modelZoneInterface

Partial model for thermal building zones

Parameters

Type	Name	Default	Description
Integer	nSurf		Number of surfaces adjacent to and heat exchanging with the zone
Integer	nPorts	2	Number of ports for ventilation connections
Building physics
Modelica.Units.SI.Volume	V		Total zone air volume
Modelica.Units.SI.Length	hZone	2.8	Zone height: distance between floor and ceiling
Modelica.Units.SI.Length	hFloor	0	Absolute height of zone floor
Modelica.Units.SI.Area	A	V/hZone	Total conditioned floor area
Advanced › Occupants
Boolean	useOccNumInput		=false, to remove icon of yOcc
Advanced › Sources
Boolean	useWatFlowInput	false	=true, to enable an input for injecting water vapor into a zone
Boolean	useCFlowInput	false	=true, to enable an input for injecting CO2 into a zone
Advanced › Lighting
Boolean	useLigCtrInput		=false, to remove icon of lightCtrl
Airflow › Air model
Modelica.Units.SI.MassFlowRate	m_flow_nominal	V1.22/3600	Nominal flow rate of the air flow system fluid ports

Type	Name	Description
Modelica.Thermal.HeatTransfer.Interfaces.HeatPort_b	gainRad	Internal zone node for radiative heat gains
Modelica.Thermal.HeatTransfer.Interfaces.HeatPort_a	gainCon	Internal zone node for convective heat gains
Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealOutput	TSensor	Sensor temperature of the zone, i.e. operative temeprature
Modelica.Fluid.Interfaces.FluidPort_b	port_b	Port for ventilation connections, deprecated, use 'ports' instead
Modelica.Fluid.Interfaces.FluidPort_a	port_a	Port for ventilation connections, deprecated, use 'ports' instead
Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealInput	yOcc	Control input for number of occupants, used by Occupants.Input and Occupants.AreaWeightedInput
Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealInput	mWat_flow	Input for injecting water vapor into a zone
Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealInput	C_flow	Input for injecting CO2 into a zone
Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealInput	uLig	Lighting control input (1 corresponds to 100%), only used when using LightingControl.Input
Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealOutput	ppm	CO2 concentration in the zone
Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealOutput	phi	Relative humidity in the zone [0-1]
Modelica.Fluid.Interfaces.FluidPorts_a[nPorts]	ports	Ports for ventilation connetions

Type	Name	Default	Description
IDEAS.BoundaryConditions.SimInfoManager	sim		Simulation information manager for climate data
SetVolume	setVolume		Component for contributing zone volume to siminfomanager

Name	Description
Medium

July 25, 2023, by Filip Jorissen:
Added conditional inputs for injecting water or CO2.
April 1, 2022, by Filip Jorissen:
Removed cardinality operator from error message. See #1253.
September 17, 2020, Filip Jorissen:
Modified default Medium. See #1169.
March 17, 2020, Filip Jorissen:
Added support for vector fluidport. See #1029.
May 2, 2019 by Filip Jorissen:
Moved location of ppm in the icon layer such that it does not overlap with TSensor. See #1026.
March 28, 2019 by Filip Jorissen:
Renamed nOcc to yOcc See #998.
March 21, 2019 by Filip Jorissen:
Revised implementation of icon for #996 and for #976.
September 5, 2018 by Iago Cupeiro:
Added uLig input for controlling lighting See #879.
July 27, 2018 by Filip Jorissen:
Added output for the CO2 concentration. See #868.
July 11, 2018, Filip Jorissen:
Added nominal values for h_outflow and m_flow in FluidPorts. See #859.
May 29, 2018, Filip Jorissen:
Removed conditional fluid ports for JModelica compatibility. See #834.
April 28, 2016, Filip Jorissen:
Added assert for checking nSurf larger than 1.
June 14, 2015, Filip Jorissen:
Adjusted implementation for computing conservation of energy.
February 10, 2015 by Filip Jorissen:
Adjusted implementation for grouping of solar calculations.