Archive 2019
Changes as of 27 Dec 2019
the French diversity standard DTU 60.11 has been added
Some minor bug fixes
Changes as of 13 Dec 2019
New manufacturer specific parts available from Caleffi :
Universal user module PLURIMOD (700115, 700116, 700015, 700016)
https://www.caleffi.com/international/en-int/catalogue/hydraulic-module-plurimod-700015PLURIMOD EASY hydraulic module (700213, 700214, 700215, 700216)
https://www.caleffi.com/sites/default/files/file/01303_en.pdfSATK10 (SATK10255 SATK10254 SATK10253 SATK10205HE SATK10204HE SATK10203HE)
https://www.caleffi.com/international/en-int/catalogue/dhw-only-heat-interface-unit-primary-pump-satk10203he
Some minor bug fixes
Changes as of 28 Nov 2019
This release was all about Geothermal Energy Storage.
See following link for the release notes : https://mailchi.mp/hysopt/geothermal-energy-storage-releaseThe "single click" functionality throughout the user interface. All actions to load or save a model or to start a calculation, now only require one click, increasing your efficiency even more
Added new
'Comparator' Base Circuit to compare signals visually and rise notifications at disallowed deviations
Improvements in the browser compatibility check
Some minor bug fixes
Changes as of 15 Nov 2019
A room controller economizer for comfort optimization has been added.
Watch the demo movie on the Hysopt Wiki page about controllers.New manufacturer specific parts available from Flamco :
balance valve series
Initus
Fluctus
Vertex
dirt separators and deaerators
Flamco Clean Smart
Flamco Clean Smart Air and Dirt
Flamcovent Smart
Flamcovent Clean Smart
Flamcovent Clean Smart Air and Dirt
Some minor bug fixes
Changes as of 31 Oct 2019
Some minor bug fixes
Changes as of 18 Oct 2019
Add visualisation of thermal losses and heatflow values on pipes
Some minor bug fixes
Changes as of 04 Oct 2019
Added new Base Circuits:
Programmable controller with 32 inputs/outputs
Added a new diversity calculation method for Domestic Hot Water, according to the French Costic MTA 2016
(https://www.caleffi.com/sites/default/files/file/guide_technique_mta_costic_avril_2016p.compressed.pdf)ILS (Imposed Load Simulation) Base Circuits now display the energy used, both for central heating, as for domestic hot water
HIU's (Heat Interface Units) now display the primary heatflow for Domestic Hot Water
Improvement in the calculation of the electric energy usage of the chillers
Added calculation and visualization of primary heatflow on all thermal buffers
Added calculation and visualization of secondary heatflow on all Domestic Hot Water thermal buffers
Improved visualization of the Constant control Base Circuit
Some minor bug fixes
Changes as of 19 Sep 2019
Added new Base Circuits:
Dynamic Zoneless Radiator (for heating)
Updated look & feel
New login screen
Small layout changes
Excel download and upload for pipe types and pressure profiles
Added possibility to enable or disable re-randomization each simulation on RTS blocks
Improvement of balance valve part selection
Some minor bug fixes
Changes as of 06 Sep 2019
Added new Base Circuits:
Thermal Storage on Return Pipe (for heating)
Building with Indirect HIU's for Imposed Load Simulation (ILS)
Added possibility to enable or disable re-randomization each simulation on ILS building blocks (both for heating as for DHW)
Improved DHW tap profile generation
Extended the documentation on Imposed Load Simulation and District Heating
Some minor bug fixes
Changes as of 23 Aug 2019
Energy report changes
HP and HP Booster are reported separately
Ice storage tank power has been added
Formulas for produced heating and cooling are more accurate now
Some minor bug fixes
Changes as of 09 Aug 2019
Added new Base Circuits:
Delay Operator
Calculated Design Power
Improvements
Less strict validation on day/night setpoint for cooling
support for regression tests on simulation values
Changes as of 26 Jul 2019
This release was all about the new energy report.
An example of this energy report can be found here.
New energy report, including :
Summary of all energy aspects of the model
Installed power per production unit type
Installed power contribution per production unit type
Heating system load
Cooling system load
Parasitic energy heating
Parasitic energy cooling
Production unit analysis, including :
Usefull heat (kWh)
Electricity production (kWh)
Fuel consumption (kWh)
Thermal efficiency (%)
Electrical efficiency (%)
Operating time (h)
Number of start/stops (#)
Average continuous operating time (h)
Delivered heating contributions
Delivered cooling contributions
Energy analysis, including :
Gas consumption (kWh)
Electricity consumption (kWh)
Electricity production (kWh)
Total energy consumption (kWh)
Primary energy consumption (kWh)
System efficiency (%)
PER (%)
RPES (%)
Energy cost analysis. including :
Gas consumption cost (€)
Electricity consumption cost (€)
Electricity production reduced cost (€)
Total energy cost (€)
CO2 emission
CHP : calculation and visualisation of number of starts/stops, active hours, etc
Added thermal capacity on ILS building blocks to support low temperature regimes
Added plot of the "system fingerprint" to the Sensor base circuit
Improvement in visualisation of pipe length
Added support to scale base circuits (ALT+ and ALT-)
Improved pipe labeling
Added CIBSE CP1.2 diversity calculation method for space heating
Added new integration mode to capture last simulation value
Changes as of 12 Jul 2019
Added ILS (Imposed Load Simulation) user documentation on the Hysopt Wiki
Simulation horizon support up to 20 years
multiple ILS (Imposed Load Simulation) improvements,
e.g. detection of inconsistency between diversity standard for central heating, and heating patterns on a buildingImproved regression tests : support for more types of "design calculations" and now execute all design calculations
Changes as of 24 Jun 2019
This release was all about District Heating.
See following link for the release notes : https://mailchi.mp/94f7cd556d17/hysopt-district-heating-ready
Added support for City Plans
Added new Base Circuits :
Buildings with heating (see this page for more info)
Buildings with heating and direct HIU's
Added Imposed Load Simulation technique (see this page for more info)
Added Diversity for central heating
Added Advanced aggregation, including aggregation over regime-changing Base Circuits
Added multiple Diversity calculation methods for domestic hot water
Added Diversity calculation support for space heating (logaritmic calculation method)
Added support for multiple setpoint profiles
Tripled the simulation calculation speed
Added new Base Circuits : Dwelling Indicator (see this page for more info)
Added indication of number of dwellings in the dynamic pipe labels
Support for advanced Energy Centre Design
Support to find Economic and ecologic optimum
Added automatic software error reporting to central server
Added Expert Settings tab (only for Expert Users)
Activated GEO MODE Analysis, and set by default
Added new Base Circuit : dynamic zoneless cooling unit
Changed PMC selection mode : maximum one manufacturer
Changes as of 19 Apr 2019
Added visualisation of DHW return temperature on HIU dynamic labels
Better visualisation of room controllers
When navigating through a link, the browser now focuses on the endpoint
Some improvements on the way HIU's are calculated during design calculation
Changes as of 18 Mar 2019
Recalculation of UA values of heat exchangers now already done during design flow calculation.
This way the correct return temoerature is already desplayed during the first design calculatuionImproved the CTRL+H functonality to switch base circuits
Some bug fixes, including simulation crash when proportional head pumps are used
Changes as of 23 Feb 2019
Added new Base Circuit : Programable Controller with 16 inputs and outputs
Added new Base Circuits : On-off room controller with hysteresis (for heating and for cooling)
Fixed issue with slow performance during floorplan visualisation:
when a floorplan has been loaded, it will not be reloaded anymore when doing save or after doing calculationsAdded support to balance manufacturer specific radiator valves with presets
Chagned default DHW regime for HIU's to 15-60 degrees and 0,6l/min
Fixed issue : if pump gets a zero signal, energy becomes NANkWh
Changes as of 02 Feb 2019
Added new new Base Circuit : Dynamic Radiator Valve
Added units to excel export of a graph
Fixed bug in which pump head and pump efficiency could not be calculated when pump modulation is zero
Added possibility to enable/disable visualisation of floorplans (CTRL+B)
Added new Base Circuit : I/O Base Circuit
Possibility to enable random coloring on plots
Multiple improvements on the 3 Pipe Base Circuits and simulation calculations
Added new Caleffi Dynamic Radiator Valves and new Caleffi HIU's