IB FluidCoolerSingleSpeed

Fluid coolers are components that may be assigned to condenser loops. The Fluid cooler is modeled as a cross flow heat exchanger (both streams unmixed) with single-speed fans (induced draft configuration). The user must define fluid cooler performance via one of the two methods: design heat transfer coefficient-area product (UA) and design water flow rate, or nominal fluid cooler capacity at a specific rating point. Regardless of which method is chosen, the design airflow rate and corresponding fan power must be specified. The fluid cooler seeks to maintain the temperature of the water exiting the fluid cooler at (or below) a set point. The set point schedule value is defined by the field ``Condenser Loop Temperature Setpoint Node Name or Reference'' for the CondenserLoop object. The model assumes that part-load operation is represented by a simple linear interpolation between two steady-state regimes (i.e., fluid cooler fan on for the entire simulation timestep and fluid cooler fan o.... (Due to the length of content, documentation has been shown partially) Above content copyright © 1996-2025 EnergyPlus, all contributors. All rights reserved. EnergyPlus is a trademark of the US Department of Energy.

Inputs

• params

Detail settings for this HVAC object. Use Ironbug_ObjParams to set input parameters, or use Ironbug_OutputParams to set output variables.

Outputs

• FluidCooler

FluidCoolerSingleSpeed