modelCoolingModeNonIntegrated

Cooling mode controller in the chilled water system with a non-integrated waterside economizer

Extends from Modelica.Blocks.Icons.Block (Basic graphical layout of input/output block).

Information

Chilled water plant with a non-integrated waterside economizer (WSE) have two cooling modes: free cooling (FC) mode and fully mechanical cooling (FMC) mode. This model determines when to activate FC or FMC for a chilled water system with 2 chillers and 1 waterside economizer.

The FMC mode is activated when

  • TWetBulb≥ TWetBulb,tran, or
  • TCHWST≥TCHWSTSet + deaBan,

and the FC mode is activated when

  • TWetBulb< TWetBulb,tran, and
  • numOnChi<2,

where TWetBulb is the wet bulb temperature of the outdoor air, TWetBulb,tran is the wet bulb temperature transition point for switching between FC and FMC, TCHWST is the chilled water supply temperature, TCHWSTSet is the chilled water supply temperature setpoint,and numOnChi is the number of running chillers.

Parameters

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Modelica.Units.SI.TemperatureDifferencedeaBanDead band width for switching waterside economizer off
Modelica.Units.SI.TemperatureTSwiTemperature transition to free cooling mode
Modelica.Units.SI.TimetWaiWaiting time

Connectors

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.IntegerInputnumOnChiNumber of running chillers
Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealInputTWetBulWet bulb temperature of outdoor air
Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealInputTCHWSupTemperature of leaving chilled water
Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealInputTCHWSupSetTemperature setpoint of leaving chilled water
Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.IntegerOutputyCooling mode signal (1: free cooling mode, 3: fully mechanical cooling)

Components

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Modelica.StateGraph.InitialStepWithSignalfreCooFree cooling mode
Modelica.StateGraph.StepWithSignalfulMecCooFully mechanical cooling mode
Modelica.StateGraph.Transitioncon1Fire condition 1: free cooling to fully mechanical cooling
Modelica.Blocks.MathInteger.MultiSwitchswiSwitch boolean signals to real signal
Modelica.StateGraph.Transitioncon2Fire condition 2: fully mechanical cooling to free cooling
Modelica.StateGraph.StateGraphRootstateGraphRoot

Revisions

  • July 30, 2017, by Yangyang Fu:
    First implementation.