Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Temperature distribution

["Michael J. Witte" <mjwitte@xxxxxxxx>]

 I am not sure I understand exactly what you mean by "temperature 
distribution."  Each surface in EnergyPlus (Surface:HeatTransfer:*) is modeled 
with 1-d heat transfer with a uniform temperatures over the entire surface.  
Yes, you can model a thermal zone in EnergyPlus that is not fully enclosed, 
even with a single surface.  You will get warnings that there are less than 6 
surfaces, but it should be a reasonable model.  However, with only one surface, 
you ignore radiant heat transfer between the surface of interest and other 
surface which would normally be present.

Mike


On 12 Apr 2007 at 0:21, asegovia_vipac wrote:

> 
>  Hi there,
> 
>  I'm new to EnergyPlus so I was wondering, could you assess the  
> temperature distribution of just one wall of a zone or does the area
> being analysed it have to be outlined as a complete zone?
> 
>  Thankyou :-)
> 
>  Adriana Segovia
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Michael J. Witte, GARD Analytics, Inc.
EnergyPlus Testing and Support      
EnergyPlus-Support@xxxxxxxx





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