[EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Creation of room furniture for a thermal simulation

["motabmx1" <motabmx1@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for your fast reply, i wonder if you know, if you can use open studio to create the geometry of these masses?

thanks again

--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Richard Raustad <RRaustad@...> wrote:
>
> See Internal Mass object. From the description in the Input Output 
> Reference document, "Note that furniture and other large objects within 
> a zone can be described using internal mass."
> 
> InternalMass,
>    Room Internal Mass,  !- Name
>    InteriorFurnishings,  !- Construction Name
>    LGstore1,  !- Zone Name
>    696.7728;  !- Surface Area
> 
> Construction,
>      InteriorFurnishings,     !- Name
>      Std Wood 6inch;          !- Outside Layer
> 
> Material,
>      Std Wood 6inch,          !- Name
>      MediumSmooth,            !- Roughness
>      0.15,                    !- Thickness {m}
>      0.12,                    !- Conductivity {W/m-K}
>      540.0000,                !- Density {kg/m3}
>      1210,                    !- Specific Heat {J/kg-K}
>      0.9000000,               !- Thermal Absorptance
>      0.7000000,               !- Solar Absorptance
>      0.7000000;               !- Visible Absorptance
> 
> 
> On 6/16/2011 12:30 PM, motabmx1 wrote:
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I am interested to know whether it is possible to create a model in 
> > energy plus, which contains a zone with furniture in it and whether it 
> > is possible give material properties to this furniture, like you do to 
> > the materials that form the construction which are used for the 
> > definition of the external fabric of the building.
> > If anyones know if possible, please can you tell me how I input the 
> > information in the model? and if is it possible to created the 
> > geometry of the furniture using openstudio?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > Fernando
> >
> > 
> 
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