Buildings.ThermalZones.Detailed.Examples.FFD

Package that tests the models for coupled simulation between Modelica and Fast Fluid Dynamics

Information

This package tests the coupled simulation of the model Buildings.ThermalZones.Detailed.CFD with the Fast Fluid Dynamics (FFD) program. Different cases with various boundary conditions are evaluated. The models in this package do not represent realistic buildings, but are rather designed to test the coupled simulation.

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

Package Content

Name	Description
UsersGuide
Tutorial	Tutorial with step by step instructions for how to do coupled simulation
ForcedConvection	Ventilation with forced convection in an empty room
NaturalConvectionWithControl	A case of natural convection with feedback loop control
RoomOnlyConstructionBoundary	Test model for natural convection in an empty room with only construction boundary.
RoomOnlyExteriorWallNoWindow	Natural convection in an empty room with only exterior walls without windows.
RoomOnlySurfaceBoundary	Natural convection in an empty room with only surface boundary
WindowWithShade	Natural convection in an empty room with exterior walls, windows and shades
WindowWithoutShade	Natural convection in an empty room with exterior walls, windows without shade
BaseClasses	Package with base classes for Buildings.ThermalZones.Detailed.Examples.FFD

Buildings.ThermalZones.Detailed.Examples.FFD.ForcedConvection

Ventilation with forced convection in an empty room

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This model tests the coupled simulation of Buildings.ThermalZones.Detailed.CFD with the FFD program by simulating the ventilation with forced convection in an empty room. Figure (a) shows the schematic of the FFD simulation and Figure (b) shows streamlines and contours of the horizontal velocity U as simulated by the FFD.

Figure (a)

Figure (b)

Extends from Modelica.Icons.Example (Icon for runnable examples), Buildings.ThermalZones.Detailed.Examples.FFD.BaseClasses.PartialRoom (Partial model for a room).

Parameters

Modelica definition

Buildings.ThermalZones.Detailed.Examples.FFD.NaturalConvectionWithControl

A case of natural convection with feedback loop control

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This model tests the coupled simulation of Buildings.ThermalZones.Detailed.CFD with the FFD program by simulating natural convection in an empty room with a PI controller and a heater to maintain the temperature at room center to be 2°C.

The configuration of the simulation is the same as Buildings.ThermalZones.Detailed.Examples.FFD.Tutorial.NaturalConvection, except that a heater with PI controller is added to maintain the desired room temperature.

The temperature at the central room is sent to the PI controller as measured temperature. Based on the difference of set temperature and measured temperaure PI controller sends signal to the heater to yield the heat flow. The heat flow is then injected into the room through the heat port as convective heat flow. After receving the heat flow from Modelica, the FFD uniformly distributes it into the space.

Please note that roo.yCFD[1] is the temperature at the center of the room and roo.yCFD[2] is the velocity magnitude at the center of the room.

Figure (a) shows the velocity vectors and temperature contours in degree Celsius on the X-Z plane at Y = 0.5 m as simulated by the FFD.

Figure (a)

Extends from Buildings.ThermalZones.Detailed.Examples.FFD.Tutorial.NaturalConvection (Tutorial for Natural Convection case).

Parameters

Modelica definition

Buildings.ThermalZones.Detailed.Examples.FFD.RoomOnlyConstructionBoundary

Test model for natural convection in an empty room with only construction boundary.

Information

This model tests the copuled simulation of Buildings.ThermalZones.Detailed.CFD with the FFD program by simulating the natural convection in an empty room with only construction boundaries.

Figure (a) shows the schematic of the FFD simulation. The room is 1 meter in length, width and height. The temperature of the east wall is set to 40°C and the rest walls are at 10°C. The initial value for the temperature of the room air is 30°C. Two sensors are placed in the room center at (0.5 m, 0.5 m, 0.5 m) that measure the temperature and the velocity.

Figure (a)

Figure (b) shows the velocity vectors and temperature contours in degree Celsius on the X-Z plane at Y = 0.5 m as simulated by the FFD.

Figure (b)

Extends from Modelica.Icons.Example (Icon for runnable examples), Buildings.ThermalZones.Detailed.Examples.FFD.BaseClasses.PartialRoom (Partial model for a room).

Parameters

Modelica definition

Buildings.ThermalZones.Detailed.Examples.FFD.RoomOnlyExteriorWallNoWindow

Natural convection in an empty room with only exterior walls without windows.

Information

This model tests the coupled simulation of Buildings.ThermalZones.Detailed.CFD with the FFD program by simulating the natural convection in an empty room with only exterior walls and without windows.

Figure (a) shows the schematic of the FFD simulation. The room is 1 meter in length, width and height. The walls are exposed to the ambient environment (cold winter night in Chicago) and the insulation is very poor. The initial values are for the temperatures of the walls 20°C and for temperature of the air 30°C. All temperature drop quickly due to the heat loss. Two sensors are placed in the room center at (0.5 m, 0.5 m, 0.5 m) that measure the temperature and the velocity.

Figure (a)

Figure (b) shows the velocity vectors and temperature contours in degree Celsius on the X-Z plane at Y = 0.5 m as simulated by the FFD. In the cold mid-night of Chicago, the temperature of the ceiling is the lowest and the temperature of the ground floor is the highest.

Figure (b)

Extends from Modelica.Icons.Example (Icon for runnable examples), Buildings.ThermalZones.Detailed.Examples.FFD.BaseClasses.PartialRoom (Partial model for a room).

Parameters

Modelica definition

Buildings.ThermalZones.Detailed.Examples.FFD.RoomOnlySurfaceBoundary

Natural convection in an empty room with only surface boundary

Information

This model tests the coupled simulation of Buildings.ThermalZones.Detailed.CFD with the FFD program by simulating the natural convection in an empty room with only surface boundaries. It is also used to test the adiabatic boundary conditon in the FFD code.

Figure (a) shows the schematic of the FFD simulation. The following conditions are applied in the Modelica model:

• East Wall: Fixed temperature at 40°C,
• West Wall: Fixed temperature at 10°C,
• North and South Wall, Ceiling, Floor: Fixed heat flux at 0 W/m².

Figure (a)

Figure (b) shows the velocity vectors and temperature contours in degree Celsius on the X-Z plane at Y = 0.5 m as simulated by the FFD.

Figure (b)

Extends from Modelica.Icons.Example (Icon for runnable examples), Buildings.ThermalZones.Detailed.Examples.FFD.BaseClasses.PartialRoom (Partial model for a room).

Parameters

Modelica definition

Buildings.ThermalZones.Detailed.Examples.FFD.WindowWithShade

Natural convection in an empty room with exterior walls, windows and shades

Information

This model tests the cosimulation of Buildings.ThermalZones.Detailed.CFD with the FFD program by simulating natural convection in a room with only exterior walls and windows with shades.

Figure (a) show the schematic of FFD simulation. The walls and the windows are exposed to the ambient environment. The wall is well insulated and the initial temperature is 20°C. The initial temperature for the room air is 17°C.

Figure (a)

Figure (b) shows the velocity vectors and temperature contours in degree Celsius on the X-Z plane at Y = 0.5 m, at t = 300 s as simulated by the FFD.

Figure (b)

Note: The current version of the FFD program does not support a moving boundary. Thus, the shade can only be at a fixed position as determined by the parameter uSha_fixed={0.5,0.5}.

Extends from Modelica.Icons.Example (Icon for runnable examples), Buildings.ThermalZones.Detailed.Examples.FFD.BaseClasses.PartialRoom (Partial model for a room).

Parameters

Modelica definition

Buildings.ThermalZones.Detailed.Examples.FFD.WindowWithoutShade

Natural convection in an empty room with exterior walls, windows without shade

Information

This model tests the coupled simulation of Buildings.ThermalZones.Detailed.CFD with the FFD program by simulating natural convection in a room with only exterior walls and windows.

Figure (a) shows the schematic of FFD simulation. The walls are exposed to the ambient environment. Both the wall and window are well insulated and the initial temperature of the walls and the window is 20°C.

Figure (a)

Extends from Modelica.Icons.Example (Icon for runnable examples), Buildings.ThermalZones.Detailed.Examples.FFD.BaseClasses.PartialRoom (Partial model for a room).

Parameters

Modelica definition