Buildings.HeatTransfer.Windows.Examples

Collection of models that illustrate model use and test models

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This package contains examples for the use of models that can be found in Buildings.HeatTransfer.Windows.

Extends from Modelica.Icons.ExamplesPackage (Icon for packages containing runnable examples).

Package Content

Name	Description
BeamDepthInRoom	Test model for the depth of the solar beam in the room
BoundaryHeatTransfer	Test model for the heat transfer at the window boundary condition
ElectrochromicWindow	Electrochromic window
FixedShade	Test model for the fixed shade model
Overhang	This example tests the window overhang model
SideFins	This example demonstrates the use of side fins for a window
Window	Test model for the window

Buildings.HeatTransfer.Windows.Examples.BeamDepthInRoom

Test model for the depth of the solar beam in the room

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This example computes how far from the wall, measured perpendicular to the wall, hits the workplane. The figure below shows this length for January 1 in Chicago for windows with different orientations. The spike at sunset is a numerical artifact that has no physical significance.

Extends from Modelica.Icons.Example (Icon for runnable examples).

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Buildings.HeatTransfer.Windows.Examples.BoundaryHeatTransfer

Test model for the heat transfer at the window boundary condition

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Extends from Modelica.Icons.Example (Icon for runnable examples).

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Buildings.HeatTransfer.Windows.Examples.ElectrochromicWindow

Electrochromic window

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This model demonstrates the implementation of a window model. On the left hand side is a model for the combined convective and radiative heat transfer on the outside facing side of the window. In the top middle is the window model, and below is a model that computes the solar radiation balance of the window. Output of the solar radiation balance model are the absorbed solar heat flow rates, which are input to the heat balance models. On the right hand side are models for the inside surface heat balance. As opposed to the outside surface heat balance models, these models are implemented using separate components for the radiative balance and for the convective balance. This has been done to allow separating radiation from convection, which is required when the room model is used with room air heat balance models that use computational fluid dynamics.

Extends from Window (Test model for the window).

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Buildings.HeatTransfer.Windows.Examples.FixedShade

Test model for the fixed shade model

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This model tests window overhang and side fins. There are four instances of sha. The first instance models an overhang only, the second models side fins and an overhang, the third models side fins only and the fourth has neither an overhang nor a side fin.

Extends from Modelica.Icons.Example (Icon for runnable examples).

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Buildings.HeatTransfer.Windows.Examples.Overhang

This example tests the window overhang model

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This example demonstrates the use of the overhang model. It calculates the fraction of total window area that is exposed to the sun.

A similar example of an overhang model with more basic components is implemented in Buildings.HeatTransfer.Windows.BaseClasses.Examples.Overhang.

Extends from Modelica.Icons.Example (Icon for runnable examples).

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Buildings.HeatTransfer.Windows.Examples.SideFins

This example demonstrates the use of side fins for a window

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This example uses the window sidefin model to calculate the fraction of total window area exposed to the sun.

For a detailed description of the model, see Buildings.HeatTransfer.Windows.SideFins. A similar example of can be found in Buildings.HeatTransfer.Windows.BaseClasses.Examples.SideFins.

Extends from Modelica.Icons.Example (Icon for runnable examples).

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Buildings.HeatTransfer.Windows.Examples.Window

Test model for the window

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This model demonstrates the implementation of a window model. On the left hand side is a model for the combined convective and radiative heat transfer on the outside facing side of the window. In the top middle is the window model, and below is a model that computes the solar radiation balance of the window. Output of the solar radiation balance model are the absorbed solar heat flow rates, which are input to the heat balance models. On the right hand side are models for the inside surface heat balance. As opposed to the outside surface heat balance models, these models are implemented using separate components for the radiative balance and for the convective balance. This has been done to allow separating radiation from convection, which is required when the room model is used with room air heat balance models that use computational fluid dynamics.

Extends from Modelica.Icons.Example (Icon for runnable examples).

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