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Connecting swimming pool to plant

Hey guys, I'm trying to model a swimming pool inside my building in E+, but I have never worked with water equipment and plant loops before, so I am looking for some basic know-how and guidelines (Maybe even a tutorial if anyone knows where to find that).

So i created my swimming pool object. Next step would be to create a HVACTemplate:Plant:MixedWaterLoop and a HVACTemplate:Plant:Boiler? How do I connect my pool to the loop? Through branches? Do I need to make a thermostat object to control the water temperature? It seems like that is included in the pool object.

Any help would be appreciated.

Christian Kongsgaard

asked 2016-08-05 04:44:48 -0500

updated 2016-08-05 13:45:28 -0500

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Check out the example file called 5ZoneSwimmingPool.idf in the E+ examples folder. That's probably the best way to see a basic layout.

Adam Hilton (2016-08-05 08:14:30 -0500) edit

The SVG file might be a good place to start to visualize the topology.

MatthewSteen (2016-08-05 10:00:04 -0500) edit

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Eppy can create a diagram of the plant loops using the eppy/useful_scripts/loopdiagram.py script. Running it on the 5ZoneSwimmingPool.idf example file produces this diagram. I've used this quite a bit in debugging plant layout issues before so it may be useful to you.

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It looks like the pool Test Pool is just connected to the HW Demand loop on its own branch in parallel with the other heating zones.

answered 2016-08-05 10:34:50 -0500

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