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Topics: 30 / Replies: 172
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Answer to: How can I fix the error of 'wall must be adjacent to a different zone' when my wall is?

@eman_mag I have not encountered that error; would you mind posting the *.idf (and *.b18 file if one is being generated) so that I can have a look? ...

12 months ago
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RE: TRNSYS, Type29

@academictester and @petaxa @petaxa @academictester is correct; I did apparently fix this issue with a v18 release. The v17 copy that I was using ...

12 months ago
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Answer to: Is there any tool in TRNSYS to perform a kind of inverse technique to estimate unknown parameters of a component based on experimental data?

@ken The way that I usually do this is to use TRNOpt (part of the TESS Optimization library). Essentially you can define a cost function (in your ca...

12 months ago
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RE: Active Layer Settings

@Manaya_ Your English is excellent! Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding to your follow up. I believe that the active layer mode...

12 months ago
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Answer to: Type 45a: how to modify the friction factor?

@ken I believe that equation 4.9.2-5 applies to the collector inlet and outlet pipes whereas the other equation applies to the pipes and risers tha...

12 months ago
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RE: How to modify the set value of the maximum of a parameter of a TRNSYS proforma?

@ken It may be worth noting that sometimes the limits that are placed on proformas are there because of limitations in the code. For instance, Type45...

12 months ago
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Answer to: How to modify the set value of the maximum of a parameter of a TRNSYS proforma?

@ken, Changes that you make to the proformas are not automatically reflected in projects that use those proformas. Think of the proforma as a template...

12 months ago
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Answer to: Type 45a: how could a heat exchanger be included in the tank model?

@ken, I think that you would have to modify the source code in order to do that. Does the collector you are modeling have a load side heat exchanger? ...

12 months ago
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Answer to: Loop statement unsupported in TRNSYS 18?

@baumstrunk Damian, if the LOOP command is not functioning in v18 it is a bug and not something intentional. That said, Type22 has the concept o...

1 year ago
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Answer to: Latent gain from plants

Type56 takes latent gains in kg/h of water so as an absolute humidity gain. As a side note, there is an evapotranspiration model included in the lat...

1 year ago
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Answer to: Issue with Running Simulation in Simulation Studio - Multiple Thermal Zones

Just to close the loop on this question; the SketchUp building model had a number of incorrectly assigned constructions, and some airnodes that were n...

1 year ago
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Answer to: absolute value in equation block

Farah, the function ABS() returns the absolute value of whatever is inside the parenthesis. You can try: myVariable = 100*SIN(TIME*4) myOtherVar...

1 year ago
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RE: Type 581 "file not found"

@sescuder and @A_Weiss This is definitely a bug in the v18 libraries. We'll get a fix released with the next update. The three possible workarounds ar...

1 year ago
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RE: Active Layer Settings

@manaya_ >> Even if the flow rate is sufficient, is it ok to divide the active layer in case the flow rate is very low? You'll need to seg...

1 year ago
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Answer to: DC-FILES error

Wirich, This is an error that will need to be investigated by a developer. Can you please send the project, *.b18 and any other files needed in o...

1 year ago
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