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Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] a problem about the inside convection models
Also note what it says in the Engineering Doc (beginning on page 418, page
456 of the PDF):
A passive Trombe wall is a passive solar wall designed for thermal storage
and delivery. It
consists of a thick wall (8" to 16") faced with a selective surface solar
absorber, air gap, and
high transmissivity glass pane.
In EnergyPlus, there is no Trombe wall object; rather, it is composed of
other existing
EnergyPlus objects in the input file.
To simulate the Trombe wall, a very narrow zone is coupled to the desired
surface via an
interzone partition. The depth of the zone corresponds to the size of the
air space [usually
¾" (18 mm) to 6" (150 mm)]. In most cases the Trombe zone will be a sealed
zone with no ventilation or
infiltration. The exterior wall of the Trombe zone contains a single or
double-pane window.
Optimally, the window covers nearly all of the wall area and has a very
high transmissivity to
allow the maximum amount of solar flux into the Trombe zone. The interior
wall is usually
constructed of very thick masonry materials with a solar absorber surface
as the innermost
layer of the wall. The absorber is a selective surface material with very
high absorptivity and
very low emissivity, e.g. copper with a special black surface treatment. It
is important to
make sure the Solar Distribution field in the BUILDING object is set to
FullInteriorAndExterior
so that the majority of the solar flux is directed on the absorber surface
and not just on the
very small area of the Trombe zone floor. The Zone Inside Convection
Algorithm for the
Trombe zone should also be set to TrombeWall to correctly model the air
space. As is the
case for all interzone partitions, the wall construction of the adjoining
zone must be the mirror
image of the wall construction in the Trombe zone. Finally, an overhang is
optionally
attached to the Trombe zone to control the amount of seasonal sun exposure.
Since all of
the Trombe wall parameters are selected by the user in the input file,
there is considerable
freedom to experiment with different materials, sizes, and configurations.
"Linda Lawrie"
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11/21/2004 10:48 AM Subject: Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] a problem about the inside
Please respond to convection models
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Check in the Engineering Reference manual:
page 87 -- trombe wall convection correlation
page 345 -- "Active Trombe Wall"
page 456 -- "Passive Trombe Wall"
Reminder -- the PDF documentation is "indexed" press the "search" button
on the EPlusMainMenu document (with appropriate Acrobat readers, you should
be able to search on any word)
Two example files for Trombe Wall are included. Both have "trombe" in
their names.
Linda
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