Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Internal Partitions do not participate in blocking solar radiation?

[Linda Lawrie <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You cannot have shading surfaces inside a zone.  At
least, I don't believe it will then receive any solar as it will be
"behind" an exterior wall.  It has no mass and will not
participate in the zone heat balance.


At 01:43 PM 6/14/2013, Edwin Lee wrote:

Perhaps, although I'm not sure if shading surfaces will interact the way you want with respect to convection exchange with the zone air heat balance, and inter-surface radiation exchange.  It'd be worth a try...


On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Niraj Poudel <nirajpdl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

 

Um yeah, I am using the "FullInteriorAndExterior" model. I am thinking maybe I should model the partitions as ShadingSurfaces as opposed to Partitions itself? Any thoughts Jean and Edwin.

Thank you for looking into this for me.

Niraj

On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Jean marais <jeannieboef@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

 

Crazy question, but you are using the solar distribution model "FullInteriorAndExterior" and not just "FullExterior" right?

--

Niraj Poudel, Architectural Engineer.

PhD student, PDBE Program.

Clemson University, Clemson, SC.

--
Edwin Lee, PhD
Engineer, Commercial Buildings Research Staff
National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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