This model can be used to set up zones with a rectangular geometry more quickly. This template consists of a zone, four walls, a horizontal roof and a floor and five optional windows. Additional surfaces may also be connected through external bus connector. For the documentation of the regular zone parameters, see the documentation of IDEAS.Buildings.Components.Zone.
This model incorporates IDEAS components such as IDEAS.Buildings.Components.OuterWall and reproduces the same results as a model that would be constructed without the use of this template.
This model assumes that the zone has a rectangular
geometry with width w, length l
and height h.
All walls are vertical and perpendicular to each other and both the roof and
the floor are horizontal.
The surface area of each wall is calculated by default using
the parameters w and l. If you want to split a wall
and add external walls using the external bus connector, use the overwrite
length parameters lA, lB, lC, lD from the Face tabs
such that the surface area of the wall is correct.
Be also aware that the model
slabOnGround has a parameter PWall which specifies the
perimeter of slab on ground. The model cannot detect external walls connected
using the external bus connector. When splitting outer walls by using the external bus connector
you should update this parameter
manually using the parameter PWall from the Advanced tab.
Parameters width w, length l
and height h need to be defined
and are used to compute the dimensions of each of the surfaces.
Parameter aziA represents the azimuth angle
of surface A (see icon). Other surfaces are rotated (clockwise) by multiples
of ninety degrees with respect to aziA.
Parameter nSurfExt may be used
to connect additional surfaces to the template.
When doing this, you may need to change the surface areas of
the surfaces in the template as these are not updated automatically.
Seven parameter tabs allow to specify further parameters
that are specific for each of the seven surfaces: six surfaces
for the walls, floor and ceiling and one for an internal wall
contained within the zone.
For each surface the surface type may be specified
using parameters bouTyp*.
The construction type should be defined
using conTyp*.
Parameter hasWin* may be used
for all orientations except for the floor to add
a window.
In this case the window surface area, shading and glazing
types need to be provided.
For non-default shading a record needs to be created that specifies
the shading properties.
The surface area of the window is deducted from the surface area
of the wall such that the total surface areas add up.
Advanced options are found under the Advanced
parameter tab.
The model may also be adapted further by
overriding the default parameter assignments in the template.
You can also use this model for non-rectangular zones by, for example,
using the None type for a wall and by adding additional walls
corresponding to a different geometry through
the external bus connector.
This model however then does not guarantee that all parameters are consistent.
Therefore, some internal parameters of this model will need to be
updated manually.
In the parameter group Windows, you can redeclare the window.
This is useful when using a window model that has a pre-configured surface area,
glazing type, frame fraction and shading.
The parameters
azi=aziA,
inc=IDEAS.Types.Tilt.Wall,
T_start=T_start,
linIntCon_a=linIntCon,
dT_nominal_a=dT_nominal_win,
linExtCon=linExtCon,
windowDynamicsType=windowDynamicsType,
linExtRad=linExtRadWin,
nWin=nWinA,
are still computed from the zone model parameters but, the
other windows parameters are those configured in the
used window model, including the window surface area.
This model contains wall dynamics
and a state for the zone air temperature.
The zone temperature may be set to steady state using
parameter energyDynamicsAir, which should
in general not be done.
The mass dynamics of the air volume
may be set to steady state by overriding the default parameter
assignment in the airModel submodel.
This removes small time constants
when the zone model is connected to an air flow circuit.
In order to choose the shading of the glazing, instead of selecting one shading type from the dropdown menu, click on the button right of the dropdown menu (edit). A menu will appear where the type of shading and corresponding parameters have to be defined. Alternatively, the shading template can be extended.
This implementation is compared with a manual implementation in IDEAS.Buildings.Validation.Tests.ZoneTemplateVerification2. This gives identical results.
An example of how this template may be used can be found in IDEAS.Examples.PPD12.
Shading types need to be declared using a record instead of by redeclaring the shading components. This is a workaround because redeclared components cannot be propagated.
inc
and azi by adding the option to use radio buttons.
See
#1067
aziCei.
See #946.
RectangularZoneTemplateInterface
for LIDEAS.
See #891.
nLay and nGain
since this lead to warnings.
linExtRadWin for windows.