[EnergyPlus_Support] Re: RunSlab Program

["energy.partners" <energy.partners@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

I am using an idf that has a completed set up of a building model which simulate fine using EP launch. But after setting the GroundHeatTransfer objects and run with the RunSlab program (using the same weather file) then I got the problems I described below.

Regards.




--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Niraj Poudel <nirajpdl@...> wrote:
>
> Hi there,
> 
> I think the way it works is that you set up your complete IDF (i.e
> including your building, heat balance algorithm, simulation control etc,
> basically your complete model) along with the GroundHeatTransfer objects.
> What happens is that when you run your idf, the slab program is called upon
> and the building surface temperatures are automatically filled into the
> respective location in the idf. This is if you are trying to invoke the
> slab program directly using the .idf editor.
> 
> Otherwise you can run the basement slab pre processor separately without
> defining everything in the .idf file. This way you can get the results for
> your building surface temperature but then you will have to manually input
> the results into your idf.
> 
> Niraj
> 
> On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 2:12 AM, energy.partners
> <energy.partners@...>wrote:
> 
> > **
> >
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I want to use the RunSlab program to calculate the slab temperature.
> >
> > I have set up the following E+ objects in my building model IDF:
> > - GroundHeatTransfer:Control with Run Slab Preprocessor as "Yes"
> > - GroundHeatTransfer:Slab:Materials
> > - GroundHeatTransfer:Slab:MatlProps
> > - GroundHeatTransfer:Slab:BoundConds
> > - GroundHeatTransfer:Slab:BldgProps
> > - GroundHeatTransfer:Slab:Insulation
> > - GroundHeatTransfer:Slab:EquivalentSlab
> >
> > I have followed the AuxiliaryPrograms.pdf and ran the RunSlab program but
> > it didn't complete successfully. In the error file (the _slab.ger file)
> > there are a lot of severe error messages. I have extracted the first 20
> > lines from the error file:
> >
> > -----------------Start of the error file------------------
> >
> > Program Version,GroundTempCalc - Slab, Version .75
> > ** Severe ** IP: IDF line~12 Did not find "Version" in list of Objects
> > ** Severe ** IP: IDF line~18 Did not find "SimulationControl" in list of
> > Objects
> > ** Severe ** IP: IDF line~28 Did not find "Building" in list of Objects
> > ** Severe ** IP: IDF line~41 Did not find "ShadowCalculation" in list of
> > Objects
> > ** Severe ** IP: IDF line~50 Did not find
> > "SurfaceConvectionAlgorithm:Inside" in list of Objects
> > ** Severe ** IP: IDF line~56 Did not find
> > "SurfaceConvectionAlgorithm:Outside" in list of Objects
> > ** Severe ** IP: IDF line~62 Did not find "HeatBalanceAlgorithm" in list
> > of Objects
> > ** Severe ** IP: IDF line~69 Did not find
> > "ZoneCapacitanceMultiplier:ResearchSpecial" in list of Objects
> > ** Severe ** IP: IDF line~77 Did not find "Timestep" in list of Objects
> > ** Severe ** IP: IDF line~83 Did not find "ConvergenceLimits" in list of
> > Objects
> > ** Severe ** IP: IDF line~91 Did not find "Site:Location" in list of
> > Objects
> > ** Severe ** IP: IDF line~101 Did not find "SizingPeriod:WeatherFileDays"
> > in list of Objects
> > ** Severe ** IP: IDF line~114 Did not find "RunPeriod" in list of Objects
> > ** Severe ** IP: IDF line~131 Did not find
> > "RunPeriodControl:DaylightSavingTime" in list of Objects
> > ** Severe ** IP: IDF line~138 Did not find
> > "Site:GroundTemperature:BuildingSurface" in list of Objects
> > ** Severe ** IP: IDF line~155 Did not find "Site:GroundReflectance" in
> > list of Objects
> > ** Severe ** IP: IDF line~172 Did not find
> > "Site:GroundReflectance:SnowModifier" in list of Objects
> > ** Severe ** IP: IDF line~180 Did not find "ScheduleTypeLimits" in list of
> > Objects
> > ** Severe ** IP: IDF line~183 Did not find "ScheduleTypeLimits" in list of
> > Objects
> > ----------End of first 20 line of the error file----------
> >
> > Did anyone get the same problem before? Could anyone give me some advice
> > please?
> >
> > (Note I am using E+ version 7.0.0.36)
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Best regards.
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Niraj Poudel, Architectural Engineer.
> PhD student, PDBE Program.
> Clemson University, Clemson, SC.
>




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