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Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Airflow Network through multizones

I am also facing the same problem while simulating natural 
ventilation through Airflow Network in a building with 22 Zones.
I wonder if somebody can help?

Thanks!

Rajendra

At 16.14 01/12/2006, you wrote:

>Dear everyone,
>
>I am trying to evaluate the thermal comfort of an appartment building.
>I want to use the airflownetwork system; I have tried this already for
>a simple box model consisting out of only 2 zones and it works
>perfectly. But when I try the excact same thing for a multizone
>building then it doesn't work any more and I always have the same error:
>
>** Severe ** GetAirflowNetworkInput: AirflowNetwork:Multizone:Surface
>object, Surface=1-WINDOWZ1
>** ~~~ ** ..Zone for outside surface must be defined in a
>AirflowNetwork:MultiZone:Zone object. Could not find Zone=Zone1
>
>I have used the surface average method to calculate my pressure
>values, so I don't have to define any external nodes.
>
>Does anyone of you might know what I do wrong or is it simply
>impossible to calculate the airflow through multiple zones?
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>Sofie
>
>

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Rajendra S. Adhikari, PhD
Politecnico di Milano
Dept. Building Environment Sciences & Technology (BEST)
Via Garofalo 39
20133 Milano, ITALIA
TEL: +39-02-2399-9489
FAX: +39-02-2399-9491
EMAIL:rajendra.adhikari@xxxxxxxxx
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