Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Human intervention in zonal mixing

[fred buhl <wfbuhl@xxxxxxx>]

Elmer - take a look at the Mixing object. It might be usable in this 
context.
It has to be used judiciously though since there is no overall air 
balance being
performed. But in this case if the ultimate source of air is a large 
zone (atrium),
this could work well emough. But you won't see lowered temperatures in 
the corridor
and atrium, just higher temperatures in the offices. There's a delta T 
trigger which
could mimic the opening & closing of doors. You'd have to estimate the 
flow rate.

Fred Buhl

Elmer Morrissey wrote:

>Hi all,
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>Are there any objects in E+ which can account for the human
>intervention of opening doors when temperatures in a room are too
>cold? I have a situation in a simulation that I would like to emulate. 
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>Several atrium spaces should contain hot air which may be circulated
>around the open corridor spaces. If the spaces connected to these
>corridors are too cold, the occupants often open these doors until the
>temperatures have risen within the space. For instance, the corridor
>will be 25C while the room may only be 16C. 
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>Are there any objects in E+ to cover this? 
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>Kind regards
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>-Elmer 
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