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Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Thermal mass effect
I don't have a good reference to offer, but I have some questions to ask:
1. The obvious question - are you using Material:Regular so that there is
actually mass present in the building?
2. Have interior surfaces been described using internal mass or surface
objects?
3. In a "fully conditioned" building, mass effects tend to be small, because
most of the mass is not changing temperature very much except during
transitions to/from thermostat setback. This is especially true if the
building has a fairly large footprint and a large core to perimeter ratio.
4. How are you quantifying the "thermal mass effect"?
Mike
On 1 Apr 2005, at 17:47, sm278424 wrote:
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> office building), the thermal mass effect seems quite small.
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> Can anyone suggest a good reference on this topic?
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> Thanks
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