# ******************************************************************************* # OpenStudio(R), Copyright (c) Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC. # See also https://openstudio.net/license # ******************************************************************************* module OsLib_QAQC # Check primary plant loop heating and cooling equipment capacity against # coil loads to find equipment that is significantly oversized or undersized. def check_plant_cap(category, target_standard, max_pct_delta = 0.1, name_only = false) # summary of the check check_elems = OpenStudio::AttributeVector.new check_elems << OpenStudio::Attribute.new('name', 'Plant Capacity') check_elems << OpenStudio::Attribute.new('category', category) check_elems << OpenStudio::Attribute.new('description', 'Check that plant equipment capacity matches loads.') # stop here if only name is requested this is used to populate display name for arguments if name_only == true results = [] check_elems.each do |elem| results << elem.valueAsString end return results end std = Standard.build(target_standard) begin # Check the heating and cooling capacity of the plant loops against their coil loads @model.getPlantLoops.each do |plant_loop| # Heating capacity htg_cap_w = std.plant_loop_total_heating_capacity(plant_loop) # Cooling capacity clg_cap_w = std.plant_loop_total_cooling_capacity(plant_loop) # Heating and cooling loads plant_loop.demandComponents.each do |dc| # Get the load for each coil htg_load_w = 0.0 clg_load_w = 0.0 obj_type = sc.iddObjectType.valueName.to_s case obj_type when 'OS_Coil_Heating_Water' coil = sc.to_CoilHeatingWater.get if coil.ratedCapacity.is_initialized clg_load_w += coil.ratedCapacity.get elsif coil.autosizedRatedCapacity.is_initialized clg_load_w += coil.autosizedRatedCapacity.get end when 'OS_Coil_Cooling_Water' coil = sc.to_CoilCoolingWater.get if coil.autosizedDesignCoilLoad.is_initialized clg_load_w += coil.autosizedDesignCoilLoad.get end end end # Don't check loops with no loads. These are probably # SWH or non-typical loops that can't be checked by simple methods. # Heating if htg_load_w > 0 htg_cap_kbtu_per_hr = OpenStudio.convert(htg_cap_w, 'W', 'kBtu/hr').get.round(1) htg_load_kbtu_per_hr = OpenStudio.convert(htg_load_w, 'W', 'kBtu/hr').get.round(1) if ((htg_cap_w - htg_load_w) / htg_cap_w).abs > max_pct_delta check_elems << OpenStudio::Attribute.new('flag', "For #{plant_loop.name}, the total heating capacity of #{htg_cap_kbtu_per_hr} kBtu/hr is more than #{(max_pct_delta * 100.0).round(2)}% different from the combined coil load of #{htg_load_kbtu_per_hr} kBtu/hr. This could indicate significantly oversized or undersized equipment.") end end # Cooling if clg_load_w > 0 clg_cap_tons = OpenStudio.convert(clg_cap_w, 'W', 'ton').get.round(1) clg_load_tons = OpenStudio.convert(clg_load_w, 'W', 'ton').get.round(1) if ((clg_cap_w - clg_load_w) / clg_cap_w).abs > max_pct_delta check_elems << OpenStudio::Attribute.new('flag', "For #{plant_loop.name}, the total cooling capacity of #{clg_cap_kbtu_per_hr} tons is more than #{(max_pct_delta * 100.0).round(2)}% different from the combined coil load of #{clg_load_kbtu_per_hr} tons. This could indicate significantly oversized or undersized equipment.") end end end rescue StandardError => e # brief description of ruby error check_elems << OpenStudio::Attribute.new('flag', "Error prevented QAQC check from running (#{e}).") # backtrace of ruby error for diagnostic use if @error_backtrace then check_elems << OpenStudio::Attribute.new('flag', e.backtrace.join("\n").to_s) end end # add check_elms to new attribute check_elem = OpenStudio::Attribute.new('check', check_elems) return check_elem # note: registerWarning and registerValue will be added for checks downstream using os_lib_reporting_qaqc.rb end end