.Buildings.Controls.OBC.ASHRAE.G36.TerminalUnits.ParallelFanCVF.Subsequences.DamperValves

Information

This sequence sets the fan status, damper and valve position for constant-volume parallel fan-powered terminal unit. The implementation is according to Section 5.7.5 of ASHRAE Guideline 36, May 2020. The calculation is done following the steps below.

1. When the zone state is cooling (uCoo > 0), then the cooling loop output uCoo shall be mapped to the airflow setpoint from the minimum VActMin_flow to the cooling maximum VActCooMax_flow airflow setpoints. The heating coil is disabled (yVal=0).
   • If supply air temperature TSup from the AHU is greater than room temperature TZon, cooling supply airflow setpoint shall be no higher than the minimum.
2. When the zone state is deadband (uCoo=0 and uHea=0), then the active airflow setpoint shall be the minimum airflow setpoint VActMin_flow. The heating coil is disabled (yVal=0).
3. When the zone state is heating (uHea > 0),
   • As the heating-loop output uHea increases from 0% to 100%, it shall reset the discharge temperature THeaDisSet from the current AHU setpoint temperature TSupSet to a maximum of dTDisZonSetMax above space temperature setpoint.
   • The airflow setpoint shall be the minimum flow VActMin_flow.
   • The heating coil shall be modulated to maintain the discharge temperature at setpoint.
4. The VAV damper shall be modulated by a control loop to maintain the measured airflow at the active setpoint.
5. Fan control
   • Fan shall run whenever zone state is heating.
   • The fan shall run in deadband and cooling zone state when the primary airflow rate VPri_flow is less than the minimum outdoor airflow setpoint VOAMin_flow (if using California Title 24, it should be the zone absolute minimum outdoor airflow rate) for 1 minute, and shall shut off when the VPri_flow is above VOAMin_flow (or the zone absolute minimum outdoor airflow rate) by 10% for 3 minutes.

The sequences of controlling fan, damper position for constant-volume parallel fan-powered terminal unit are described in the following figure below.

As specified in Section 5.7.7 of ASHRAE Guideline 36, the airflow setpoint could be override by providing software switches that interlock to a system-level point to:

1. when oveFloSet equals to 1, force the zone airflow setpoint VPri_flow_Set to zero,
2. when oveFloSet equals to 2, force the zone airflow setpoint VPri_flow_Set to zone cooling maximum airflow rate VCooMax_flow,
3. when oveFloSet equals to 3, force the zone airflow setpoint VPri_flow_Set to zone minimum airflow setpoint VMin_flow.

Revisions

• August 24, 2023, by Jianjun Hu:
  Added AHU supply fan status for damper position reset.
  This is for issue 3257.
• January 12, 2023, by Jianjun Hu:
  Removed the parameter have_preIndDam to exclude the option of using pressure independant damper.
  This is for issue 3139.
• August 1, 2020, by Jianjun Hu:
  First implementation.