[esp-r] Re: Solar heating system control

[Achim Geissler]

Dear Ragnhild,

did you try the index of the tank in your plant network file (i.e. the number of the plant component there)?

Best
Achim



On Oct 29, 2013, at 10:56 AM, Ragnhild Haukland Løge <ragnhild.hl at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to model a solar heating system consisting of three components: solar collector, tank and a pump. 
> 
> I want the pump to operate only when the temperature difference between the solar collector and the storage tank is larger than 5 degrees C. 
> 
> Under Controls->Plants and systems-> sensor details-> senses output of a plant component, i choose the solar collector as the "plant component for sensor". I am then asked: "Plant component node for sensor?" and I assumed that because I have a one-node flat plate collector that the answer to this is 1. A followup question appears: "2nd Plant component index for sensor?". What number/index are they asking for here? I tried to write the index number for the plants database for the tank but it does not seem to work. Does anyone know how to define that the sensor should sense the temperature difference between two components?
> 
> In version 12, this part was clear as there was a question whether or not the sensor should sense a temperature difference between two components, but in the version I am using now I cannot figure it out.
> 
> I am using ESP-r version 11.4 (platform i686:Linux:2.6.23.1-21.fc7). I am still a novice user of the software and any help is much appreciated :)
> 
> Kind regards,
> Ragnhild Løge
> 
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