PROBLEM TO CONVERT EPW INTO BIN FILE

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hi, I am having some problems to transfer energyplus .epw weather files to
.bin file by using the weather processor. i took all the steps carefully

fromt the website instruction, but when i run the weather convertor but
there is always a wrong message saying' invalid filename'

any clue of that? my eQuest is installed in the \Program Files\eQUEST3-5
directory

please do help and advice.

thank you in advance

Filipe Oliveira Cunha

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Filipe:

I finally ran a weather conversion successfully. I deleted the .INI file
that was there originally, and it accepted the conversion

Try this..

John R. Aulbach, PE, CEM

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All:

I would like to simulate district heating and cooling using DOE-2.1E. I know I can use RESOURCE=STEAM and RESOURCE=CHILLED WATER under the ENERGY-RESOURCE commnad. Unfortunately, I was not successful. Zero metered energy was obtained from Chilled Water. Could anyone share experience with me?

Thanks.

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Lixing,
I will be creating a case study that demos central (perhaps cogen) plant with district heating and cooling. I have done this with DOE2.1E at SOM. I need to create a generic model (in DOE2.1E and eQUEST) for public distribution. You can open and look at 3 other case study PDF reports based on real projects from the IIT energy seminar website below. Attached is a summary of the seminar. There might still be a few seats left. I now live in Minneapolis.
http://www.iit.edu/~archdoc/energyseminar4.html
Varkie
$-----------------------------------------------------------------------$

$ Resource Energy (btu) / Unit Notes, dollars (d) / Unit $
$-----------------------------------------------------------------------$
$ ELECTRICITY 3412.97 BTU/KWH 0.15 d/KWH $
$ NATURAL-GAS 100,000 BTU/Therm 0.95 d/Therm $
$ NATURAL-GAS 1,000,000 BTU/K-CuFt 9.50 d/K-CuFt $

$ HTHW (250-220 F) 30,400 BTU/K-Lbs 30.4 btu/lb $
$ HTHW (250-140 F) 110,000 BTU/K-Lbs 110 btu/lb $
$ HTHW (250-220 F) 1,897,000 BTU/K-CuFt 1897 btu/ft3 $
$ HTHW (250-140 F) 6,864,000 BTU/K-CuFt 6864 btu/ft3 $
$ HTHW (250-220 F) 253,000 BTU/K-Gals 253 btu/gal $
$ HTHW (250-140 F) 916,300 BTU/K-Gals 916.3 btu/gal $

$ CHILLED-WATER 12,000 BTU/Ton (42-54 F) $
$ CHILLED-WATER 100,000 BTU/K-Gals (42-54 F) $
$ CHILLED-WATER 12,000 BTU/K-Lbs (42-54 F) $
$ CHILLED-WATER 749,000 BTU/K-CuFt (42-54 F) $

$ STEAM 1,000,000 BTU/M-Btu 20.00 d/Unit $
$ STEAM 975,000 BTU/K-Lbs 20.00 d/Unit (220 F) $

$ FUEL-OIL 138,700 BTU/Gal 1.05 d/Gal $
$ LPG 95,500 BTU/Gal 0.97 d/Gal $
$ COAL 24,580,000 BTU/Ton 30.00 d/Ton $
$ METHANOL 63,500 BTU/Gal 1.13 d/Gal $
$ OTHER-FUEL 1,000,000 BTU/Unit 0.95 d/Unit $

$-----------------------------------------------------------------------$
$ CuFt x 0,028317 = CuM CuM x 35.315 = CuFt $
$ Gals x 3.7854 = Liters. Gals x 0.0037854 = Cubic Meters. $

$ NATURAL-GAS 1055 BTU/M-Joules $
$ NATURAL-GAS 35,312 BTU/Cu-Meter $

$ HTHW (250-220 F) 67,000 BTU/K-Kgs $
$ HTHW (250-140 F) 242,400 BTU/K-Kgs $
$ HTHW (250-220 F) 67,000 BTU/Cu-Meter $
$ HTHW (250-140 F) 242,400 BTU/Cu-Meter $

$ CHILLED-WATER 26,417 BTU/Cu-Meter $
$ CHILLED-WATER 26,500 BTU/K-Kgs $

$ STEAM 1055 BTU/M-JOULES $
$ STEAM (220 F ) 2,145,000 BTU/K-Kgs $

$ FUEL-OIL 36,598 BTU/Liter $
$ LPG 25,200 BTU/Liter $
$ COAL 27,100,000 BTU/K-Kgs $
$ METHANOL 16,755 BTU/Liter $

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