Revision history  [back]

You placed the relief fan onto the main branch, when you should instead add it to the AirLoopHVAC:OutdoorAirSystem:EquipmentList (named West Data Center OA Equipment)

I located one example: Take a look at file 5ZoneAirCooledConvCoef.idf, circa line 2690: https://github.com/NREL/EnergyPlus/blob/f1a13ce86414694ee4f76da536cc08ff19f27fd8/testfiles/5ZoneAirCooledConvCoef.idf#L2686-L2691

AirLoopHVAC:OutdoorAirSystem:EquipmentList,
  OA Sys 1 Equipment,      !- Name
  OutdoorAir:Mixer,        !- Component 1 Object Type
  OA Mixing Box 1,         !- Component 1 Name
  Fan:VariableVolume,      !- Component 2 Object Type
  Relief Fan 1;            !- Component 2 Name

If instead you wanted the fan placed before the AirLoopHVACOutdoorAirSystem (to control the total flow of return from zones), then your node connections just don't match.

You placed the relief fan onto the main branch, when you should instead add it to the AirLoopHVAC:OutdoorAirSystem:EquipmentList (named West Data Center OA Equipment)

I located one example: Take a look at file 5ZoneAirCooledConvCoef.idf, circa line 2690: https://github.com/NREL/EnergyPlus/blob/f1a13ce86414694ee4f76da536cc08ff19f27fd8/testfiles/5ZoneAirCooledConvCoef.idf#L2686-L2691

AirLoopHVAC:OutdoorAirSystem:EquipmentList,
  OA Sys 1 Equipment,      !- Name
  OutdoorAir:Mixer,        !- Component 1 Object Type
  OA Mixing Box 1,         !- Component 1 Name
  Fan:VariableVolume,      !- Component 2 Object Type
  Relief Fan 1;            !- Component 2 Name

If instead you wanted the fan placed before the AirLoopHVACOutdoorAirSystem (to control the total flow of return from zones), then your node connections just don't match.