Conference article

Object-oriented sub-zonal room models for energy-related building simulation

Marco Bonvini
Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Alberto Leva
Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

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Published in: Proceedings of the 8th International Modelica Conference; March 20th-22nd; Technical Univeristy; Dresden; Germany

Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 63:31, p. 276-285

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Published: 2011-06-30

ISBN: 978-91-7393-096-3

ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)

Abstract

Simulation is important to evaluate the energy-related performance of a building; and for reliable results; reproducing the behaviour of the contained air volumes is particularly relevant. For such a purpose; fully mixed models (i.e.; for instance; a single temperature per room) easily prove inadequate; while Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) ones are too complex; and difficult to formulate in a modular manner; to the detriment of their usefulness if the simulator has to be used throughout the project; and not only to assess its final result. This manuscript presents an intermediate solution based on the Modelica language.

Keywords

Building simulation; energy optimisation; object-oriented modelling; modular modelling; scalable detail

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