VAVTurndownDuringReheat

Brief Description

When a vav box is in reheat mode, the ratio of v_dot_vav to v_dot_vav_max should be higher than when it isn’t in reheat mode

Index Description

  • Section 6.5.2.1 ASHRAE 90.1-2016

Datapoints Description

  • reheat_coil_flag: VAV box reheat coil operation status

  • V_dot_VAV: VAV airflow rate

  • V_dot_VAV_max: VAV max airflow rate

Type Verification Description

Procedure-based

Assertions Type

Pass

Assertions Description

  • if (reheat_coil_flag == False).all():

  • Untested

  • else:

  • V_dot_VAV_ratio = V_dot_VAV/V_dot_VAV_max

  • mean_reheat_ratio = df.loc[self.df[reheat_coil_flag], V_dot_VAV_ratio].mean()

  • mean_no_reheat_ratio = df.loc[~self.df[reheat_coil_flag], V_dot_VAV_ratio].mean()

  • if mean_reheat_ratio < mean_no_reheat_ratio:

  • pass

  • else:

  • fail

  • end