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Correct Input Logic for Autosized Cooling Only Variable Flow Low Temperature Radiant #8890

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  • Fixes ZoneHVAC:LowTemperatureRadiant:VariableFlow input processing problem for cooling only configuration #8885
  • When autosizing a cooling only variable flow low temperature radiant system, a severe warning would be thrown that indicated something was wrong with the input. Upon inspection, there were two typos in the code that were checking the wrong parameters (for heating rather than cooling) to see if they were blank. Since it was a cooling only system, the heating nodes were blank and this triggered a severe error falsely. This typo was corrected with the appropriate input fields and a unit test was created specifically to show that this combination no longer throws an error. No documentation changes were needed as this is simply a typo in the code and doesn't change anything about the design of the input.

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There was a bad cut and paste/typo in the input for the variable flow radiant systems.  When a cooling only system was input by the user and autosizing used, a severe error would be thrown because E+ was looking at the wrong variables.  This has been corrected and a unit test added to check that this no longer throws a severe error.  No documentation changes needed or changes to the test suite idfs.
@RKStrand RKStrand added the Defect Includes code to repair a defect in EnergyPlus label Jul 14, 2021
@RKStrand RKStrand self-assigned this Jul 14, 2021
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Building and running this locally.

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All good here, merging. Thanks @RKStrand

@Myoldmopar Myoldmopar merged commit b5bac21 into develop Jul 17, 2021
@Myoldmopar Myoldmopar deleted the 8885VarFlowLowTempRadSysCoolingOnlyInputProblem branch July 17, 2021 03:54
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