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Currently posted most up-to-date eQUEST is
version 3.37 ... many new features
in all areas, including wizards, with added
material in the tutorial (version 3.25)
to explain simple use. Program,
documentation, weather files and training materials
are all freeware found at http://doe2.com/equest/ and this new
version will soon be at
For AutoCAD import and trace around (or just
manually created floor plans,
spaces, or surfaces) the maximum number of vertices
in 120. This version
also allows up to 4000 spaces and 8000 each for
exterior walls, windows and
2000 air-side HVAC systems. A 1440 space run
(with 792 exterior walls and 372
windows, 672 ground
coupled surfaces, 4080 interior walls, 648 building shades, 720
air-side
AHU's) runs through BDL in 90 seconds and completes
a year simulation, including
detail output reports, in just under 51 minutes on a Dell PWS450 (2.66GHz IX
processor and 1GB RAM) running Windows XP-Pro. This model (a 14 building
campus)
was created with the new muti-shell, muti-HVAC
Design Development wizard in
less than an hour; of course the use of custom
footprints and adjustments to space and
HVAC details (needed to represent a final design)
will add substantial information collection
and eQUEST input time.
In the interface there are many new wizard
capabilities (in both model creation wizards and the EEM wizard)
to allow you to get much closer to the final model
before making your transition into the detail
interface mode. Many new graphics reports
were added, including muti-run comparison graphics and input
summary reporting on the HVAC side (includes
specified and calculated HVAC sizing parameters.)
In addition to interface additions, some of the
Version 41 and 42 DOE-2.2 changes include
(see the six volume manual set posted in the
download area):
Space modeling enhancement:
Ice-Skating Rinks (including hourly calculated
radiative, convective, resurfacing, skater, and
sub-floor heating loads)
Electric Generation
Enhancement:
Photovoltaic Systems (including arrays,
inverters and mounting/shading hourly modeling)
Chiller additions including:
Air-Source Chiller/Heat-Pumps
Water-Source Chiller/Heat Pumps
Loop-to-Loop Chiller/Heat Pumps
Screw Chillers
Variable-Speed Centrifugals
Air-Cooled, Evaporatively-Cooled , and Remote
condensers
Condenser models allowing both off-rated and variable flow
Independent specification of chiller rated vs.
design conditions
(includes new CURVE-FIT TYPE of
BI-QUADRATIC-RATIO&dT)
Air-side HVAC enhancements:
Staged-Volume, Packaged Single-Zone AHU
model
Enhanced Economizer Controls
Air-to-Air Energy-Recovery
Ventilators AHU now has SIZING-METHOD specified
as FLOW/CAPACITY (cfm/ton) or CAPACITY/FLOW (tons/cfm) to allow coupling
between flow and capacity sizing
Return Duct Infiltration We invite you to download, examine and use
this freeware package and hope it
helps you deliver superior services to your
customers in a more cost effective manner.
--- Jeff Hirsch James J. Hirsch & Associates Building Performance Analysis Software & Consulting 12185 Presilla Road Camarillo, CA 93012-9243 USA phone: (805) 553-9000 fax: (805) 532-2401 email: Jeff.Hirsch@xxxxxxxx web: http://DOE2.com
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