Validation and Application of the Room Model of the Modelica  Buildings Library

Thierry Stephane Nouidui; Kaustubh Phalak; Wangda Zuo; Michael Wetter

Title:

Validation and Application of the Room Model of the Modelica Buildings Library

Author:

Thierry Stephane Nouidui: Simulation Research Group, Building Technology and Urban Systems Department, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA Kaustubh Phalak: Simulation Research Group, Building Technology and Urban Systems Department, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA Wangda Zuo: Simulation Research Group, Building Technology and Urban Systems Department, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA Michael Wetter: Simulation Research Group, Building Technology and Urban Systems Department, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA

DOI:

10.3384/ecp12076727

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Year:

2012

Conference:

Proceedings of the 9th International MODELICA Conference; September 3-5; 2012; Munich; Germany

Issue:

076

Article no.:

074

Pages:

727-736

No. of pages:

Publication type:

Abstract and Fulltext

Published:

2012-11-19

ISBN:

978-91-7519-826-2

Series:

Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings

ISSN (print):

1650-3686

ISSN (online):

1650-3740

Publisher:

Linköping University Electronic Press; Linköpings universitet

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The Modelica Buildings library contains a package with a model for a thermal zone that computes heat transfer through the building envelope and within a room. It considers various heat transfer phenomena of a room; including conduction; convection; and short-wave and long-wave radiation. The first part of this paper describes the physical laws applied in the room model. The second part validates the room model by using a standard test suite provided by the American Society of Heating; Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). The third part focuses on an application where the room model is applied for simulation-based controls of a window shading device to reduce building energy consumption.

Keywords: Buildings library; ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 140; Simulation-Based Controls

Proceedings of the 9th International MODELICA Conference; September 3-5; 2012; Munich; Germany

Author:

Thierry Stephane Nouidui, Kaustubh Phalak, Wangda Zuo, Michael Wetter

Title:

Validation and Application of the Room Model of the Modelica Buildings Library

DOI:

http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/ecp12076727

References:

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Proceedings of the 9th International MODELICA Conference; September 3-5; 2012; Munich; Germany

Author:

Thierry Stephane Nouidui, Kaustubh Phalak, Wangda Zuo, Michael Wetter

Title:

Validation and Application of the Room Model of the Modelica Buildings Library

DOI:

https://doi.org10.3384/ecp12076727

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