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[EnergyPlus_Support] Re: AirflowNetwork and dividing a large open office to multiple zones

i think you may need CFD to find air temperatures in different parts of a large zone. If the location of your building is far from the equator, then better to divide into North and south zones, and maybe  a center zone. Just some ideas. ooi

--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Farhang" <farhang223@...> wrote:
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> There is a model in EnergyPlus that I must work on, in that a large open office is divided into some subzones, with the expectation that the airflow network simulates the air flow through the internal openings.
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> I have read in the Input-Output reference that "you should not try to divide a high space, such as an atrium, into subzones separated by artificial horizontal surfaces that have cracks or openings with the expectation that AirflowNetwork will give you a realistic temperature in each subzone and/or a realistic air flow between subzones" 
> 
> Now, I would like to know if it is acceptable in a large office, to be divided with some artificial vertical surfaces, with the expectation that EnergyPlus can predict air temperature in different part of the large zone.
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