Closed mwetter closed 2 years ago
@karthikeyad-pnnl: can you please look into how to correct this and make a pull request.
@karthikeyad-pnnl: can you please look into how to correct this and make a pull request.
@mwetter : I have some ideas about how to change the logic. I will make the appropriate changes by the end of this week.
@mwetter : I have implemented changes to the logic to resolve the issues mentioned here. They have got coupled with some previous changes on PR #123. Please let me know if you would like me to submit these changes through a separate PR.
For the case study, ensure that pumps start at minimum speed, and the boiler should likely also start at the minimum firing rate (of say 20 to 30%). Below is a plot that shows that these start with
y=1
:Also, it looks incorrect that the boiler cycles, but is never operated at part load.
The figure was simulated with
using commit 0e00d31ed75f6568058865c9b3047ae36e547fdf