Google Patents US5501268A - Method of energy load management using PCM for heating and cooling of buildings Note: It goes without saying, but modeling the recirculation loop has an effect only if you use heat dissipation on it (a pipe that isn't adiabatic), and more importantly force the plant loop to circulate a given amount of water at all times and not just the appropriate flow for the load corresponding to the water equipment on the demand side (or you better have a SPM on the supply outlet that is higher than the temperature requested at the water equipment).US5501268A - Method of energy load management using PCM for heating and cooling of buildings This would make a good user voice request, so I suggest you check if there is one already, if not add it and provide the link here, I for one would surely upvote it. I assume your situation is similar to one where your Stratified tank is being heated by a condensing boiler on the source side and you want to capture the lower temperatures at the bottom of the tank to properly account for a lower return temperature to the boiler (I know I do too!), but currently you can't out of the box (sure, if you invest enough time into EMS you might get to something that does the job.). I have never tried setting the WaterUse:Connections outlet node name to something else than a node on the same branch as its inlet node, but I'm pretty sure that won't work.Īs far as I know, there is no way to divert all cold water from the mains directly into your tank.
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The problem is that - as your correctly identified yourself - the cold water will always be introduced at demand side outlet of the plant loop (source: here, looking at source code it's actually the outlet node of the WaterUse:Connections object that gets the update). Your WaterHeater:Stratified has a setpoint temperature of 70☌ (mind the deadband too), while the supply outlet node of the plant loop has a SPM:Scheduled at 60☌. Place your stratified tank and your tempering valve on two parallel branches on the supply side of the plant loop, and you should only have two parallel branches, no bypasses are allowed. You might be tempted to use the TemperingValve object. This is a non answer, saying you can't do it (hope to be proven wrong). Tank, in fact it can be reheated if necessary to mantain the setpoint temperature of 60☌ for the users. Instead of what I have said before (my fault) water from the recirculation loop doesn't always bypass the.The recirculation loop is essentially the orange rectangle with inlet temperature of 60☌ and outlet one ofĥ5☌ (heat loss is present due to considering non adiabatic pipes).So I ask you if there is a way to model the DHW loop without having this mixing of the two flows of water.ĮDIT: to help understanding my situation here it is the plant scheme I have to model: Recirculation and mains flows mixing before the inlet node of the tank creates a problem for me because I want to evaluate water temperature in all the tank's layers and obviously the inlet water temperature greatly affects this aspect of the system. (X) Water inlet temperature is between 10☌ and 55☌ because E+ mixes recirculation and mains flows just after the users component to have a correct mass balance on the demand side of the loop.
Water from the recirculation loop at 55☌ bypasses the tank, then is mixed with water at 70☌ and 10☌ to obtain the requested flow at 60☌ for the users. Water from the mains at 10☌ enters a stratified tank, being heated to 70☌ Below you can see the features of my problem: Hi guys, I have to model a DHW loop with a recirculation system in EnergyPlus but I encountered a big problem while