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Revert "Adopt the Extended Heat Index calculation in zone resilience" #10732

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Expand Up @@ -66,17 +66,69 @@ \subsubsection{Heat Index}\label{heat-index}
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

Before version 24.2, the computation of the heat index is a refinement of a result obtained by
The computation of the heat index is a refinement of a result obtained by
multiple regression analysis carried out by Lans P. Rothfusz and described in a
1990 National Weather Service (NWS) Technical Attachment (SR 90-23) [4-5].
1990 National Weather Service (NWS) Technical Attachment (SR 90-23) [4-5]. The
calculation is based on degree Fahrenheit.

Starting from version 24.2, the heat index calculation adopts the extended heat
index method developed by Lu \& Romps [17]. The previous heat index gives
unrealistic results for very hot and humid or very cold and dry conditions. The
extended index extends the domain of the heat index calculation to all
combinations of temperature and relative humidity and gives a more realistic heat
index for the extreme conditions. The implementation in EnergyPlus is based on
the released Python code by Lu and Romps [18].
The regression equation of Rothfusz is
\begin{equation} \label{eq:rm-1}
HI = c_1 + c_2T + c_3R + c_4TR + c_5T^2 + c_6R^2 + c_7T^2R + c_8TR^2 + c_9T^2R^2
\end{equation}

where

HI = heat index (expressed as an apparent temperature in degrees Fahrenheit),

T = ambient dry-bulb temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit),

R = relative humidity (percentage value between 0 and 100),

$c_1$ = -42.379,

$c_2$ = 2.04901523,

$c_3$ = 10.14333127,

$c_4$ = -0.22475541,

$c_5$ = -0.00683783,

$c_6$ = -0.05481717,

$c_7$ = 0.00122874,

$c_8$ = 0.00085282,

$c_9$ = -0.00000199.

If the RH is less than 13\% and the temperature is between 80 and \IP{112}{\fahrenheit}, then
the following adjustment is subtracted from HI:

\begin{equation} \label{eq:rm-2}
HI = (13 - R) / 4 * ((17 - |T - 95|) / 17)^{0.5}
\end{equation}

Otherwise, if the RH is greater than 85\% and the temperature is between 80 and
\IP{87}{\fahrenheit}, then the following adjustment is added to HI:

\begin{equation} \label{eq:rm-3}
HI = (R - 85) / 10 * (87 - T) / 5
\end{equation}

The Rothfusz regression is not appropriate when conditions of temperature and
humidity warrant a heat index value below about \IP{80}{\fahrenheit}. In those cases, a simpler
formula is applied to calculate values consistent with Steadman's results:

\begin{equation} \label{eq:rm-4}
HI = 0.5 * (T + 61.0 + (T - 68.0) * 1.2 + (R * 0.094))
\end{equation}

In practice, the simple formula is computed first based on the temperature and
humidity. If this heat index value is \IP{80}{\fahrenheit} or higher, the full regression
equation along with any adjustment as described above is applied. The Rothfusz
regression is not valid for extreme temperature and relative humidity conditions
beyond the range of data considered by Steadman.

The Heat Index Hours (accumulated hours for a space) and Heat Index
OccupantHours (accumulated hours for the sum of all occupants in a space) of
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{[}16{]} ACGIH, Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
(BEIs), 2012. doi:10.1073/pnas.0703993104.

{[}17{]} Lu, Yi-Chuan, and David M. Romps. ``Extending the heat index''. Journal
of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 61, no. 10 (2022): 1367-1383.
doi:10.1073/pnas.0703993104.

{[}18{]} Lu, Yi-Chuan, and David M. Romps. ``Lu and Romps, Extending the heat index, JAMC, 2022'',
Physics of Climate, February 23, 2023.
https://romps.berkeley.edu/papers/pubs-2020-heatindex.html.
2 changes: 0 additions & 2 deletions src/EnergyPlus/CMakeLists.txt
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EvaporativeFluidCoolers.hh
ExhaustAirSystemManager.cc
ExhaustAirSystemManager.hh
ExtendedHI.cc
ExtendedHI.hh
ExteriorEnergyUse.cc
ExteriorEnergyUse.hh
ExternalInterface.cc
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