All SPARK Technical Reports


All of the technical reports generated by the Simulation Research Group are available. However, some reports, like computer documentation, must be purchased from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). All of the non-NTIS reports are free of charge. If you do not find the report you want in PDF format, please email info@gundog.lbl.gov or fax (510) 486-4089 with your request. Report number and report title are required. Reports are usually mailed out the same day the request is received.

2007

pdf document GLOBAL EFFICIENCY OF DIRECT FLOW VACUUM COLLECTORS IN AUTONOMOUS SOLAR DESICCANT COOLING: SIMULATION ANDEXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
Paul Bourdoukan1, Etienne Wurtz2, Maurice Spérandio1 and Patrice Joubert1
1 LEPTAB: Laboratoire d.Etude des Phénomènes de Transfert Appliqué au Bâtiment, University of La Rochelle, Avenue Marillac, 17042 La Rochelle France
2 LOCIE: Université de Savoie Campus scientifique, 73376 Le Bourget du Lac
Proc. Building Simulation 2007, September 3-6, 2007, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

 

 

2006

pdf document Development of a Model Specification for Performance Monitoring Systems for Commercial Buildings,
Philip Haves and Robert J. Hitchcock (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Kenneth L. Gillespie, Jr. (Pacific Gas and Electric Company), Martha Brook (California Energy Commission), Christine Shockman (Shockman Consulting), Joseph J. Deringer (Deringer Group), Kristopher L. Kinney (QuEST).
Proceedings of the 2006 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 13-18, 2006 in Pacific Grove, California.

 
pdf document A LIBRARY OF HVAC COMPONENT MODELS FOR USE IN AUTOMATED DIAGNOSTICS
Peng Xu, Philip Haves, Dimitri Curtil (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA).
Proceedings of SimBuild 2006, held at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., August 2-4, 2006

 

 

2005

pdf document Parametric Analysis of a Solar Desiccant Cooling System using the SimSPARK Environment
Etienne Wurtz, Chadi Maalouf, Laurent Mora and Francis Allard, LEPTAB, University of LaRochelle, Av. M. Crepeau, 17042 La Rochelle, France.
Proc. IBPSA Building Simulation 2005, August 15-18, Montreal, Canada

 


 

2004

LBNL-55522
pdf document 		Graph-Theoretic Methods in Simulation Using SPARK , Edward F. Sowell, Dept. of Computer Science, California State University at Fullerton, Fullerton, California, 92834; Michael A. Moshier, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, Chapman University, Orange, California 92866; Philip Haves, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720; and Dimitri Curtil, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720. Proc. High Performance Computing Symposium of the Advanced Simulation Technologies Conference (Society for Modeling Simulation International), Arlington, VA, April 18-22, 2004.

 
pdf document A Simulation-Based Testing and Training Environment for Building Controls
Peng Xu, Philip Haves (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA USA) and Joe Deringer (The Deringer Group, Berkeley, CA USA)
Proc. SimBuild 2004, Building Sustainability and Performance Through Simulation, August 4-6 2004, Boulder, CO, USA

 

2003


 
pdf document Analysis Of Hybrid Ventilation Performance In France
Florence Cron and Christian Inard (LEPTAB, Universite de la Rochelle, France)
Proc. 8th Int.l IBPSA Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands, August 11-14, 2003.

 
pdf document SIMSPARK: An Object-Oriented Environment To Predict Coupled Heat And Mass Transfers In Buildings
Laurent Mora, K. C. Mendonca, Etienne Wurtz and Christian Inard (LEPTAB, Universite de la Rochelle, France)
Proc. 8th Int.l IBPSA Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands, August 11-14, 2003.

 
LBNL-54581
pdf document 		SPARK Reference Manual(3mb), 2003

 
LBNL-54582
pdf document 		VisualSPARK Users Guide (2.5mb), 2003

 
pdf Numerical Analysis of Hybrid Ventilation Performance Depending on Climate Characteristics
Florence Cron, Christian Inard and Rafik Belarbi, LEPTAB, University of La Rochelle, Avenue Michel Cripeau, F-17042 La Rochelle Cedex 01, France. Proc. International Journal of Ventilation, Volume 1 HybVent, Hybrid Ventilation Special Edition
IBPSA 2003
pdf document 		Application of the SPARK Kernel
Edward F. Sowell (sowell@fullerton.edu), Department of Computer Science, California State University at Fullerton, Fullerton California, 92834 USA and Michael A. Moshier, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Chapman University, Orange, California 92866. Proc. Eighth International IBPSA Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands August 11-14, 2003
 

2002

pdf Experimental and Numerical Analysis of a Hybrid-Ventilated Room, F. Cron and C. Inard, LEPTAB, University of La Rochelle, Avenue Michel Crepeau, F-17042, La Rochelle Cedex 01, France -and- M. ElMankibi and P. Michel, LASH, ENTPE, Rue Maurice Audin, F-69518 Vaulx-en-Velin, France. Proc. "Roomvent 2002: 8th International Conference on Air Distribution in Rooms", Copenhagen, Denmark, 8-11 September 2002.

2001

pdf document BUILDINGS AIR-FLOW SIMULATIONS: AUTOMATICALLY-GENERATED ZONAL MODELS
Marjorie MUSY (CERMA . Ecole d.Architecture de Nantes . 44319 Nantes, France), Etienne WURTZ and Anne SERGENT (LEPTAB . Université de La Rochelle. 17042 La Rochelle, France)
Proc. Seventh International IBPSA Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 13-15, 2001
SPARK
pdf document 		BUILDINGS AIR-FLOW SIMULATIONS: AUTOMATICALLY-GENERATED ZONAL MODELS ,     M. Musy, CERMA, Ecole d'Architecture de Nantes, 44319 Nantes, France, E. Wurtz, A. Sergent. LEPTAB, Universite de La Rochelle, 17042 La Rochelle, France, Proc. Building Simulation 2001, IBPSA, Rio de Janeiro, August 13-15, 2001.
 
VisualSPARK
pdf document 		VisualSPARK Users Guide
 

SPARK
pdf document 		SPARK Reference Manual
 

LBNL-47975
pdf document 		AUTOMATIC UNIT AND PROPERTY CONVERSION IN SPARK,
Edward F. Sowell, California State University, Fullerton, CA., Michael A. Moshier, Chapman University, ORange, CA., Ender Erdem, Simulation Research Group, EETD, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, May 2001. Proc. Building Simulation 2001, IBPSA, Rio de Janeiro, September 2001.
 

2000

LBL-45936
pdf document
abstract only 		EFFICIENT SOLUTION STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION
E. F. Sowell and P. Haves, Energy and Buildings 33(2001)309-319, April 2001.
 


 

1999

LBL-44097
abstract only
pdf document

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

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

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

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

1996

LBL-39098
abstract only 		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.

1995

LBL-37300
abstract only 		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.

EB-1
abstract only 		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
abstract only 		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.

1994

LBL-35439
abstract only 		SYMBOLIC MODELING IN BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION,
J.M. Nataf of the Groupe Informatique et Sciences Energetiques, ENPC, La Courtine-Cedex, Noisy le Grande, France, and F.C. Winkelmann of the Simulation Research Group, April 1994. Published in Energy and Buildings, 21 (1994), 147-153.

1993

LBL-33906
Abstract 		RECENT IMPROVEMENTS IN SPARK; STRONG COMPONENT DECOMPOSITION, MULTIVALUED OBJECTS, AND GRAPHICAL INTERFACE,
W.F. Buhl, A.E. Erdem, F.C. Winkelmann and E.F. Sowell, Proc. Building Simulation '93, The International Building Performance Simulation Association, Adelaide, Australia. August 16-18, 1993.

1992

LBL-32815
abstract only 		AUTOMATIC CODE GENERATION IN SPARK: APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTER ALGEBRA AND COMPILER-COMPILERS
J.M. Nataf of the Groupe Informatique et Sciences Energetiques, ENPC, La Courtine-Cedex, Noisy le Grande, France, and F.C. Winkelmann of the Simulation Research Group, September 1992.

1990

LBL-28273
abstract only 		RADIANT TRANSFER DUE TO LIGHTING: AN EXAMPLE OF SYMBOLIC MODEL GENERATION FOR SPARK,
E.F. Sowell and J.-M. Nataf, October 1989, rev. January 1990. Proc. Society for Computer Simulation 1990 Western Multiconference, San Diego, January 17-19, 1990.

LBL-29419,
Rev. 1
abstract only 		ADVANCES IN SPARK,
W.F. Buhl, A.E. Erdem, J.-M. Nataf and F.C. Winkelmann, Proc. Third International Conference on System Simulation in Buildings, Liege, Belgium, Dec. 3-5. 1990.

1989

LBL-28272
abstract only 		OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING, EQUATION-BASED SUBMODELS, AND SYSTEM REDUCTION IN SPARK,
E.F. Sowell, W.F. Buhl, and J.-M. Nataf; Proc. Building Simulation '89, The International Building Performance Simulation Association, Vancouver, B.C., June 23-24, 1989.

LBL-28274
abstract only 		NEUTRAL FORMAT AND AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION FOR BUILDING SIMULATION SUBMODELS,
P. Sahlin and E.F. Sowell. Proc. Building Simulation '89, Vancouver, B.C., June 23-24, 1989.

LBL-28275
abstract only 		SPECIFYING DYNAMIC MODELS IN THE SIMULATION PROBLEM ANALYSIS KERNEL,
M.A. Moshier and E.F. Sowell, October 1989. Proc. Society for Computer Simulation 1990 Western Multiconference, San Diego, January 17-19, 1990.


1988

LBL-26262 DYNAMIC EXTENSION OF THE SIMULATION PROBLEM ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH KERNEL (SPARK),
E.F. Sowell and W.F. Buhl; Proceedings of USER1: A Working Conference for Users of Simulation Hardware, Software and Intelliware, Ostend, Belgium, September 6-8, 1988.


1986

LBL-21522 A NETWORK DEFINITION AND SOLUTION OF SIMULATION PROBLEMS,
Jeffrey L. Anderson, May 1986.

LBL-22106 PROTOTYPE OBJECT-BASED SYSTEM FOR HVAC SIMULATION,
E.F. Sowell, W.F. Buhl, A.E. Erdem, and F.C. Winkelmann, presented at the Second International Conference on System Simulation in Buildings, Liege, Belgium, December 1986.