Report VAV/CAV reheat load in EnergyPlus

Hi all,

New e+ user here. I am running some .idf files (DOE commercial reference buildings) in EnergyPlus and need to retrieve some variables that are not in the standard reports. More specifically, I am looking for the reheat heating load for VAV/CAV boxes.

I can see that the reheating coils are listed in the HVAC EQUIPMENT section of the idf file, but I don't see any reheat information in the rdd/mdd (report/meter data dictionary) files. Does anyone know how I can include these specific variables in the report?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance!

gcampos

asked 2021-08-23 12:42:44 -0500

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Aaron Boranian

updated 2021-08-23 13:22:59 -0500

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You can generate output for your reheat coil similar to any heating coil, for example: Heating Coil Electric Energy , Heating Coil Heating Rate. Just use the name of your reheat coil as the key for output. Hope this helps !

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Aly ElHefny

answered 2021-08-23 15:01:06 -0500

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Yes, it did help! Do you know if there is any way to separate the energy from reheat and heat? I summed up the "Heating Coil Heating Energy" for all reheat coils and it's the same as the total facility heating (which in my understanding means that the reheat coils are also used for heating somehow). Thanks!

gcampos (2021-08-24 11:35:30 -0500) edit

To have the energy consumed in reheat you simply add the energy consumed by all the reheat coils. Reheat does not mean that you are in a cold winter day. Its related to your minimum outdoor air flow rate and your current loads for each individual zone. In your case, I believe you only have reheating.