Release notes Seasonal Simulator 2.4.0.0
Version date: dec 4, 2017
Jira issues
SSS-5. Calculation refreshes when changing building profile or climate
Release notes Seasonal Simulator 2.3.0.0
Version date: Aug 8, 2017
Jira issues
SSS-3. Seasonal Simulator Database Update.
Release notes Seasonal Simulator 2.1.0.1
Version date: April 23, 2014
The results of the seasonal efficiency calculation on the compare-tab were displayed incorrectly if one of the solutions had a zero cooling load (e.g. when a VRV system was compared with a gas heater).
Release notes Seasonal Simulator 2.0.2.6
Version date: March 25, 2014
TopDesk Incidents
140321-027 The connection ratio slider for Altherma Flex models could not be changed.
Release notes Seasonal Simulator 2.0.2.5
Version date: March 10, 2014
Repaired translation preview mode, which was broken.
Release notes Seasonal Simulator 2.0.2.3
Version date: March 7, 2014
TopDesk incidents
140303-042The maximal capacity of a system with a backup heater (e.g. an Altherma system with gas heater) is increased.
140217-055The quantity of a system was not taken into account in comparing the load of two solutions
1402030-043When comparing the load of two solutions, backup heaters appeared to have some cooling load.
140128-019All terms appearing in the UI are now translatable. Also, more screen elements now resize to the text they contain, so longer translations are not clipped.
Release notes Seasonal Simulator 2.0.1.2
Version date: Januari 22, 2014
Fixed an errorin the handling of ‘&’-sign by the translation module.
Release notes Seasonal Simulator 2.0.1.1
Version date: Januari 6, 2014
Fixed a bug that made the application crash when opening a project file.
Release notes Seasonal Simulator 2.0.1.0
Version date: December 19, 2013
This version of the Simulator contains many improvements over version 1, like:
-Multi-system solutions
-Back-up heaters
-Custom building types
-Support of Watercooled VRV, Altherma and Altherma Flex models
-Advanced load profiles like constant cool load or constant heat load
-Solution basket and comparison of solutions
-Return of investment
Release notes Seasonal Simulator (acc) 2.0.0.41
Version date: December 18, 2013
TopDesk Incidents
131217-009New version of the pdf-document with the calculation steps
131217-047The cooling and heating sliders are now also adjusted if the indoor cooling or heating temperature are changed.
Release notes Seasonal Simulator (acc) 2.0.0.39
Version date: December 17, 2013
TopDesk Incidents
131217-009A link to the pdf-document with the calculation steps has been added to the results tab and the compare tab.
131217-022Label ‘Indoor temperatures’ changed to ‘Indoor temperatures (CDB)’
131217-023The application now shows a warning whenever the currency is changed, or when another currency than Euros is selected.
Release notes Seasonal Simulator (acc) 2.0.0.38
Version date: December 16, 2013
New disclaimer text
The hyperlink (“more information here”) in the disclaimer text points to (in the production version of the software, the link will point to the same url, without ‘acc’.)
As a side effect of making this hyperlink work, the mailto-link at the end of the disclaimer text is now a functional link as well.
New prices
The default prices, etc in the preferences are updated according to the table below.
Note, however, that these values will only be applied in new installations of the software. Existing installations will continue using the existing values.
TODO
The country dependent CO2 emission factors still have to be changed in the central database. Changing these values will not require a new version of the Simulator software.
Release notes Seasonal Simulator (acc) 2.0.0.35
Version date: December 3, 2013
TopDesk incidents
131203-035: The initial load of VRT-models was not calculated correctly. Fixed.
131126-046: Recalculation of gas price when switching from from E/m3 to E/kWh or vice versa.
131203-036: The initial connection ratio of VRV IV CLASSIC models was set to 130%, which is an invalid value. This resulted in ‘flat’ graphs.
Release notes Seasonal Simulator (acc) 2.0.0.34
Version date: November 26, 2013
TopDesk incidents
130527-053: The application now is digitally signed.
131126-041: When switching the gas price unit from E/m3 to E/kWh or vice versa, the price is multiplied by or divided by the calorific value.
Release notes Seasonal Simulator (acc) 2.0.0.31
Version date: November 22, 2013
TopDesk incidents
131121-033: The application hides heat recovery models. Altherma Flex models are renamed to ‘Air cooled heat pump’, and their ability to work with heat recovery is switched off.
Report
The report now includes the Daikin logo and a page number on each page.
Release notes Seasonal Simulator (acc) 2.0.0.27
Version date: November 21, 2013
TopDesk incidents
131018-030: The information button now shows the correct hyperlinks for all series EXCEPT the EBHQ-BV3-series.
Other fixes
The computed heating capacity for Altherma models was 0 kW for ambient min/max. This led to situations as shown in this screen print:
In this case, the heating load of the system was 0 kW and could only be increased by adding a backup heater. This behavior is fixed.
TopDesk incidentsRelease notes Seasonal Simulator (acc) 2.0.0.25
Version date: November 20, 2013
TopDesk incidents
131018-026: (un)checking VRT did reset slider values. Now it leaves slider values untouched.
131028-028: The application now shows the sum of the heat load and cool load in the solutions if the differ too much.
131106-032: Constant heat/cool load sliders now cannot go higher than the available capacity.
Other fixes
Custom building types now can be modified after they were saved.
The title of the machine section was incorrect for non-daikin heaters. The application always showed ‘Backup heater: none’, even if a back-up heater was selected. Now the correct title is shown.
The application now show correctly on which date it will stop working.
Database reorganization
The product families, application types, series and models are reorganized. The now each have a code and a name. The code is an unique, immutable, identifier for the record. The name is what is shown in the application.
This reorganization allowed us to show the ‘bare’ model code for the Daikin Altherma models that can be operated both as heat pump and as heating only model, instead of ‘EBHQ006BAV3–LTHP-S’ or something similar.
In short: the reorganization allows changing the names of product families, application types, series and models without further consequences.
Apart from this technical reorganization, the existing Daikin Altherma series (‘Monobloc’ and ‘Split’) were replaced by the series from tbl_AlthOutdoorUnit (‘EBHQ-BV3’ and so on). The names of these series are decorated with either ‘Monobloc’or ‘Split’. This change was required because the Information-button in the Seasonal Simulator needs to point to different web pages for each new series.
Release notes Seasonal Simulator (acc) 2.0.0.24
Version date: November 5, 2013
TopDesk incidents
130527-058: Save button on the building tab
131018-027: Do not show indoor cooling temperatures in case of heating only models
131018-023: Currency symbol at axes’ legends.
130926-055: Add the word ‘main’ to the legend.
131022-020: Backup heater collapsed by default
131010-026: Implement opening and saving of projects
Performance
The performance of the calculation is improved.
Release notes Seasonal Simulator (acc) 2.0.0.23
Version date: October 21, 2013
TopDesk incidents
The following topdesk incidents were fixed:
131007-039: Setting the indoor temperature sliders to extreme values led to unexpected results on the results tab.
131003-020 (partially): The design section, indoor temperatures and prices section are swapped.
130926-052: The symbols in the legend for the heating and cooling are changed.
130926-050: ‘Secondary system’ is replaced by ‘backup heater’
131017-012: A scrollbar was added to the electricity tab on the preferences window
131016-013: The heating area of the backup system was not displayed in some scenarios.
131003-031: (partially fixed): The labels on the results page were changed (‘heat recovery mode’ instead of ‘heat recovery savings’), but the heat recovery savings are not yet presented explicitly on screen.
131018-025: Evaporating temperature in ‘C instead of %.
131015-052: CO2 emission calculation for gas and fuel corrected.
131017-012: Electricity tab in preferences screen now has a scrollbar.
More fixes
The design graph is now updated if a new country is selected in the preferences screen.
The application sometimes crashed if the heat load slider was moved up in a configuration with a backup heater.
Release notes Seasonal Simulator (acc) 2.0.0.20
Version date: October 14, 2013
TopDesk incidents
The following topdesk incidents were fixed:
131007-034 – Error when selecting a VRV Watercooled ‘30% Brine’ or ‘40% Brine’ model.
130927-006 – Max. value of connection ratio for Altherma Flex models.
131003-017 – Design evaporating temperature can no longer be changed by the user. The drop down list is replaced by a label.
130527-060 – The user now has to accept the disclaimer on every change of the major or minor part of the version. Changes in the build or release part does not force renewed acceptance of the disclaimer.
131003-016 – Error in VRT results for design evaporating temperatures of 9 or 11 degrees Celcius.
131010-14 – Gas connection cost unit was changed to ‘EUR/year’.
Design section
(TopDesk130927-018, 130927-035, 131003-002, 131007-053, 130927-052)
A number of changes have been made in the design graph logic. The behavior of the design graph is now mostly in accordance with what was discussed on 10/10/2013.
-The range of the x-axis is that of the climate, extended with 5 degrees on both sides (the amount is a fixed setting in this version, but we could add this setting to the preferences screen).
-The heating slider cannot exceed the capacity line, unless there’s a back-up heater.
-The cooling slider can never exceed the capacity line.
-The lower bound of the main system heating operation range cannot be changed by the user unless there’s a back-up heater
-The upper bound of the main system cooling operation range cannot be changed by the user.
-If constant heat load > 0 in a non-heat recovery system, the cooling load is set to 0 (and vice versa).
-The heat recovery zone is now displayed correctly for constant heat load and constant cool load.
Known graph related issues:
-Scenario: select a VRV Air cooled heat pump system with a back-up system. The user can now increase the value of the heating load slider above the maximal capacity of the main system. This is correct: the back-up system should fill in the missing capacity.
However, if ‘optimize for seasonal efficiency’ is checked, the capacity graph gets adjusted in such a way that it stays above the load triangle:
-An Altherma system without back-up heater cannot be designed. The maximal capacity of the system at ambient min is zero. The allowed heating load cannot exceed the maximum capacity. Hence, the heating load cannot be set to a value greater than zero:
Release notes Seasonal Simulator (acc) 2.0.0.19
Version date: October 8, 2013
TopDesk incidents
The following topdesk incidents were fixed:
131007-036 – at application start-up or when another country is selected in the preferences
131003-036 – Water flow rate changed in “l/min”
130926-052 – (partially fixed) Heating and cooling load graphs are shown or hidden according to the checkboxes in the legend. The legend does not show triangles yet.
130930-013 – Tooltips and units in the design section legend are fixed.
131007-043 and 131007-037 – The ‘trackers’ have been removed from the graphs
131007-038 – The indoor temperature sliders were not always updated correctly when a different product family was selected.
131007-053 – It is no longer possible to extend the operational range outside of the climate graph.
130927-010 – It is now possible to select heating and cooling indoor temperatures for ‘building not in use’ for Altherma systems.
Heating/cooling range for VRV watercooled systems
The operational range’s minimum and maximum temperature and initial lower and upper temperature are changed for VRV watercooled systems.
Design section legend
The legend is pruned according to the system’s capabilities: the items about cooling graphs are removed for heating only models.
Release notes Seasonal Simulator (acc) 2.0.0.18
Version date: October 3, 2013
TopDesk incidents
The following topdesk incidents were fixed:
130926-048 – default values of heating range and cooling range sliders set to 15 and 17 ‘C, except for heat recovery models
130926-051 – dark and light orange heating colors swapped.
130926-056 – application crashed when user changed country
130926-057 – number of digits shown for seasonal efficiency
130926-060 – leaving water temperature labels and tooltips
130927-005 – prices and temperatures expanders are now collapsed by default
130927-014 – error when changing product family
130930-007 – default building type is now ‘Office’
Release notes Seasonal Simulator (acc) 2.0.0.17
Version date: October 2, 2013
TopDesk incidents
The following topdesk incidents were fixed:
130926-036, -037, -038, -039, -030, -041, -042, -043, -045, -046, -047.
Most changes are textual or have to do with default values in the settings window. Note that there new default values are only applied in a fresh installation of the software. In case of an upgrade, the old default values will be used.
Release notes Seasonal Simulator (acc) 2.0.0.13
Version date: September 30, 2013
Prolonged life span till October 7.
Release notes Seasonal Simulator (acc) 2.0.0.13
Version date: September 24, 2013
Introduction
This is the first version that is meant for testing by end users. Most of the core functionality has been built, and most of the VRV, Daikin Altherma and Daikin Altherma Flex models can be used. Loading and saving projects and report generation are not complete yet. The open and save buttons have been removed temporarily. Reports can be generated, but they contain hardly any data.
System page
Advanced settings sections for VRV Water cooled, Daikin Altherma and Daikin Altherma Flex.
The expanders are ‘expanded’ by default (instead of collapsed).
Calculation
Many improvements, esp. for the purpose of VRV Watercooled and Altherma (Flex) models.
Results page, Compare page, return on investment
Complete.
Google analytics
Google analytics data of the production and the acceptation version of the application can now be investigated with the same Google account.
Models
Some models are missing (VRV air cooled heat recovery, Daikin Altherma Split).
The division of Daikin Altherma Monobloc models in application types and series was not clear. Those models are for the time being duplicated in different application types and series.
Release notes Seasonal Simulator (acc) 2.0.0.11
Version date: September 16, 2013
Preferences window
The preferences window now contains settings for gas, oil and pellet prices. The default values are ‘found on the Internet’ and are not final!
Calculation
Further improved.
Release notes Seasonal Simulator (acc) 2.0.0.9
Version date: September 13, 2013
Graphs, calculation
The calculation is improved, although it is not perfect yet. Some known issues:
-Constant heat load and constant cool load are not shown in the design graph.
-The results page shows zeroes for the secondary systems.
Models
The model collection in the application is almost complete. VRV air cooled heat recovery models are still missing. There were no Altherma split models present in daikin.mdb, only monobloc models, and therefore the only Altherma series in the application is called ‘monobloc’.
Heat recovery
Heat recovery can be tested with the VRV water cooled heat recovery models.
Release notes Seasonal Simulator (acc) 2.0.0.8
Version date: September 11, 2013
Graphs, calculation
This version contains the first attempts to connect the calculation module to the user interface. The user interface as such is pretty much unchanged compared to the previous version.
The calculation isn’t perfect yet. For example, the graphs sometimes show a secondary system even if none is specified, while the results page and the compare page never show results for a secondary system, even if one is specified.
Release notes Seasonal Simulator (acc) 2.0.0.7
Version date: September 6, 2013
Fixes
Some fixes in the machine section
Design section
Currently not working. We are in the midst of connecting the new calculation software to the new UI.
Release notes Seasonal Simulator (acc) 2.0.0.5
Version date:September 3, 2013
Load profiles
Load profile properties are added to the application type table, and used by the application.
Almost all product families, application types and series have been added to the database, but the database contains ONLY the existing VRV models. The explicitely set load profiles from version 2.0.0.4 have been removed. This means that right now the load profiles cannot be tested.
System tab
System tab: temperatures
New section. Contains the dual set point / system off checkboxes and the indoor temperature sliders that previously lived in the design section.
Results tab
The order of the bars in the seasonal efficiency graph has been corrected.
Compare tab
All graphs have been added.
Note: the graphs on the results tab and the compare tab still contain random data.
Release notes Seasonal Simulator (acc) 2.0.0.4
Multilinguality
Most of the UI can now be translated.
A translator can preview concept translations in the application. They become available for selection by pressing Ctrl-Shift-P in the preferences window.
Preferences window
Unchanged (apart from concept translation preview)
Main window
Open, save, save as, new buttons added. Not all of the data in a project gets saved and restored in this version. Detecting if the project is ‘dirty’ (and thus should be saved) only in a rudimentary version.
Project tab
New.
Location tab
CO2-emission factor has been removed here.
Building tab
No changes
Solution tab, ‘+’ button
The user can add and remove solutions.
System tab, ‘+’ button
Add and remove systems.
System tab: Main system, secondary system
The list of product families has been extended with back-up heaters.
If a model that can co-operate with a back-up heater is selected as main system (RYYQ10T7Y1B only, see table below), the secondary system section is shown.