Hi Paul,

Since you didn?t provide a PRD, I presume you aren??t doing this via parametric runs, but that means you?ll need to additionally specify exactly how you?re trying to enact a loop reset sequence so that others can help identify what may be going wrong. In lieu of that however, I took some liberties to demonstrate one approach. Attached is a simple PRD to paste adjacent to the other project files (inp/pd2).

I?ve done only 2 things:

1. I noticed the entry for MIN-RESET-T was at a default of 40, whereas your loop design temperature is specified at 50. I?ve adjusted this minimum bounding the reset behavior to matching your CHW loop?s design temp. Note this input has zero impact in the baseline run, where the setpoint control is simply ?fixed? (no reset). I?d hazard a guess here that if you missed this step, the loop would upon enabling a reset sequence push the chillers to produce colder water ? that could be the source of the negative savings you were seeing before.
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1. I set up a simple parametric run to only swap the loop?s COOL-SETPT-CTRL from ?Fixed? to ?Load Reset.? This will cause the requested supply CHW temp to scale linearly from 50 to 65 in proportion to the relative load on the loop each hour.

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On simulating both runs, I find the expected positive savings in ?Space Cooling? (your chiller compressors aren?t having to work as hard/often), and a minor but negative savings in the heat rejection end use (your dry cooler is trying to reject the same amount of Btu?s over the year with slightly warmer water in the condenser loop --> more cooler fan runtime).

Before:
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After:
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Finally, as you made reference to airside fan VFD?s? I don?t think you should expect interaction with the fan energies in the case of using ?load reset? (which is supposed to reflect a sequence wherein the BAS is directing the loop setpoint to satisfy the whole buildings per the worst-case coil?s valve position). Implicitly, the sequence won?t be letting the CHW rise to a temperature that results in an AHU being unable to satisfy it?s duties for lack of airflow/runtime.

Intuitively, I would however caution that if you have or intend to specify variable flow on the associated CHW loop pump(s), that would be something meaningful to input correctly that I?m not seeing at the moment (I observe single speed pumps and 3-way valves at the airside CHW coils). If you do need to work in variable flow pumping concurrently with a temp reset sequence, you should review/coordinate with the sequence specification to ensure you are correctly picking up on when to let the pump?s turndown lead vs. allowing the temps to reset (else they can end up fighting each other and burning more energy). This is manipulated in eQuest via the LOOP-FLOW-RESET fraction.

Hope this helps you and others!

~Nick

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Nick Caton, P.E., BEMP
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