TemperatureLevelControlTutorial

Itiscommonlydesiredtomodelabuildingintemperaturelevelcontrolfromenergyratecontrol. ThistutorialdemonstrateschangingtheTRNSYSRestaurantExamplefromenergyratecontrolto temperaturelevelcontrol.Therearefourimportantstepstoimplementtemperaturelevelcontrol: turningofftheinternalheatingandcoolinginType56,definingtheinputs,definingtheoutputs,and connectingthepropermechanicalcomponentsintheSimulationStudio.Thistutorialwillguide througheachofthesteps. OpentheRestaurant.tpfexampleprojectintheSimulationStudiofromtheTRNSYSExamples directory.RightclickontheType56componentandclickEditBuilding.Atthispointitis recommendedthattheprojectandbuildingaresavedasdifferentnames(FileSaveas).Inthe TRNBuildManagerwindow,openthezone,DINING.OpentheHeatingbutton,andclicktheoff buttonasshowninFigure1.ThisactionremovestheTRNBUILDinternalheatingsettingforthezone. Theinternalcoolingforthezoneisalreadyoff,buttheinternalcoolingandheatingfortheotherzone, KITCHEN,needstobeturnedoff.

Figure1:HeatingforDiningRoomZone

IntheTRNBuildManagerwindowopenthezone,KITCHEN.OpentheHeatingbutton,andclicktheoff buttonasshowninFigure2.Thesameneedstobedonefortheinternalcoolingsettingforthezone asshowninFigure3.


Figure2:HeatingforKitchenZone

Figure3:CoolingforKitchenZone

ThenextsteptoachievetemperaturelevelcontrolistocreatethenecessaryinputsforType56in TRNBuild.OpentheVentilationTypeManagerfromthemenubar(TypemanagerVentilation).Only theventilationforthekitchenzonehasbeenpreviouslydefinedasshowninthedropdownmenuin theVentilationTypeManager(Figure4).InsteadofdefiningtheventilationbyascheduleasinFigure 4,clickonthebluearrowinAirchangeofVentilation.


Figure4:KitchenZoneVentilationPriortoDefiningInput

ClickontheInputbuttonratherthantheSchedulebutton(Figure5).

Figure5:DefiningVentilationasanInputintoType56

Anewinputmaybecreatedbyusingthedropdownmenuandclickingonnew(Figure6).


Figure6:CreatingaNewInputforVentilation

DefinethenewinputasM_DOT_KITCHinthepopupwindowandpresstheOKbutton(Figure7).

Figure7:NamingtheNewInputforVentilation

Itisextremelyvitaltonotethattheventilationisrateisanairchangeofventilation(1/hr).Toconvert theTRNSYSflowrateunitsofkg/hrtoairchangesofventilation,multiplybytheinverseofthe productofthedensityofairandthezonevolume(Equation1). (1)

Inthecaseofthekitchenzonewithavolumeof168.75m3andassumingthatairhasadensityof1.20 kg/m3,themultiplierfortheinputmassflowratewouldbeabout0.005asshowninFigure8. Alternatively,anexternalequationmaybeusedintheSimulationStudiofortheconversion.

Figure8:UsingaMultipliertoConvertInputMassFlowRate

PresstheOKbuttontogobacktotheVentilationTypeManagerforthekitchenzone.The TemperatureofAirFlowandtheRelativeHumidityofAirFlowalsoneedtobedefinedasinputs.Using

thepreviousprocesstodefineinputs,createanewinputfortheinlettemperatureandrelative humiditytothekitchenzonecalledT_IN_KITCHandRH_IN_KITCH,respectively.TheVentilationType ManagerforthekitchenzoneshouldlooklikethatinFigure9.

Figure9:InputsfortheKitchenZoneVentilation

Thesamesetofinputsneedstobedefinedforthediningroomzone.Tocreateanewventilation type,simplyclickontheNinthegreenboxofthelowerrighthandoftheVentilationTypeManager window(Figure10).Addinganewventilationtypemayalsobedonebyclickingonthezonenamein theTRNBuildManager,clickingontheVentilationiconbuttonintheRegimeData,andthenaddinga newventilationtype.

Figure10:NewVentilationTypeButton

Namethenewtype,DININGandclicktheNewbutton(Figure11).


Figure11:NamingaNewVentilationTypeforDiningRoomZone

Usingthesameprocessforcreatinginputs,definetheflowrate,inlettemperature,andtheinlet relativehumidityforthediningroomzone,M_DOT_DINING,T_IN_DINING,andRH_IN_DINING, respectively.Sincethediningroomistwicethevolumeasthekitchenzone,themultiplierforthe airchangeofventilationwillbe0.0025.Theventilationtypeforthediningroomzoneshouldlooklike thatinFigure12.

Figure12:InputsforDiningRoomZoneVentilation

Thenecessaryinputsfortemperaturelevelcontrolhavebeendefinedandwillbelistedasinputsinto Type56intheSimulationStudio. Now,thenecessaryoutputsforinTRNBuildhavetobeimplemented.IntheProjectwindow,clickon theOutputsbutton(Figure13).


Figure13:TheProjectWindowwiththeOutputsButton

DoubleclickontheexistingsetofoutputsfortheDINING,KITCHEN,andSTORAGEzones(Figure14).

Figure14:TheOutputWindow

Manyofthepossibleoutputsareincluded,butitisdesiredtoaddtherelativehumidityoutput, RELHUM.AddtheRELHUM(Figure15),clickOK,andclickOKagainintheOutputswindow.


Figure15:AddingtheRelativeHumidityOutput

Savethe*.buifile,closeTRNBuild,andgobacktotheSimulationStudio.RightclickonType56and clickonUpdatebuildingvariablelist(Figure16).Thiswillupdatetheinputsandoutputsthatwere justcreatedinType56.

Figure16:UpdatingtheType56VariableList

Theprojectisnowreadytoobtainthemechanicalcomponentsfortemperaturelevelcontrol.The usermaychoosetohaveboththediningroomandkitchenzonesonthesamemechanicalequipment oronseparatemechanicalequipmentasshowninFigure17.Inthecaseofthisexample,thereisa Type112bfan,aType92auxiliarycoolingunit,aType121bfurnace,andaType108thermostatforeach ofthetwoconditionedzones.Grabthecomponentsfromtheproformawindowtreeontherightside oftheSimulationStudioanddragthemintotheSimulationStudioProject. TheType108thermostatswillmonitorthezonetemperatures,soconnecttheType56outputs, TAIR_KITCHENandTAIR_DINING,totherespectiveType108inputmonitoringtemperature.The outputsofType108,Controlsignalfor1ststageheating,Controlsignalfor1ststagecooling,and Conditioningsignal,shouldbeconnectedasaninputtotheControlfunctionoftheType121bfurnace, Tyep92auxiliarycoolingunit,andType112bfan,respectively.TheblackdottedlinesinFigure17 representthecontrolsignalconnectionsfortheType108thermostat.


Figure17:AddingMechanicalComponentsintheSimulationStudio

ThesolidbluelinerepresentstheairstreamtemperatureflowinFigure17.Thezoneoutputsof temperatureandrelativehumidityshouldbeconnectedtotheinputsoftheType112bfan.Setthe fansatanominalflowrateof1500kg/hr.Continueconnectingtheairflowrate,temperature,and relativehumiditytoandfromthemechanicalequipmentintheSimulationStudio.Notethatthe Type92auxiliarycoolingunitcannotreceiverelativehumidityasaninput,somakeaconnectionfrom thefantotheType121bfurnacetoconnecttherelativehumidityonly. WhenmakingtheconnectionfromtheType121bfurnacetotheType56multizone,thenewinputs thatwerecreatedinTRNBuildwillbedisplayedintheconnectionwindow(Figure18).

Figure18:ConnectiontoNewInputsinType56

ItisimportanttonoteafewthingsaboutusingtemperaturelevelcontrolintheTRNSYS.Thereisno outputmassflowratefortheairinType56.AsshowninFigure17bythebluedottedlineinthe SimulationStudio,theoutputairflowratefromType121bfurnaceistheinputintotheType112bfan. Thesimulationtimestepshouldbesmalltoaccountforthetemperaturemonitoringofthe thermostat.Last,themechanicalconditioningshouldbeadjustedaccordinglyforthezoneloads. PleaseseetheexamplesRestaurantTLC.tpfandRestaurantTLC.buiformoredetails.