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If you want to autosize a cooling tower, choose your tower Performance Input Method
to be UFactorTimesAreaAndDesignWaterFlowRate
it can be auto-sized if you leave the default values.
As for the oversizing factor required by code, change your Sizing:Parameters
Cooling Sizing Factor
to 1.15.
If you want to autosize a cooling tower, choose your tower You can replace the Performance Input MethodCoolingTower:TwoSpeedto be object for a UFactorTimesAreaAndDesignWaterFlowRateDistricCoolingit can be auto-sized if you leave the default values.
As for the oversizing factor required by code, change object. Set your Sizing:Parameters
Cooling Sizing Factor
to 1.15.1.15. Run the simulation and search for the autosized value of the "DistrictCooling' and then replace the object with your CoolingTower
and set the nominal capacity to be the same as the DistrictCooling
.
You will need to calculate the Free convection capacity
as detailed here.