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[EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Thickness of the wall

Dear Niraj

You can check it by yourself!

1.- Look at the  *.eio file once a simulation have been run.
2.- Search the term"Zone information", and carefully spot the adequate input, in this case "Volume (m3)", so look at the 18th number in the list (I reccomemd to print it and examinate the raw data carefully.
3.- In the below example Volume is 3121.36 m3, (It's easy to find as it is the inmediate before of "TARP"...but as I said, do locate the appropriate value carefully).

Whatever your input may be, that's the volume e+ is considering for a certain zone.

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Example

! <Zone Information>,Zone Name,North Axis {deg},Origin X-Coordinate {m},Origin Y-Coordinate {m},Origin Z-Coordinate {m},Centroid X-Coordinate {m},Centroid Y-Coordinate {m},Centroid Z-Coordinate {m},Type,Zone Multiplier,Zone List Multiplier,Minimum X {m},Maximum X {m},Minimum Y {m},Maximum Y {m},Minimum Z {m},Maximum Z {m},Ceiling Height {m},Volume {m3},Zone Inside Convection Algorithm {Simple-Detailed-CeilingDiffuser-TrombeWall},Zone Outside Convection Algorithm {Simple-Detailed-Tarp-MoWitt-DOE-2-BLAST}, Floor Area {m2},Exterior Gross Wall Area {m2},Exterior Net Wall Area {m2},Exterior Window Area {m2}, Number of Surfaces, Number of SubSurfaces, Number of Shading SubSurfaces,  Part of Total Building Area
 Zone Information, ZONE1,0.0,0.00,0.00,0.00,11.14,21.90,1.60,1,1,1,0.00,22.27,0.00,43.80,0.00,3.20,3.20,3121.36,TARP,DOE-2,975.43,422.85,364.62,46.81,6,25,0,Yes

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Yours. 
Luis Blanes


--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Niraj Poudel" <nirajpoudel@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Energyplus users,
> 
> When I create a 3 foot by 3 foot box in OpenStudio and in the EnergyPlus Idf editor create a say, 10 cm thick wall for each surface of the box. Where is the wall created? As in,  
>  
> a) Is the air volume inside 3 X 3 X3 = 9 Ft cubed
> 
> OR
> 
> b) The inside volume is 2.9 X 2.9 X 2.9 = 24.39 Ft cubed?
> 
> OR 
> 
> c) The inside air volume is 2.95 X 2.95 X 2.95 = 25.67 ft cubed? (Assuming the walls are build right in the middle)
> 
> I look forward to hearing from you guys at your earliest of convenience.
> 
> Sincerely yours'
> Niraj Poudel
> Clemson University
>




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