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TimMcDowell
@timmcdowell
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Joined: Feb 28, 2023
Last seen: Jun 18, 2025
Topics: 2 / Replies: 21
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Answer to: How to solve a system of two equations

If you apply some algebra to the equations you specified, they can be solved directly: m_ia = m_ar(0.009 - Woa)/(Wia-Woa) and m_oa = m_ar - m_ia T...

11 months ago
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Answer to: Debugging with Visual Studio - ifort compiler not supported

Unfortunately, TRNSYS 18 is not compatible with the IFX compiler. There is some coding that is no longer supported in IFX and there is no work-around ...

1 year ago
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RE: Storage Tanks Type 534-NoHXs

I can set the initial temperature for Type534 to -120 with no errors. You should send your project file and all files needed to run your project to yo...

1 year ago
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RE: Storage Tanks Type 534-NoHXs

If you want to change the initial temperature of the tank, double click on the component in your project. The proforma should open with a series of ta...

1 year ago
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RE: Storage Tanks Type 534-NoHXs

Since you can change the initial temperatures in the derivative tab it will make no difference if it is a parameter instead. The default initial tempe...

1 year ago
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RE: Storage Tanks Type 534-NoHXs

I still do not understand how this relates to needing to change initial temperature from being a derivative. That value is only used at the start of t...

1 year ago
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RE: Storage Tanks Type 534-NoHXs

Can you explain the reasoning for not wanting it as a derivative? They are just as easy to specify as parameters.

1 year ago
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Answer to: Thermal mass in Type 56

Any wall that you have entered into your building model whether it is a boundary wall or an internal wall, that mass is already included in the model....

1 year ago
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Answer to: ERROR in TRNBUILD (layers)

This error indicates that your wall is too massive for the transfer functions to be correctly calculated. You can increase the timebase of the buildin...

1 year ago
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Answer to: Storage Tanks Type 534-NoHXs

With the Type 534-noHX model, the initial tank temperatures are set using the derivatives tab of the component proforma. There is no need to modify th...

1 year ago
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RE: Incorrect length of simulation (I_LENGTH) written to .dck file

@wsdols Please send us the tpf file so we can see why it is creating such a dck file.

1 year ago
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Answer to: Incorrect length of simulation (I_LENGTH) written to .dck file

The snippet you included is from a TRNSED file (*.trd) and not a deck file (*.dck). The extra comments in the file are there to define the user interf...

1 year ago
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Answer to: Cool Prop Problem

There was a bug in the CoolProp interface where the pressure was passed with the incorrect units. This was corrected in version 18.06.0000. You should...

2 years ago
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RE: Moving TRNSYS from one computer to another

In this case you will need to reach out to your TRNSYS distributor and they can manually return the license. You will need to provide the user name an...

2 years ago
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