Misc documentation issues from helpdesk and others - Nov 2014 - Githubissues

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Misc documentation issues from helpdesk and others - Nov 2014 #4575

Closed mjwitte closed 9 years ago

mjwitte commented 10 years ago

From ticket 9866

[x] The IO Reference (version 8.1) implies that this limit only gets applied if Economizer Control Type = FixedEnthalpy. I was using control Type = FixedDryBulb, and thus assumed that the input value for “Economizer Maximum Limit Enthalpy” was being ignored. You might want to provide further clarification in the IO Reference.

mjwitte commented 10 years ago

Helpdesk ticket 10013

[x] Input Output Reference VRF output variable definition states that cooling electric power (and energy) include the crankcase heater. But this appears to be incorrect based on the code and the meter connections. @rraustad Please confirm that "(including crankcase heater)" should be deleted from this variable and the next.

VRF Heat Pump Cooling Electric Power [W] This output field is the cooling mode electricity consumption rate of the variable refrigerant flow heat pump in Watts. The consumption includes electricity used by the compressor (including crankcase heater),

VRF Heat Pump Cooling Electric Energy [J]

(MJW - Confirmed this by checking source code). This output field is the cooling mode electricity consumption of the variable refrigerant flow heat pump in Joules for the time period being reported. The consumption includes electricity used by the compressor (including crankcase heater),

mjwitte commented 10 years ago

[x] While working on defect #4319, noticed that there is an undocumented EMS actuator for ExteriorLights SetupEMSActuator( "ExteriorLights", ExteriorLights( Item ).Name, "Electric Power", "W", ExteriorLights( Item ).PowerActuatorOn, ExteriorLights( Item ).PowerActuatorValue ); This should be added to the EMS Application Guide. This is also Helpdesk Ticket 9356, duplicate issue #4323

mjwitte commented 10 years ago

[x] Change all occurrences of Bouyancy to Buoyancy (found during work on #4525 ) and
[x] Ancilliary --> Ancillary, and
[x] Emmissivity --> Emissivity, and
[x] elaspsed --> elapsed

mjwitte commented 10 years ago

[x] In the I/O Ref, Simplified ASHRAE 55-2004 Graph Related Outputs, the last variable name if missing "or Winter"

Facility Thermal Comfort ASHRAE 55 Simple Model Summer or Winter Clothes Not Comfortable Time [hr] The time when any zone is occupied that the combination of humidity ratio and operative temperature is not in the ASHRAE 55-2004 summer or winter clothes region (see above)

mjwitte commented 10 years ago

[x] In the I/O Ref, ElectricLoadCenter:Distribution, this field description is out of date. Need to confirm, but seems that is should mention AlternatingCurrentWithStorage and ElectricLoadCenter:Storage:Battery. Should review the entire object for completeness.

Field: Electrical Storage Object Name This field is used to identify the electrical storage connected to this load center (if any). This field is only used if the Electrical Buss Type is set to DirectCurrentWithInverterDCStorage or DirectCurrentWithInverterACStorage. Enter the name of an ElectricLoadCenter:Storage:Simple object defined elsewhere in the input file.

mjwitte commented 10 years ago

~~- [ ] I/O Ref - ZoneEarthtube, several field names are highlighted in green - not seeing any reason for these fields to be different from the rest.~~

MJW - Not present anymore after md conversion.