SIZING:PLANT

Specifies the input needed to autosize plant loop flow rates and equipment capacities. This information is initially used by components that use water for heating or cooling such as hot or chilled water coils to calculate their maximum water flow rates. These flow rates are then summed for use in calculating the Plant Loop flow rates.

Plant or Condenser Loop Name

Type: list of objects (PLANTLOOP or CONDENSERLOOP)
Enter the name of a PlantLoop or a CondenserLoop object

Loop Type

Type: choice (Heating, Cooling, Condenser or Steam)

Design Loop Exit Temperature

Type: real number
Unit: C

Loop Design Temperature Difference

Type: real number
Unit: deltaC

Sizing Option

Type: choice (Coincident or NonCoincident)
If Coincident is chosen, then sizing is based on HVAC Sizing Simulations and the input field called Do HVAC Sizing Simulation for Sizing Periods in SimulationControl must be set to Yes
Default: NonCoincident

Zone Timesteps in Averaging Window

Type: integer
This is used in the coincident sizing algorithm to apply a running average to peak flow rates that occur during HVAC Sizing Simulations
Minimum: 1
Default: 1

Coincident Sizing Factor Mode

Type: choice (None, GlobalHeatingSizingFactor, GlobalCoolingSizingFactor or LoopComponentSizingFactor)
This is used to adjust the result for coincident sizing by applying a sizing factor