Conference article

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

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

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

Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 76:74, p. 727-736

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Published: 2012-11-19

ISBN: 978-91-7519-826-2

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

Abstract

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

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