modelFLUXzone

Calculation of irradiance and illuminance for a zone model

Information

Calculation of irradiance and illuminance for a zone model (tilt and azimuth given)

Hypothesis and equations

none

Bibliography

French Building regulation 2012 (RT 2012) for the illuminance model

Instructions for use

Model which takes as input the vector G from a weather reader to calculate the surface irradiance on a particular surface (tilt and orientation given). G contains:

  • (1) Horizontal diffuse flux
  • (2) Normal direct flux
  • (3) Horizontal direct flux
  • (4) Horizontal global flux
  • (5) Time in UTC at time t = 0 (start of the simulation)
  • (6-7-8) Sun's direction cosines (6-sinH, 7-cosW, 8-cosS)
  • (9) Solar azimuth angle
  • (10) Solar elevation angle

Known limits / Use precautions

none

Validations

Validated model (identical to the one used in the BESTEST except for the time base: UTC instead of true solar time (TST)) - Aurélie Kaemmerlen 09/2010

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BuildSysPro version 3.6.0
Author : Aurélie KAEMMERLEN, EDF (2010)
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Parameters

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Realalbedo0.2Albedo of the environment
BooleanChoixAzimuthfalseProvide azimuth for each surface or considered a parallelepipedic zone
Realbeta0Zone orientation azimut=beta+azimut, (if beta=0 : azimut={N=180,S=0,E=-90,O=90})
Real[5]azim{0, beta + 180, beta, beta - 90, beta + 90}Walls azimuth, by default 1-Ceiling, 2-North, 3-South, 4-East, 5-West
Real[5]incl{0, 90, 90, 90, 90}Walls tilt, by default 1-Ceiling, 2-North, 3-South, 4-East, 5-West

Connectors

TypeNameDefaultDescription
BuildSysPro.BoundaryConditions.Solar.Interfaces.SolarFluxOutput[3]FluxIncExtNorthIrradiance for the North facing surface [W/m²] 1-Diffuse, 2-Direct and 3-Cosi
BuildSysPro.BoundaryConditions.Solar.Interfaces.SolarFluxOutput[3]FluxIncExtSouthIrradiance for the South facing surface [W/m²] 1-Diffuse, 2-Direct and 3-Cosi
BuildSysPro.BoundaryConditions.Solar.Interfaces.SolarFluxOutput[3]FluxIncExtRoofIrradiance for the sky facing surface [W/m²] 1-Diffuse, 2-Direct and 3-Cosi
BuildSysPro.BoundaryConditions.Solar.Interfaces.SolarFluxOutput[3]FluxIncExtEastIrradiance for the East facing surface [W/m²] 1-Diffuse, 2-Direct and 3-Cosi
BuildSysPro.BoundaryConditions.Solar.Interfaces.SolarFluxOutput[3]FluxIncExtWestIrradiance for the West facing surface [W/m²] 1-Diffuse, 2-Direct and 3-Cosi
Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealInput[10]GInputs data {DIFH, DIRN, DIRH, GLOH, t0, CosDir[1:3], solar azimuth angle, solar elevation angle}
Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealOutput[3]IlluSouthIlluminance for the South facing surface [lumen] 1-Direct, 2-Diffuse and 3-Reflected
Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealOutput[3]IlluNorthIlluminance for the North facing surface [lumen] 1-Direct, 2-Diffuse and 3-Reflected
Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealOutput[3]IlluWestIlluminance for the West facing surface [lumen] 1-Direct, 2-Diffuse and 3-Reflected
Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealOutput[3]IlluEastIlluminance for the East facing surface [lumen] 1-Direct, 2-Diffuse and 3-Reflected
Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealOutput[3]IlluRoofIlluminance for the sky facing surface [lumen] 1-Direct, 2-Diffuse and 3-Reflected

Components

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Modelica.Units.SI.HeatFluxDIRH
Modelica.Units.SI.HeatFluxDIRN
Modelica.Units.SI.HeatFluxGLOH
Modelica.Units.SI.HeatFluxDIFH
Real[15]FLUX
Real[5]DiffusSol
Realsin_h
Real[5]cosi

Revisions

Aurélie Kaemmerlen 03/2011 : Ajout de la paramétrisation de la moyenne des flux mesurés (Booléen MoyFlux), du choix des flux en entrée et de l'orientation supplémentaire par rapport au Sud

Aurélie Kaemmerlen 05/2011 : Vecteur Gh de dimension 9 (anciennement 6) pour ajouter les entrées CoupleFlux, MoyFlux et dt

Hassan Bouia 03/2013 : simplication du calcul solaire - attention nouvelle dimension du vecteur Gh renommé en G

Aurélie Kaemmerlen 10/2013 : Ajout de sécurités quant au paramétrage entre le vecteur azim et le paramètre beta + équation conditionnelle ajoutée pour s'assurer de azim par défaut si on renseigne beta.

Laura Sudries, Vincent Magnaudeix 05/2015 : Ajout du calcul des éclairements naturels direct, diffus et réfléchi par le sol sur chaque orientation du local.