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[EnergyPlus_Support] Re: COMIS



Good morning,

Thank you Mike and Edward for your inputs.
I do have more than one crack (4) and no openings for the zone. I do 
have a crack (air mass flow coef. of 0.000001) for an adjoining zone, 
although it´s just for COMIS purposes (all zones have to be connected 
to each other).

I thought about using the infiltration or the ventilation object, but 
I still need COMIS for some openings. And in order to use any of 
these objects I would have to use the Simple airflow model, instead 
of COMIS (at least I think that the infiltration object will be 
an "orfan" when using COMIS airflow model).

I think that some time ago I had some problems regarding cracks in 
non-vertical surfaces (tilted roof). Is there any problem with COMIS 
and tilted surfaces?

Thanks a lot, have a nice week,
Alexandre

PS - I'm going to a workshop in Lisbon where Drury Crawley will be 
speaking. I wish him a nice stay in Portugal.

--- In EnergyPlus_Support@yahoogroupscom, "Edward G. Lyon" 
<eglyon@s...> wrote:
> The network nature of COMIS should need at least 2 openings.  I 
would expect less flow than the equation may suggest.  If you have 2 
openings with the same coefficients, the flow would need to be split 
between the two openings.
>  
> It is far simpler to control a minimum ventilation with zone 
infiltration instead of COMIS.  Infiltration uses the same type of 
wind pressure flow equation, but it does work to enter coefficients 
that cancel the wind pressure component and establish a constant 
ventilation flow by infiltration.  It also requires only one object 
per zone and not a network description like COMIS needs.
> 
> ________________________________
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> From: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Michael J. 
Witte
> Sent: Thu 6/9/2005 1:14 PM
> To: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] COMIS
> 
> 
> I am not an expert on COMIS, but I would guess that this flow is 
being reduced 
> due to the restrictions of other flow openings?  Perhaps you need 
an equal and 
> opposite crack to maintain the minimum flow at all times?
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> On 7 Jun 2005, at 8:30, alexandrevarela2000 wrote:
> 
> > Dear all,
> > 
> > While using COMIS I wanted to define a minimum flow rate for the 
> > building. In order to achieve this I created a COMIS AIR 
FLOW:Crack 
> > object like this:
> > 
> > Name: Vent
> > Air mass flow coefficient: 0.025
> > Air mass flow exponent: 0.0
> > Crack length: 1
> > 
> > When looking at Infiltration-Air Change Rate report I was hoping 
to get 
> > a minimum ach related to 0.025. As I'm getting ach values below 
what I 
> > was expecting I don´t know what to make of it.
> > 
> > Thank you for help,
> > Alexandre
> > 
> > PS - Everybody thinking abou taking a vacation in Portugal, the 
weather 
> > is great!
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