[Equest-users] MRT in eQUEST

[Sami, Vikram]

John,

I'm guessing you wouldn't be doing this analysis on a project unless you were concerned about thermal comfort issues from skin related stimuli.

So if you had a PMV of +4 in one zone and -4 in another would you say that on average everyone in your building is comfortable?

Calculating MRT in a lumped node simulation program is kind of like that - an average MRT for a zone is often misleading. For example - a room with a large west window in the summer time will have a much higher MRT for someone sitting next to the window than for someone sitting near an interior wall on the other side - especially if there is direct sunlight in the room. Similarly - in winter - proximity to a north window might result in a much lower MRT than for someone sitting near the core.
Bottom line - you pick the tool that's appropriate to the analysis. You really want a full-field solution tool (like a CFD program or a thermal software like RADtherm) to perform comfort analyses like this.


Vikram Sami, LEED AP
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From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Grando, John
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 3:36 PM
To: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: [Equest-users] MRT in eQUEST

Hello All,

I have to calculate the PMV for a zone and I did the analysis already in eQUEST.  I need the mean radiant temperature though to perform this calc.  I am pretty sure that MRT is not an output variable so I'm guessing I need to calculate the wall temperatures and do it myself.  Has anyone tried to do this before?  I didn't find anything in the archives or in the DOE22 manual.  Thanks.


John Grando LEED AP| Mechanical Engineer




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