.IDEAS.Templates.Interfaces.BaseClasses.HeatingSystem

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Description

Interface model for a complete multi-zone heating system (with our without domestic hot water and solar system).

This model defines the ports used to link a heating system with a building, and the basic parameters that most heating systems will need to have. The model is modular as a function of the number of zones nZones.

Two sets of heatPorts are defined:

1. heatPortCon[nZones] and heatPortRad[nZones] for convective respectively radiative heat transfer to the building.
2. heatPortEmb[nZones] for heat transfer to TABS elements in the building.

The model also defines TSensor[nZones] and TSet[nZones] for the control, and a nominal power QNom[nZones].

There is also an input for the DHW flow rate, mDHW60C, but this can be unconnected if the system only includes heating and no DHW.

Assumptions and limitations

1. See the different extensions of this model in IDEAS.Thermal.HeatingSystems

Model use

1. Connect the heating system to the corresponding heatPorts of a structure.
2. Connect TSet and TSensor and plugLoad.
3. Connect plugLoad to an inhome grid. A dummy inhome grid like this has to be used if no inhome grid is to be modelled.
4. Set all parameters that are required, depending on which implementation of this interface is used.

Validation

No validation performed.

Example

See the heating system examples.

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Revisions

• June 5, 2018 by Filip Jorissen:
  Cleaned up implementation for #821.