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The relationship between the terms is given by the following equation:

SSEER = EER * CDE / (1 + (EER + 1)*HRP)

This can help you get the CDE number that you are looking for.

Are the numbers for auxiliary consumption input correctly? You may have a large number there by default which may not be ...

You can find a good article of how this can be done here: http://www.cbe.berkeley.edu/research/pd ... ummary.pdf

Hope this helps,

Rohan

Dear Ana,

With sun pipes, there are 3 components, the collector, the pipe & the diffuser. Out of these, simulating the collector & pipe are quite simple, but the diffuser may give you some trouble.

Collector: Simply model it as a glazing. Put the appropriate values and go from there.
Pipe: Model ...