I am using the Package Single Zone (PSZ) air system to simulate a Ground Source Heat Pump.

For Cooling, the Heat Pump Condenser Coil is specified as "Water Cooled" and linked the GSHP Water Loop.

For Heating, since there is no input for the Heat Pump Evaporator Coil, I'm assuming that Equest automatically uses the GSHP Water Loop.

Everything works great except that for many of the Heating Mode Hours, the system is not meeting the correct 70?F Setpoint Temperature.

The following HAS NOT worked :

1. Increased "Heat Sizing Ratio" to 1.5 to oversize the Heating Capacity

2. Added Electric Resistance as a "Zone Heat Source"

The following HAS worked :

1. Specifying "Electric" as a HP Supplemental Source

There seems to be a control issue of either turning the Heat Pump off or not running it correctly to meet the Heating Load. I can maintain the Temperature by using Electric Supplemental Heat but I want the Ground Source Heat Pump to provide all the heating which it is capable of.

Any thoughts. For instance, if I specify "Heat Pump" as my Supp Source, will this simply use the GSHP to provide the heating. Seems like an odd way of doing it.

Regards,

Ian Doebber