose to start either Chinese VisualEPlus_CN exe or English program VisualEPlus_CN exe The VisualEPlus2 0 main interface consists of six modules Building Model HVAC System IDF File Report Setup Simulation and View Report Figure 1 az Visual EPlus Figure 1 EnergyPlus Interface The interface of VisualEPlus2 0 is programmed in Delphi and integrates Building Model Module and a drag and place graphical interface for HVAC system configuration HVAC System Module as well as a reporting and visualization tool for report output View Report Module VisualEPlus2 0 is based on Energyplus6 0 Users can import building geometry information of IDF files converted to version 6 0 of EnergyPlus established by EnergyPlus or other user interfaces based on EnergyPlus like DesignBuilder through the function of Import building model in the interface This software would only read the data of geometry envelope internal loads and operating schedules in these file Other data in the input IDF file would not be read The software would generate a BDL file according to the input data after the building loa
21. er_HighTemperatureTurnOft SystemAvailabilityManager_HighTemperatureTurnOn SystemAvailabilityManager_LowTemperatureTurnOff SystemAvailabilityManager_LowTemperatureTurnOn SystemAvailabilityManager_NightCycle SystemAvailabilityManager_NightVentilation SystemSizing This item is used to configure the settings of air system Thermstats This item is used to define the set temperature in the air system There are eight types of this item which are SingleThermalComfortHeatingSetpoint Fanger DualSetpointWithDeadband DualThermalComfortSetpointWithDeadband Fanger SingleCoolingSetpoint SingleHeatingCoolingSetpoint SingleHeatingSetpoint SingleThermalComfortCoolingSetpoint Fanger singleThermalComfortHeatingCoolingSetpoint Fanger ZoneControl The following types are totally included ZoneControl Thermostatic ZoneControl_Humidistat ZoneControl ThermalComfort ZoneControl_Thermostatic_OperativeTemperature The name can t be empty it could be used to create ZoneControl enter the editing window by clicking the new button of chosen ZoneControl type ZoneSizing The item is used to estimate temperature zone parameters 4 Report Generation 4 1 Introduction of Report System Interface 1202 05 657 92 337 35 101 72 List colum of ce T Selecting column nf report type E Osier ai Program main interface Interface of standard report 1 Button for selecting report type There are two buttons for selecting rep
22. ew Name Variable Name Unit Variable Step File Path Plot From y fi z Tol a y Figure 9 User defined report output interface Specification of HVAC Configuration amp Reporting model of VisualEPlus Copyright 2009 System Engineering Laboratory Control Science and Engineering School Shandong University All right reserved 1 Overview 1 1 Functional Overview 1 Users imply components supplied by this system to assemble the air conditional modeling part In the modeling process users can set and modify the properties of the components 2 The report output part is targeted to analyze the two main output files generated during the running of EnergyPlus including the standard Eso files and the Meter files 3 The software gives some default values of the system and components and uses these preset values to calculate without users modifying Users can manually change the default properties like the default coil inlet temperature 4 The software gives 11 typical systems listed in the following form User can load typical system templates and the air condition modeling satisfying your needs can be established based on these templates Number Template Name System Specification of Zones 1ZoneEvapCool Direct evaporative cooler system 5ZoneNightVent Standard VAV system using night ventilation system Standard VAV system water 5ZoneWaterCooled_ Baseboard baseboard heaters ExampleProject VAV sy
23. ew of Configuring System Parameters This function is for configuring system parameter System parameters are relevant to the whole air conditioner system and independent from specific components Through menu item set the system data in edit menu or button Y USer can open configuring window of system parameters as shown below System Parameters List Tote System Parameters List Dela Suchen Peremeters List sc ew fs q Bakr Pump_ch ler Pump bole Cal CHW Suppi Ex Pps sc es E S CHW Demand CHW Demand CHW Demand HW Sune HW Suppi Estare Ppe Bypass Ext Pipe Bjpas Ext Pipe E es a S HW Demand Hiw Demand HWOemard ReheaCci Mein Ar E EqupmeriLicte Extranet Pipe Bypass Ex Pipe Hi 1 Branch m e T a WocelL its Chier CH Supply bypass E Operators a Ousdetuilnis NodeLisls Aq Dutside iiNodes Aq Schedules A SchedubsTypes Schemes E SePariHanaders Sizmg Graph of configuring system parameter On left side of system parameter window lays general list of system parameter in which is all system parameter names With clicking on corresponding item all system parameters belong to it would be shown in right aligned Concrete system parameter list After corresponding system parameter has been selected click right mouse button then a button New will prompt by clicking which can enter edit window of system parameter Right clicking on Schedule and selecting Import Sche
24. f the components they can click the select all item of the edit menu then all of the components in the client area is selected 3 3 4 Moving components Selecting the component Maybe more than one drag with the mouse move the component to the supposed position The lines connecting with it will adjust the position automatically 3 3 5 Delete components The object types can be deleted Component Link Connector Zone Schedule NodeList BranchList ConnectorList Scheme SchemeList EquipmentsList Controller ControllerList SystemAvailabilityManager SystemAvailabilityManagerList SetPointManager When users want to delete an object the system will automatically delete factors related to this object depending on the situation the detailed rules is Component 1 When users delete a Component if its corresponding Branch only contains this Component this Branch will be automatically deleted too If the corresponding Branch list only contains this Branch the BranchList will be automatically deleted too If the Plant Loop is using this BranchList the contained Branch list is deleted automatically 2 When users delete a Component the corresponding Branch doesn t contain this Component only the Component is cleared and other items containing this Component in the Branch is cleared too 3 When users want to delete a Component contained in Plant Condenser Air distribution EquipmentList the co
25. ild User can set attributes of list in attributes edit window This window will be closed and a new list will be created when OK button is clicked The newly built object will be deleted when clicking the Cancel button is clicked When Delete button is clicked options selected in List of System Attributes will be deleted An example of setting attributes list of air Loop devices is given below Four different List names are displayed when user selects EquipmentLists as shown below EquipmentLists AirLoopE quiprmentLists CondenserE quipmentLists q PlantE quipmentLists q oneE quipmentLists Unfolded window of EquipmentLists Select the first AirLoopEquipmentLists and enter newly built edit window shown as below AirLoop EquipsentList Lillpiant Equipment type Equipment Hame AirLoopEquipmentLists Attributes Edit After name has been filled attributes of AirLoopEquipmentLists can be set through member list 3 5 2 System Parameters Branches This system parameter can be used to configure the Branches Settings of the HAVC systems Branches can be considered the mid level grouping of items in the EnergyPlus HVAC loop scheme Components are the lowest level of information A collection of components in series forms a branch It should be noted that each component has at least two nodes associated with it an inlet node and an outlet node and also each branch must have at least one compo
26. item should be used with Schedules Schemes There are two scheme types which are CondenserOperationSchemes PlantOperationSchemes The user can edit the schemes for control SetPointManagers There are fourteen types of this item which are SetPointManager_Schedule SetPointManager_Warmest SetPointManager_Coldest SetPointManager_MixedAir SetPointManager_OutsideAir SetPointManager_OutsideAirPretreat SetPointManager_ReturnAirBypassFlow SetPointManager_Scheduled_DualSetpoint SetPointManager_SingleZoneCooling SetPointManager_SingleZoneHeating SetPointManager_SingleZoneMaxHum SetPointManager_SingleZoneMinHum SetPointManager_SingleZoneReheat SetPointManager_WarmestTempFlow If you want to create a new Set Point Manager you should select a type and click the NEW button to open the Set Point Manager Edit Window Then you can configure the Set Point Manager you want to create The names of Set Point Manager are not allowed to be empty SizingParameter This item allows the user to specify a global sizing ratio SystemAvailableManagerLists This item should be set along with System Available Manager The set method is similar to that of BranchedLists SystemAvailableManagers System Availability Managers are one of the high level control constructs in EnergyPlus There are eight types of this item which are SystemAvailabilityManager_Scheduled SystemAvailabilityManager_DifferentialThermostat SystemAvailabilityManag
27. le 1 Plant equipments Boiler Simple Heating source Chiller Electric Chiller Const COP Purchased Chilled Water Chiller Absorption Indirect HeatPump WaterToWater Heat and cooling resources Cooling source Chiller Absorption Thermal Storage Ice Simple Ice storage Thermal storage Water storage ThermalStorage ChilledWater Stratified Cooling Tower Single Speed Cooling Tower Cooling Tower Two Speed Cooling Tower Variable Speed Ground source heat pump CO AT Table 2 Equipments of water system Primary water system Water system form Secondary water system Connection between primary and secondary system Connection Component Plantloop Pump Constant Speed Pump Variable Speed Pump Headered Pumps Simple Constant Speed Headered Pumps Simple Variable Speed Coil Electric Heating Coil Water Cooling Coil Water SimpleHeating Coil Cooling Heating DX Single Multi Speed Baseboard Heater Water Electric Convective Baseboard RadiantConvective Water Electric Radiative Convective Units Low Temp Radiant Hydronic Electric HighTemperatureRadiant Table3 Equipments of airloop Fan Simple Const Volume Fan Simple Variable Volume Fan FanPerformance NightVentilation Fan OnOff Fan ZoneExhaust Zone Supply Plenum AirLoopH VAC ReturnPlenum Supply and return air Zone Splitter Humidifier Steam Electrical Heat Exchanger Air to Air Flat Plate Heat Recovery Heat Exchanger Air to Air Generic Purchased Air
28. log of electric refrigerator Advanced properties Chiller Electric Plant Side Inlet Node Chiller_E1_PlantSidelnletNode Plant Side Dutlet Node foe E1_PlantSideOutletNode Condenser Side Inlet Node Chiller_E1_CondenserSidelnletNode Condenser Side Outlet Node Chiller_E1_CondenserSideOutletNad Heat Recovery Side Inlet Node Heat Recovery Side Outlet Node Cancel The properties editing dialog of electric refrigerator Connecting point information Generally the properties of each component are arranged in three tag page 1 Basic properties These are the most common properties familiar to the users including the component name The name input node output node of the electric refrigerator 1s generated automatically only for the designers to refer Modifiable the program generates default values for these properties and users can change them if necessary 2 Advanced properties The more complicated properties in air conditioning models it is fit for the users with a deep understanding in the mechanism of air conditioning to fill in 3 Connecting point information Including the controlling node input node output node and the nodes connecting to other components 3 4 2 Attributes Configuration of Zone As for an air conditioner system there might be multiple zones using it In favor of convenience and aesthetics of modeling in client area this software uses a single zone i
29. nent on it In the edit window you can assign components in the component list to branches If you select a type in the ComType all component names of this type will be list in the ComName then you can select any component name you need The InletNode and OutletNode are the names of the inlet node and the outlet node of components respectively The ControlType is the control type of components whose value can be ActiveX Passive Bypass or SeriesActive BranchLists This system parameter can be used to configure the Branch Lists Settings of the HAVC systems A branch list is intended to define the branches or portions of a particular loop that are present on an individual loop such as a plant or condenser loop In the edit window you can assign branches to branch lists First give a branch list name and then select one or several branch names in the shown list In this way the branch list will be composed of the selected branches ConnectorLists A connector list is a collection of either one or two connection devices Mixer or Splitter The user can assemble connection devices to a connector list for control The Connector List Names are not allowed to be empty The connection list simply allows the specification of the types and names of these devices The user can select the types and names of connectors in a popup dialog Controllers There are two controller types which are Controller Simple Controller OutsideAir If you wa
30. nt to create a new controller you should select a controller type and click the NEW button to open the controller edit window Then you can configure the controller you want to create ControllerLists This item can be used to create or modify a list of controllers The Controller List Names are not allowed to be empty In the edit window you can assign controllers to controller lists First give a controller list name and then select the types and names of controllers In this way the controller list will be composed of the selected controllers EquipmentLists There are two equipment list types which are PlantEquipmentList AirLoopEquipmentList CondenserEquipmentList ZoneEquipmentList The EquipmentList Names are not allowed to be empty The create method of EquipmentLists is similar to that of BranchLists Loops Loops can be considered the top level grouping of items in the EnergyPlus HVAC model It should be noted that each branch must be assigned to a loop The Loops Settings is to define the loop names and to determine the branches in each loop There are three loop types which are AirPrimaryLoop PlantLoop CondenserLoop If you want to create a new loop you should select a loop type and click the NEW button to open the loop edit window Then you can configure the loop you want to create NodeList This item is used to define the nodes of a particular loop that are present on an individual loop such as a plant o
31. omposed chart 24 000 22 000 20 000 18 000 16 000 14 000 12 000 10 000 8 0004 6 0004 4 000 2 000 0 Stacked Chart 4 4 Other Reports Click BR OtherReport in main interface of program and interface would switch to display window of other reports as below figure Likewise other reports also contain three parts as list area table area and drawing area As shown in below figure list area of report 1s divided into four parts as ESO file report Meter file report other reports and user defined report which respectively correspond to four report types introduced previously and locate in the first layer node of list area Output time step length lies in the second layer of area report which 1s inherent as the startup of program and contains hourly daily monthly and running time length And the third layer nodes correspond to relevant step length variables in output file For instance first layer node is ESO file report second layer node time step length and the third layer nodes as the following node of time step length would be all variable names of time step length in ESO file ESO file report node contains all variable names of standard file Meter file report contains all variable names of Meter file Variables of other reports node are added by user which could be single or multiple and could be derived from ESO file or Meter file Variables of user defined report node are also added by user which a
32. ort types in selection column of report type and list view of data Both buttons have the same function for user s convenience User can switch interfaces between standard reports and other reports with these buttons 2 Selection column of report type Selection column will list out all report types for user s selection when user has selected standard reports or other reports 3 List column of data List view of data will show corresponding data when user selects report type in the view of report type 4 Drawing area Data in list area would be displayed in patterns of pie chart or histogram chart in favor of users analysis 4 2 Main Functions Generally this software contain there functions as follows lt gt Standard reports lt gt Other reports Standard reports include 1 Monthly and annual consumption of electricity fuel gas and fuel oil 2 Annual total electricity consumption and subentry electricity consumption 3 Annual total gas consumption and subentry electricity consumption 4 Annual total fuel oil consumption and subentry electricity consumption 5 Decomposition of monthly electricity consumption 6 Decomposition of monthly gas consumption 7 Decomposition of monthly fuel oil consumption Other reports include 1 All variables in standard output file single 2 All variables in Meter file single 3 User defined report permitting multiple variables 4 Relation report including two variables 4 3
33. r condenser loop The create method of NodeLists is similar to that of BranchLists o Operations There are nine operation types which are CoolingLoadRangeBasedOperation ComponentSetpointBasedOperation HeatingLoadRangeBasedOperation OutdoorDrybulbRangeBasedOperation OutDoorDrybulbTemperatureDifferenceBasedOperation OutdoorRhpercentRangeBasedOperation OutdoorWetbulbRangeBasedOperation OutdoorWetbulbTemperatureDifferenceBasedOperation UncontrolledLoopOperation If you want to create a new operation you should select an operation type and click the NEW button to open the operation edit window Then you can configure the Operation you want to create The operation names are not allowed to be empty OutsideAirInletNodeLists The function of this item is similar to that of NodeLists OutsideAirNodes The function of this item is similar to that of NodeLists PlantSizing This item can be used to configure the estimation settings of equipment parameters RadiantSystemSurfaceGroups This item can be used to configure the settings of radiant system surface parameters Schedules This item can be used to configure the settings of schedules There is only one schedule type provided in this system which is the CompactSchedule in EnergyPlus The user can create a new schedule or select an existing one from the schedule database ScheduleType A schedule type can be used to validate portions of the other schedules This
34. re required to contain two variables and could be derived from ESO file or Meter file as well According to operating pattern of the third layer nodes ESO and Meter can be classified in a part while other report and user defined report in another part Then the operating flow introduction would be followed as the two parts E EbnereyP lus Energy Consumption Report F StandardRepott BSecticty fart Main Interface of Program Interface of Other Reports Operating Flow a For portions of ESO file report and Meter file report The main difference between this part and next part is that the report of next part 1 e type and amount of parameters needs to be defined by user This portion of report has been created automatically when loading ESO and Meter files The second layer of node 1 e time step length hourly daily monthly and running time length is output time step length of EnergyPlus output parameters The third layer corresponds to all parameters created automatically of ESO file or Meter file with corresponding step length Operating flows are as following 1 Click the third layer of the list i e parameter name then parameter names units step lengths file store path and the store column number of this parameter in file would be listed out in table area and user might type in a new parameter name in column of parameter name There is only a single parameter name in each report 2 Select time periods f
35. re 7 Report setup window After the report setup is done the software would add the report definition part to the existing IDF file to generate a complete IDF file for output review and simulation running IDF File module User could import weather file using Select Weather File function File Select Weather File The software would generate an EPW file which will be saved in an automatic generated folder named output under current working directory according to the import weather file The View Report module is capable of displaying both Standard Report and User defined Report Standard Report Figure 8 includes all year and monthly energy consumption and all year and monthly energy cost as well as energy consumption breakdown 4 EnergyPlus Energy Consumption Report oja SR StandardRepor DR OtherReport SR StandardReport DR OtherReport Data List ElectricityConsumption Kwh Allyear Electricity Consumpti 5691711 Equipment 103485 66 17378 71 13152 22 191362 68 Al year Electricity Consumption and Its Decomposition Figure 8 Standard report output interface User defined Report can display other simulation results defined by the users such as indoor air temperatures flow rates of nodes hourly energy consumption etc Figure 9 SR StandardReporl DR OtherReport SR StandardRepott DR OtherReport SH ESO File Report Varible List l Meter File Report User Define Report Relation Report N
36. rom dropdown list From 1 l2 Mja M in form area and drawing area and the graphs in drawing area would contain consumption data of the selected time period then graphs corresponding to parameters of table area would be drawn in drawing area when clicking Pet Click right button in drawing area a shortcut menu Pata VANE would pop up and values of graph parameters would be listed dialog when selecting this menu b For portions of relation report and user defined report At the initial moment of this software s startup there was only the second layer of node 1 e time step length for two portions without the third layer so we have to add parameters required by ourselves Operating flows are as follows 1 Select the second layer node click the right button and a shortcut menu l Add New Report ees ill pop up Select the shortcut menu and a default name report would be added into the third layer node Select this node and click right button then Rename Delete Current Report a shortcut menu would prompt for renaming or deleting this report type Thus we could define many report type with various step lengths 2 Select the third layer node 1 e user defined report type with left button and corresponding parameter names units step length file store path and store column number of parameter in file would be listed in table area As there 1s no corresponding parameter when defining report there would no data
37. rresponding item in EquipmentList will be deleted 4 When users delete a Component in the waterway part the related Node will be automatically deleted If the NodeList of it only contains this Node the Node list will be deleted automatically If the NodeList is used in PlantLoop ControlledZoneEquipConfiguration OutsideAirInletNodeList SetPointManager the corresponding item will be deleted automatically 5 When users delete a Component in the gas circuit part the node next to this Component will be deleted 6 When users delete Components more than one in the gas circuit part only the communal nodes of these Components will be deleted If each Node list of each node only contain this node the Node list will be deleted automatically If the Node list used in PlantLoop ControlledZoneEquipConfiguration OutsideAirInletNodeList SetPointManager the corresponding item will be deleted automatically 7 The related Schedule Scheme SystemAvailabilityManagerList SystemAvailabilityManager to the Components can t be deleted automatically but users can delete them manually Link Link can be deleted manually by users freely and the number is unlimited Connector 1 When users delete mixer or splitter manually the corresponding items in ConnectorList will be deleted 2 When users delete the mixer splitter pairs manually it clears the corresponding ConnectorList and the items in the Plant loop and CondenserLoop containing the
38. stem Water to water ground source heat GSHPSimple GLHE pump MultispeedHeatPump Multispeed heat pump PackagedTerminalAirConditioner Packaged terminal air conditioner PackagedTerminalHeatPump Packaged terminal heat pump RadHiTempElecTermReheat CAV electric high temperature heater RadLoTempCFloHeatCool Low temperature radiant system SolarCollectorFlatPlate Water Solar domestic hot water system 5 The software supplies data check function After users fill in the edit box corresponding data the system checks this data automatically to determine the data type check the uniqueness on the name of components and inspect the upper and lower limits of the data with scope limits If the data doesn t meet the requirements the error reports will pop up the cursor will stay in the wrong place and promote the user to re fill 6 The software is available for two editions in Chinese and English option for Chinese or English in air conditioning modeling and option interface for Chinese or English in Report are used to choose language automatically referring to the configuration file when users run the software The English edition and the Chinese edition use different language in the error reports the menu titles and the editing windows In the client area of main area of the main screen all of the device classifications and component names apply English only 1 2 The editing function For each component in the client area users
39. t is used to connect the components The steps of connecting components After clicking the be icon move the cursor to the output node of the source component When the input focus shows up left click Then move the cursor to the supposed mid point and left click Repeat to draw a series of mid points 8 at most Then move the cursor to the input node of the target component when input focus shows up left click and a connecting line is finished During the connecting you can right click to cancel connecting If you want to delete a connecting line just click the delete button after selecting the line Different component connecting lines are different in line color Purple line Used in gas circuit connecting Black line Used in waterway connecting Components connecting needs to follow some rules the connecting lines and controls in gas circuit cannot connect with the lines and controls in waterway otherwise illegal connection error report will pop up 3 3 3 Components selection There are three operational approach of components selection 1 Click the component to select it select more components simultaneously with the Shift key being pressed down Click the selected component to cancel selecting 2 The ht is in the upper corner of the client area hold down the left mouse button to drag out a region after clicking this button then all of the components in this region is selected 3 When users want to select all o
40. to built air conditioner model with configuration pattern and the air conditioner model could carry out energy consumption simulation with EnergtPlus EnergyPlus uses model files of idf which would be relatively difficult to create directly So this software proposes a solution of creating xml file first and converting the xml file into idf file for EnergyPlus use in simulating When user clicks save button model will be saved as xml file For instance if the current model was named as Project the finally model file would be Project xml When user intends to open an existent model the model file must also be in format of xml 3 3 Components modeling 3 3 1 Insert components In the upper panel all of the components are sorted in different tag page as the following shows Bala Chile Cal ConnectionCon Codinglomer Drain Fan FanCalini_4Pbe HeadaiedPunes HesExcharga Hunmd a Mina OuadosiMing 41 Map of components tag page With users clicking on different tag page the corresponding tag page will show all of the components included Users click the component icon and then they just need to click in the client area where they want to create this component Including Zone these tag pages have a total of 28 types of icons the related components and icons will be detailedly introduced in Components library 3 3 2 Connecting components There is a be button in the upper left corner of the main interface i
41. tor FlatPlate Water Air Terminal Single Duct Uncontrolled lt lt Single Duct VAV NoReheat ES Single Duct VAV Reheat electric coil ES Single Duct VAV Reheat water coil Single Duct Single Duct Series PIU Reheat electric coil E Single Duct Series PIU Reheat water coil Single Duct Parallel PIU Reheat electric coil Single Duct Parallel PIU Reheat water coil Splitter Zone Splitter Thermal Storage Ice Simple Es Thermal Storage Ice Detailed ThermalStorage ChilledWater Mixed ThermalStorage ChilledWater Stratified AirLoopHV AC UnitarySystem HeatPump AirToAir FanCon Thermal Storage AirLoopHVAC UnitarySystem HeatPump AirToAir FanOnOff y AirLoopHV AC UnitarySystem HeatPump WaterToAirFanCON dd Unitary Equipment AT oopHVAC UnitarySystem HeatPump WaterTo Air FanOnOff n a a FE AirLoopHV AC UnitaryCoolOnly AirLoopHV AC UnitarySystem MultiSpeedHeatPump AirToAtr FanOnOff AirLoopHV AC UnitaryS ystem MultiSpeedHeatPump AirToAtr FanCon WaterUse Storage WaterUse Equipment Water system and WaterUse Connections water heater Water Heater Mixed Water Heater Stratified Purchased Air ZoneH V AC PackagedTerminalAirConditioner E E FanCon ElectricCoil ZoneH V AC PackagedTerminalAirConditioner a aes awa 9 sn FanCon WaterCoil ZoneH V AC PackagedTerminalAirConditioner FanOnOff ElectricCoil PTAC Zone Forced Air A ZoneHVAC Pa
42. ure 5 after finishing all the data input to import result IDF file The software would merge the BDL file with the XML file mentioned above to generate an IDF file which would be saved in an automatic generated folder named output under current working directory File View Help T Building Model HVAC System IDF File s O Report Setup After the IDF file was generated user should use Report Setup function to define the Figure 5 IDF file export variables and meters among all available output data as well as the frequency of outputting When the Report Setup icon is clicked the software will have the initial test run If there is severe error a warning message window would show up as follow and then user should modulate the model to eliminate the error before run the simulation Figure 6 A Fail to Setup Report Maybe Caused by Computation Failure Figure 6 Warning message window If there 1s no severe error occurs during simulation the report setup window Figure 7 will be activated in which users could select the variables meters that will be reported and the frequency of reporting Report ariable Viable Name ler Electric Consumpbiler Electric Consumptrption Chiller Cooling irption Chiller Cooling Monthly Monthly AunPeriod Monthly AunPeriod Electricity Facility Electricity Building ntenorLights ElectricitanorE quipmentElect Electricity Plant Monthly Monthly Monthly Monthly Monthly Figu
43. y as following Data List 41 06 12100 16 22 29 10801 76 a ERES P eA eee 16 64 17617 73 1363 18597 04 3b8 25569 95 ElecticDlemardKw Eleciniety Kwh Gas Nmn3 1202 05 657 92 337 96 101 72 0 95 0 00 0 00 Standard report 1 Data display format Standard report 1 drawing display format b Applicable for standard report 2 7 Corresponding forms and graphs would be directly shown in form area and drawing area with double click on report name which is different from clicking form area data as required in the above first condition Two graph types of histogram and pie chart would be displayed in drawing area Graphs of report 2 to report 4 are pie charts such as stacked chart in which report name component names and component percentage would be displayed Graphs of report 5 to report 7 are histogram such as decomposed chart There are two display types of histogram When users right click in drawing area a shortcut menu Stacked or Unstacked would prompt up through which display types of stacked and decomposed can be switched to each other Decomposed chart and stacked chart are shown as following Lights 34 46 Equioment 30 18 Pumps 0 83 Fans 4 88 Pie chart 12000 11 000 10 000 9000 3 000 7 000 5000 5000 90004 3000 2 000 1000 KWh dan Fes Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Ot Now Derc B Lights B Ecupremi O Pumps E Fans O Chiller Dec
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