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Re: [TRNSYS-users] modeling a passiv haus
Christophe,
I’m going to model a "15 kWh passiv haus", the first real project of
this type in France (!!!).
I don’t know how to estimate the airchange of infiltration of this type
of house. I know it will respect the german specification (0,6 vol/h at
50 Pa) but I don’t know how to traduct this value into “airchange of
infiltration”. Does someone have an idea ?
The 2005 ASHRAE handbook of fundamentals (Chapter 27, p.21) lists a rule
of thumb that is often used: the yearly average infiltration rate is
taken as the value at 50 Pa divided by 20. This is of course a gross
simplification since it ignores the variations of infiltration with its
driving forces (temperature difference and wind). The same chapter in
the handbook provides references to other methods to use the "50 Pa"
infiltration value.
The most detailed way to model infiltration in TRNSYS is to use a
multizone airflow model (TRNFLOW, COMIS or CONTAM), but you may not need
it in your case since there will be a ventilation system with
(hopefully) a much larger ventilation rate.
If you are interested in heating energy load and system design I would
think that the "1/20" rule of thumb is good enough, but of course things
are different if you are studying summer thermal comfort with operable
windows or other aspects where (possibly controlled) infiltration is
important.
I hope this helps,
Michaël Kummert
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Michaël Kummert
École Polytechnique de Montréal - Génie Mécanique
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Email : michael.kummert à polymtl.ca