[Bldg-sim] Work Arounds for modeling Phase Change Materials

[CleanTech Analytics]

Dear Simulators,

I am working on modeling Phase Change Materials in Energy Plus and would
like to experiment with workarounds in other software.

My research shows that the only way to model phase change meterials of any
type correctly is to use Energy Plus,  ESP-r, or  TRNSYS, and that for
the dupont energain product EDSL Tas Building Designer, also there is a
tool called PCM express that provides limited functionality.

I have been told that workarounds have been preformed in the past to model
PCM's in the following simulation software:
• eQuest
• Carrier
• RemDesign

Also I have been provided with the graph below, and I wonder if anyone on
the list may understand how this was created in eQuest?

[image: biopcm-equest.png]



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