I would be very careful about workarounds. If you run a simulation that has one instance of a component in it, then drag out a second instance and the results of the first change then it is almost certain that the Type was not programmed in such a way as to allow there to be multiple instances in a simulation. They are sharing some data structures internally and there isn't really any way of getting around that except if you use a compiler to make a copy of the Type, give it a new Type number, then recompile and link it into its own DLL.
In general the better solution is to be in contact with the author of Type399 (or with the distributor from whom you purchased it) and see if they can assist.
kind regards,
David
On 05/20/2016 11:02, NEMAR Maroun via
TRNSYS-users wrote:
Christian,I met almost the same problem two months ago, and I have solved hardly. I don't know how can I show you through email, if you could mail me your project and your PCM components to compare it with mine then to fix it for you. If there any problem with you PCM component, I'll make you know, if not I'll fix the problem the same way I've done.
Best regards,Maroun NEMAR
Building performance engineerBuilding Energy Analysis & EngineeringT: 0620548116
2016-05-20 16:38 GMT+01:00 Christian Herløv Krintel <trnsys-users@lists.onebuilding.org>:
Dear TRNSYS users,
I have a multizone building model, where I want to use two PCM components (Type 399) to model the ceilings of two adjacent rooms.
When I run the simulation I noticed that the two components somehow share information. The PCM temperature is the same in both components.
I tried to switch the component order in the Control Cards, which changes the PCM temperature, but they are still equal.
How can I run two instances of a type side-by-side? Is this a limitation in how Type 399 was programmed?
Best Regards
Christian
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