Thanks for reply. I did take a look at and searched through most of the Energy Plus documents available on the website. Although thermal mass and its applications in Energy Plus are repeatedly mentioned in these documents, I still could not find the basic fundamentals behind the consideration of thermal mass itself. The very basic methods that were used to introduce the concept of thermal mass in the Energy Plus program in the first place. Any help?
--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Linda Lawrie <linda@...> wrote:
>
> It probably would be a good idea for you to read the GettingStarted
> document (at least the first section that explains about EnergyPlus)
> and then the Engineering Reference document.
>
> www.energyplus.gov has all the documents.
>
> At 11:22 AM 3/27/2012, Amir wrote:
> >Dear all,
> >
> >I have a question about the Energy Plus built-in capabilities
> >dealing with thermal mass. Generally speaking, could someone tell me
> >what methods (scientific/computational)the Energy Plus uses to deal
> >with thermal mass? How does thermal mass account for in Energy Plus?
> >I am looking for the methods that the E+ uses to take into account
> >the effects of thermal mass.
>
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