Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] floor outside environment

["Michael J. Witte" <mjwitte@xxxxxxxx>]

When the OutsideFaceEnvironment Object is the surface itself, this means that 
the surface is modeled as adiabatic.  It contributes mass to the zone but does 
not transfer heat in or out of the zone.  As you have noticed, some of the 
examples focus only on a specific feature and the rest of the description may 
not be realistic.  That is the case with 3zvent and some of the other examples, 
which have no surfaces exposed to the ground.

Mike


On 20 Jun 2004, at 23:51, teklay weldeabzgi wrote:

> when i see the 3zvent.idf in the example file the OutsideFaceEnvironment for
> example, for surface_5 is otherzone and its OutsideFaceEnvironment Object
> surface_5 which is itself. what does this mean? is there any other meaning from
> using  the OutsideFaceEnvironment of a floor to be the ground.
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Michael J. Witte, GARD Analytics, Inc.
EnergyPlus Testing and Support      
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