Simulation Research Group Technical Reports 1995-1999


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1999

LBNL-46005
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LINKING THE COMIS MULTI-ZONE AIRFLOW MODEL WITH ENERGYPLUS
Joe Huang, Fred Winkelmann, Fred Buhl, Curtis Pedersen, Daniel Fisher, Richard Liesen, Russell Taylor, Richard Strand, Drury Crawley and Linda Lawrie. Proc. Building Simulation 99, Kyoto, Japan, September 1999.
 
LBNL-46004
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A MODULAR LOOP-BASED APPROACH TO HVAC ENERGY SIMULATION AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN ENERGYPLUS
Daniel E. Fisher, Russel D. Taylor, Richard J. Liesen, Richard K. Strand (UIUC), Fred Buhl (LBNL). Proc. Building Simulation 99, Kyoto, Japan, September 1999. IBPSA.
 
LBNL-46003
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ENHANCING AND EXTENDING THE CAPABILITIES OF THE BUILDING HEAT BALANCE SIMULATION TECHNIQUE FOR USE IN ENERGYPLUS
Richard K. Strand (UI), Fred Winkelmann, Fred Buhl and Joe Huang (LBNL), Richard J. Liesen, Curtis Pedersen, Daniel E. Fisher, and Russel D. Taylor (UIUC). Proc. Building Simulation 99, Kyoto, Japan, September 1999. IBPSA.
 
LBNL-44636
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RESIDENTIAL HEATING AND COOLING LOADS COMPONENT ANALYSIS: Final Report
Y. J. Huang, James Hanford, and Fuqiang Yang, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA. November, 1999.

LBNL-44306
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FEASIBILITY STUDY OF A US-CHINA DEMONSTRATION ENERGY-EFFICIENT COMMERCIAL BUILDING
Y. J. Huang, Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA. Ron Judkoff, Micah Sherman, Buildings and Thermal Systems Department, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO. November, 1999.

LBL-44097
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NUMERICAL PERFORMANCE OF THE SPARK GRAPH-THEORETIC SIMULATION PROGRAM
Edward F. Sowell, California State University at Fullerton, and Philip Haves, LBNL.

LBL-42963
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SIMULATED PERFORMANCE OF CIEE'S "ALTERNATIVES TO COMPRESSOR COOLING" PROTOTYPE HOUSE UNDER DESIGN CONDITIONS IN VARIOUS CALIFORNIA CLIMATES
Y. J. Huang, LBNL, CIEE January 1999.

LBL-42871
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RESIDENTIAL FENESTRATION PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS USING RESFEN-3.1
Y. J. Huang, R. Mitchell, D. Arasteh, and S. Selkowitz, LBNL, February 1999.

LBL-42355
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SIMULATION MODEL: FINNED WATER-TO-AIR COIL WITHOUT CONDENSATION
M. Wetter, LBNL, January 1999.

LBL-42354
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SIMULATION MODEL: AIR-TO-AIR PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER
M. Wetter, LBNL, January 1999.

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RESIDENTIAL EQUIPMENT PART-LOAD CURVES FOR USE IN DOE-2
H. Henderson, Y.J. Huang, and D. Parker, LBNL, February 1999.

LBL-37208
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COMMERCIAL HEATING AND COOLING LOADS COMPONENT ANALYSIS: Final Report
Y. J. Huang and E. Franconi, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA. November, 1999.

EnergyPlus
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ENERGYPLUS: A NEW-GENERATION BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION PROGRAM (REV)
Drury B. Crawley (U.S. Department of Energy), Linda K. Lawrie (U.S. CERL), Curtis O. Pedersen, Richard J. Liesen, Daniel E. Fisher, Richard K. Strand, Russell D. Taylor (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Frederick C. Winkelmann, W. F. Buhl, A. Ender Erdem, and Y. Joe Huang (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory). Proc "Building Simulation '99," Volume I, pp. 81-88, September 1999, Kyoto, Japan, IBPSA.

EnergyPlus
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ENERGYPLUS: "IMPROVING THE WEATHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO SIMULATION PROGRAMS,"
Drury B. Crawley, Jon W. Hand, and Linda K. Lawrie. Proc "Building Simulation '99," Volume I, pp. 529-536, September 1999, Kyoto, Japan, IBPSA.

SPARK Mathematical Models for Portability and Interoperability, LBNL, 1999. (SPARK PowerPoint Presentation)


1998

LBL-42734
BEYOND BLAST AND DOE-2: ENERGYPLUS, A NEW-GENERATION ENERGY SIMULATION PROGRAM
Drury B. Crawley (USDOE) Linda K. Lawrie (USA CERL), C. O. Pedersen, R. J. Liesen, D. E. Fisher, R. K. Strand and R. D. Taylor (UIUC), Fred Buhl, Fred Winkelmann, Joe Huang and Ender Erdem (LBNL), June 1998.
 
LBL-42241
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VALIDATION STUDIES OF THE DOE-2 BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION PROGRAM -- FINAL REPORT
Robert Sullivan and Frederick Winkelmann, LBNL, June 1998.

ASHRAE
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MEASURED AND SIMULATED PERFORMANCE OF REFLECTIVE ROOFING SYSTEMS IN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
Presented at the 1998 ASHRAE Winter meeting, January 17-21, 1998, San Francisco, CA.
 
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1997

Merger
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ENERGYPLUS: THE MERGER OF BLAST AND DOE-2
C. O. Pedersen, D. E. Fisher, R. J. Liesen, R. K. Strand, R. D. Taylor (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), W. F. Buhl and F. C. Winkelmann, (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), L. K. Lawrie (U.S. CERL), D. B. Crawley (U.S. Dept of Energy). Proc. of Building Simulation '97 (IBPSA), Prague, Czech Republic. September 8-10, 1997.

Riuska
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Integrated Building Simulation Tool: RIUSKA M.Jokela, A. Keinanen, H. Lahtela, K. Lassila, Insinooritoimisto Olof Granlund Oy, Box 59, 00701 Helsinki, Finland. [DOE-2]

1996
LBL-39098
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TWO- AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL NATURAL AND MIXED CONVECTION SIMULATION USING MODULAR ZONAL MODELS,
E. Wurtz, Laboratoire d'Etudes Pour la Thermique Appliquee au Batiment, Universite de la Rochelle, Rochelle, France, and J.-M. Nataf and F. C. Winkelmann, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA. July, 1996.

LBL-38505
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DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF MOISTURE AND COOLING LOADS IN WALLS IN THE HOT/HUMID CLIMATE OF FLORIANOPOLIS, BRAZIL,
N. Mendes, Visiting Researcher, and F. Winkelmann, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, and R. Lamberts, P.C. Philippi, and J.A.B. daCunha Neto, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC Brazil. Presented at the Humid Climate Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, May 13-14, 1996.

LBL-36281
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NEW TOOLS FOR THE ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF BUILDING ENVELOPES,
K. Papamichael, F. Winkelmann, W.F. Buhl, H. Chauvet, D. Collins, K.L. Ellington, J. LaPorta, J. Sadlier, S. Selkowitz, J. Thorpe, T. Trzcinski, J. Hirsch, S. Criswell, J.S. McMenamin, I. Rohmund, A. Bhimani, B. Spurlock, and D. Borstein. Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA. August 1994 (published August 1996 as an LBNL report). Proc. of the Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Buildings VI Conference, Clearwater Beach, FL, December 1-8, 1996.

1995

LBL-37979
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COMPARISON OF DOE-2 WITH MEASUREMENTS IN THE PALA TEST HOUSES,
Rene Meldem and Frederick Winkelmann, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, July 1995. Final report for the "Alternatives to Compressor Cooling in California Transition Zones" project funded by the California Institute for Energy Efficiency, a research unit of the University of California.

pdf document. DEVELOPMENT OF A SIMULATION TOOL TO EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF HYDRONIC RADIANT COOLING CEILINGS,
C. Stetiu, H. Feustel and F. Winkelmann, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA. June 1995.

ASH-1
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MODELING THE SOLAR HEAT GAIN REFLECTED FROM NEIGHBORING STRUCTURES--756-RP
Susan M. Reilly, P.E.; C.P. Dunne, Enermodal Engineering, Inc., Denver, CO; G.J. Ward, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA; and F.C. Winkelmann, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA. ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 100, pt. 2, January 1995.

EB-1
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A DIRECT TRANSLATOR FROM NEUTRAL MODEL FORMAT TO THE SPARK SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT,
Jean-Michel Nataf, visiting researcher, Simulation Research Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA. Reprinted from Energy and Buildings 23 (1995) 131-139.

IBPSA95-1
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HVAC COMPONENT MODEL LIBRARIES FOR EQUATION-BASED SOLVERS,
Edward F. Sowell, Dept of Computer Science, California State University at Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92634 and Michael A. Moshier, Dept of Mathematics and Computer Science, Chapman University, Orange, CA 92667. Proceedings of Fourth International Conference on System Simulation in Buildings, IBPSA Building Simulation '95, Madison, Wisconsin, August 14-16, 1995.