Cooling Control

90.1-2016 BM

Cooling Supply Air Temperature

Applicability

Applicable to all systems

Definition

The supply air temperature setpoint at design cooling conditions

Units

Degrees Fahrenheit (°F)

Input Restrictions

As designed

Baseline Rules

20°F below the space setpoint

 

Cooling Supply Air Temperature Control

Applicability

Any cooling system

Definition

The method of controlling the supply air temperature. Choices are:

  • No control – for this scheme the cooling coils are energized whenever there is a call for cooling
  • Fixed (constant)
  • Reset by warmest zone, airflow first
  • Reset by warmest zone, temperature first
  • Reset by outside air dry-bulb temperature
  • Scheduled setpoint
  • Staged setpoint (for single zone VAV and DX with multiple stages)

Units

List (see above)

Input Restrictions

As designed

Baseline Rules

For baseline building systems 1 through 4, the SAT control is fixed. For systems 5 through 8, the air temperature for coolingshall be reset higher by 5°F under the minimum cooling load conditions using a reset by warmest zone, flow first strategy This strategy sets the cooling coil temperature each hour to adequately cool the zone with the highest temperature. find the lowest supply air flow rate that will satisfy all the zone cooling loads at the maximum setpoint temperature. If this flow is greater than the maximum, the flow is set to the maximum and the setpoint temperature is reduced to satisfy the cooling loads. The airflow first strategy minimizes zone reheat coil energy (or overcooling) and central chiller energy consumption at the cost of possible increased fan energy. This SAT reset may driven back to the design SAT if a maximum humidity setpoint is not met.

For system 9 and 10 (heating and ventilation) this input is not applicable.

 

Cooling Reset Schedule by OSA

Applicability

When the proposed design resets SAT by outside air dry-bulb temperature

Definition

A linear reset schedule that represents the SAT setpoint as a function of outdoor air dry-bulb temperature. This schedule is defined by the following data points (see figures below:

  • The coldest cooling supply air temperature
  • The corresponding (hot) outdoor air dry-bulb setpoint
  • The warmest cooling supply air temperature
  • The corresponding (cool) outdoor air dry-bulb setpoint

sat_cooling_reset.jpg

 

 Figure 3.7.2-1: SAT Cooling Setpoint Reset based on Outdoor Air Temperature (OAT)

Units

Data structure (two matched pairs of SAT and OAT, see above)

Input Restrictions

As designed.

Baseline Rules

The schedule defaults to:

Supply Air High = Supply Air Low + 5

Supply Low = (greater of SAT or 50F)

Outside High = 80°F

Outside Low = 60°F