I am running a chilled water system in the detailed mode and everything seemed to be going well when I closed up last night. This morning I come in, make some modifications to a few internal loads, and re-calculate. Now the pumps/aux is off the chart on the monthly power consumption (12000000000000000000000 to be exact), and I cant seem to figure out the issue.
I have tried everything I can think of, setting all the pump setting to default, etc...but nothing seems to be working. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
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Matthew Parks, LEED AP
Matt,
I've seen this type of error (i.e. exploding energy, demand, and/or
dollars) when I enter the capacity of a component thinking that "MBtu"
means 1000's of Btus, not millions as is does in eQuest terminology.
Maybe a similar typo in your situation? John A. responded to an email
yesterday on that topic. I vaguely remember a discussion on eQuest
terminology (k = 1000's, M = millions) and that it follows either a
Greek or Roman system, while the typical "MBH" that is on every
mechanical schedule is based on the other system. Good luck,
Matt Dubrovich, PE, CEM, BEMP
Ha! I just had to struggle with that switch while doing calcs for my PRM worksheet.
Kilo?mega?whatever works. ?
MARK DARRALL, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, NCARB