recordRadiationBaseData

Basic parameters for window radiation calculation

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Information

Record that defines basic parameters for the window radiation calculation. The parameter NSta is the number of states. Regular glass has NSta=1, whereas electrochromic windows have NSta > 1.

Parameters

TypeNameDefaultDescription
IntegerNStasize(tauGlaSol, 2)Number of window states for electrochromic windows (set to 1 for regular windows)
Glass
IntegerNNumber of glass layers
Modelica.Units.SI.Length[N]xGlaThickness of glass
Modelica.Units.SI.TransmissionCoefficient[N,:]tauGlaSolSolar transmissivity of glass
Modelica.Units.SI.ReflectionCoefficient[N,NSta]rhoGlaSol_aSolar reflectivity of glass at surface a (facing outside)
Modelica.Units.SI.ReflectionCoefficient[N,NSta]rhoGlaSol_bSolar reflectivity of glass at surface b (facing room-side)
Shade
Modelica.Units.SI.TransmissionCoefficienttauShaSol_aSolar transmissivity of shade for irradiation from air-side
Modelica.Units.SI.TransmissionCoefficienttauShaSol_bSolar transmissivity of shade for irradiation from glass-side
Modelica.Units.SI.ReflectionCoefficientrhoShaSol_aSolar reflectivity of shade for irradiation from air-side
Modelica.Units.SI.ReflectionCoefficientrhoShaSol_bSolar reflectivity of shade for irradiation from glass-side

Revisions

  • August 7, 2015, by Michael Wetter:
    Revised model to allow modeling of electrochromic windows. This is for issue 445.
  • December 12, 2011, by Wangda Zuo:
    Add glass thickness as a parameter. It is needed by the calculation of property for uncoated glass.
  • December 16, 2010, by Wangda Zuo:
    First implementation.