.IDEAS.Buildings.Components.InternalWall

Information

This is a wall model that should be used to simulate a wall or floor between two zones. See IDEAS.Buildings.Components.Interfaces.PartialOpaqueSurface for equations, options, parameters, validation and dynamics that are common for all surfaces.

Typical use and important parameters

Each propsbus needs to be connected to a zone, which may be the same zone.

Note that this model is not symmetric: the convection equations depend on the inclination inc, which is turned 180 degrees between both side. The value of inc is applied to the right side of the model.

Parameter hasCavity can be set to true to simulate heat transfer through a cavity such as an open door in a simplified way. The cavity height h and width w then have to be specified. We assume that the value of A excludes the surface area of the cavity.

Revisions

• August 10, 2020, by Filip Jorissen:
  Modifications for supporting interzonal airflow. See #1066
• July 29, 2020, by Filip Jorissen:
  Removed duplicate definition of port_emb. See #1158
• October 13, 2019, by Filip Jorissen:
  Refactored the parameter definition of inc and azi by adding the option to use radio buttons. See #1067
• August 10, 2018 by Damien Picard:
  Set nWin final to 1 as this should only be used for windows. See #888.
• May 21, 2018, by Filip Jorissen:
  Added model for air flow through cavity. See #822.
• January 2, 2017, by Filip Jorissen:
  Updated icon layer.
• October 22, 2016, by Filip Jorissen:
  Revised documentation for IDEAS 1.0.
• February 10, 2016, by Filip Jorissen and Damien Picard:
  Revised implementation: cleaned up connections and partials.
• June 14, 2015, Filip Jorissen:
  Adjusted implementation for computing conservation of energy.