Standards.FluidCooler.rb in openstudio-standards-0.2.13.rc3

- old
+ new

@@ -12,12 +12,19 @@
   # by the efficiency.  Thus the fan power used as
   # an input to the simulation divided by the design flow
   # rate will not (and should not)
   # exactly equal the minimum tower performance.
   #
+  # @param fluid_cooler [OpenStudio::Model::FluidCoolerSingleSpeed,
+  #   OpenStudio::Model::FluidCoolerTwoSpeed,
+  #   OpenStudio::Model::EvaporativeFluidCoolerSingleSpeed,
+  #   OpenStudio::Model::EvaporativeFluidCoolerTwoSpeed] the fluid cooler
+  # @param equipment_type [String] heat rejection equipment type enumeration used for lookup query,
+  #   options are 'Closed Cooling Tower', modeled as an EvaporativeFluidCooler,
+  #   or 'Dry Cooler', modeled as a FluidCooler
   # @return [Bool] true if successful, false if not
-  def fluid_cooler_apply_minimum_power_per_flow(fluid_cooler)
+  def fluid_cooler_apply_minimum_power_per_flow(fluid_cooler, equipment_type: 'Closed Cooling Tower')
     # Get the design water flow rate
     if fluid_cooler.designWaterFlowRate.is_initialized
       design_water_flow_m3_per_s = fluid_cooler.designWaterFlowRate.get
     elsif fluid_cooler.autosizedDesignWaterFlowRate.is_initialized
       design_water_flow_m3_per_s = fluid_cooler.autosizedDesignWaterFlowRate.get
@@ -34,11 +41,11 @@
     # in the hvac standards data set.
     search_criteria = {}
     search_criteria['template'] = template
 
     # Closed cooling towers are fluidcooler objects.
-    search_criteria['equipment_type'] = 'Closed Cooling Tower'
+    search_criteria['equipment_type'] = equipment_type
 
     # TODO: Standards replace this with a mechanism to store this
     # data in the fluid cooler object itself.
     # For now, retrieve the fan type from the name
     name = fluid_cooler.name.get
@@ -119,6 +126,6 @@
       fluid_cooler.setLowFanSpeedFanPower(0.3 * fan_motor_actual_power_w)
     end
 
     return true
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end