[EnergyPlus_Support] Re: A question about ceiling height

["deserteagle_zhou" <yp5166@xxxxxxx>]

Dear Linda,
     I had seen this docu before I posted my question. And this, I 
think, is right my confusion. How can a room height be 100 meter ? 
Or this value has not any physical meaning?

John



-- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Linda Lawrie <linda@l...> 
wrote:
>  From the InputOutputReference, page # 109
> 
> Field: Ceiling Height
> Zone ceiling height is used in several areas within EnergyPlus. 
Energyplus 
> automatically
> calculates the zone ceiling height (m) from the average height of 
the zone. 
> If this field is 0.0
> or negative, then the calculated zone ceiling height will be used 
in 
> subsequent calculations. If
> this field is positive, then the calculated zone ceiling height 
will not be 
> used -- the number
> entered here will be used as the zone ceiling height. If this 
number 
> differs significantly from
> the calculated ceiling height, then a warning message will be 
issued.
> 
> Note that the Zone Ceiling Height is the distance from the Floor 
to the 
> Ceiling in the Zone, not
> an absolute height from the ground.
> 
> 
> Linda
> 
> EnergyPlus WebSite: http://www.energyplus.gov
> Owner: EnergyPlus_Support list
> Member: EnergyPlus Development Team
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]




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