You must have a real zone name. That is why you have to match with the ground floor and roof zones, and not with the gap.
Dr. Li
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From: sanphawat@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:36:32 +0000
Subject: [EnergyPlus_Support] Re: What is the best modelling strategy ? I need help to clarify this issue!!!
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Dr. Li
To: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: sanphawat@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:36:32 +0000
Subject: [EnergyPlus_Support] Re: What is the best modelling strategy ? I need help to clarify this issue!!!
I was trying to compare result on both Adiabatic and Otherside Coefficients.
On otherside Coefficients, I could not match surface. It shown "no OtherSideCoefficients of that name." Do you have any thought on this this?
--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jason Kirkpatrick <jason.alan.kirkpatrick@...> wrote:
>
> The reason I was saying to do the surface matching in the way that I
> specified was along the lines of what Jean was saying:
>
> EnergyPlus doesnt actually duplicate the multiplied floor, it just
> multiplies out the loads. from a solar standpoint, (I think) it just makes
> the zone x number times bigger in the X and Y directions. for this reason,
> if you match a multiplied floor surface with a non-multiplied floor
> surface, you will get errors due to non matching floor areas that do not
> satisfy the conservation of energy. therefore if I use a floor multiplier
> and want to match the floor and want to account for heat transfer between
> floors, I want to make sure that my multiplied floors ceiling is matched to
> the multiplied floors floor.
>
> Since the ground floor ceiling and top floor floor are not being
> multiplied, they make a good match for each other IF the loads /
> temperatures are similar to the rest of the building.
>
> As for visual display for presentations, I agree with Jim that it's helpful
> to duplicate the multiplied floor in order to take a screenshot image that
> looks like the real building without multipliers. Sometimes with detailed
> models it is helpful to just duplicate the perimeter and plenum zones so as
> to not bog down the GUI (openstudio, designbuilder, etc)
>
On otherside Coefficients, I could not match surface. It shown "no OtherSideCoefficients of that name." Do you have any thought on this this?
--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jason Kirkpatrick <jason.alan.kirkpatrick@...> wrote:
>
> The reason I was saying to do the surface matching in the way that I
> specified was along the lines of what Jean was saying:
>
> EnergyPlus doesnt actually duplicate the multiplied floor, it just
> multiplies out the loads. from a solar standpoint, (I think) it just makes
> the zone x number times bigger in the X and Y directions. for this reason,
> if you match a multiplied floor surface with a non-multiplied floor
> surface, you will get errors due to non matching floor areas that do not
> satisfy the conservation of energy. therefore if I use a floor multiplier
> and want to match the floor and want to account for heat transfer between
> floors, I want to make sure that my multiplied floors ceiling is matched to
> the multiplied floors floor.
>
> Since the ground floor ceiling and top floor floor are not being
> multiplied, they make a good match for each other IF the loads /
> temperatures are similar to the rest of the building.
>
> As for visual display for presentations, I agree with Jim that it's helpful
> to duplicate the multiplied floor in order to take a screenshot image that
> looks like the real building without multipliers. Sometimes with detailed
> models it is helpful to just duplicate the perimeter and plenum zones so as
> to not bog down the GUI (openstudio, designbuilder, etc)
>
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