Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Modeling an Open Door

["Bing Dong" <bingcat2007@xxxxxxxxx>]

I guess there should be very little differences in terms of energy
consumption between "door open 24/7 all year" with "have an opening on
the wall.". Think about how to add a door on the wall in EnergyPlus.
You must have an opening first and then add the door in, the same way
as adding a window.

Bing

On 8/20/08, bluegreenearth13 <christrigg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for the paper... I am acutally trying to simulate the
> building as if every door was open 24/7 all year, but from what I
> understand deleting the door object will not really simulate an
> opening in the wall. Is this assumption correct? Thanks
>
> --- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Bing Dong"
> <bingcat2007@...> wrote:
>>
>> This paper may be helpful:
>>
>> Effect of door opening on the performance of displacement
> ventilation
>> in a typical office building
>> Building and Environment
>> Volume 42, Issue 3, March 2007, Pages 1335-1347
>>
>> Door opening is really a random process. You can try a stochastic
>> model as an input into your model, rather a fixed variable.
>>
>> On 8/20/08, bluegreenearth13 <christrigg@...> wrote:
>> > Is there a suggested way to model a building with an open door? I
>> > don't just want to make the R value 0/U value infinite because
> that
>> > seems to suggest more energy flow than is really possible. Is
> there a
>> > suggested R value to use to keep the construction of the door but
>> > define its material so that it is analogous to being open? Thanks
>> >
>> >
>>
>
>
>

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