modelGlazedElements

Solar gains through glazed elements

Information

This model calculates the heat flow by solar gains through each glazed element k. The heat flow is given by

Φsol,k =Fsh,k Isol,k gfac (1-Fframe) Awin,k

where Fsh,k is the shading reduction factor which is set to 1 by default, Isol,k is the solar irradiance per square meter of surface area, gfac is the total solar energy transmittance of the trasparent element, Fframe is the frame area fraction, and Awin,k is the overall area of the glazed element in square meters.

Additionally, an extra heat flow is modeled to represent the thermal radiation emitted towards the sky as

Φr,k =hr ΔTsky Rse Uk Ak

where hr is the external radiative heat transfer coefficient which is approximated as 5 ε W/m2K (where ε is the emissivity for the thermal radiation of the external surface), and ΔTsky is the average temperature difference between the external air temperature and the apparent sky temperature.

Parameters

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Integern
Modelica.Units.SI.Area[:]AWinArea of windows
Real[:]coeFacCoefficient of g-factor reduction
Modelica.Units.SI.CoefficientOfHeatTransferUWinU-value of windows
Modelica.Units.SI.Angle[:]surTilTilt angle of surfaces
Modelica.Units.SI.Angle[:]surAziAzimuth angle of surfaces
Realeps0.9Emissivity of external surface
Modelica.Units.SI.ThermalInsulancesurRes0.04External surface heat resistance
RealgFacEnergy transmittance of glazings
RealwinFraFrame fraction of windows
RealshaRedFac1Shading reduction factor

Connectors

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Buildings.BoundaryConditions.WeatherData.BusweaBus
Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealOutputsolRadWinSolar radiation through windows

Components

TypeNameDefaultDescription
BoundaryConditions.SolarIrradiation.DirectTiltedSurface[n]HDirTilDirect solar irradiation on surface
Modelica.Blocks.Math.Gain[n]solRadSolar radiation trasmitted through windows
BoundaryConditions.SolarIrradiation.DiffusePerez[n]HDifTilDiffuse solar irradiation on surface
Modelica.Blocks.Math.Gain[n]theRadWinExtra thermal radiation through windows
Modelica.Blocks.Math.Add[n]addWinTotal solar gains through windows
Modelica.Blocks.Math.Product[n]HDirAngDirect solar irradiation considering incident angle of surface
Utilities.Math.Polynomial[n]polynomialRatio of direct solar irradiation considering incident angle of surface

Revisions

  • May 15, 2024, by Alessandro Maccarini:
    Added the parameter coeFac in order to vary the g-factor as a function of the incident angle of the surface.
  • Mar 16, 2022, by Alessandro Maccarini:
    First implementation.