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Re: [TRNSYS-users] Virtual window error



Dear Sumaila Aongya,

Try the virtual window with WinID 10001 (Basic or American library) instead. I also get this error with WinID 1.

Best regards,
Knut Erik Enerstvedt


>Hello,
>I am simulating a building using TRNSYS 17. On the recommendation of M. Kummert, instead of using a wall made of air to represent >hallways or lack of a wall from a zone to another one, we changed them into virtual/non existant windows (WinID: 0001) with tiny frames >(2% of surface area). Now, the problem is that the simulation cannot run the model because it's creating an error UNIT7, TYPE 56 " >iniglasdata: value negative or greater than 1 for nonvisual absorption W4_front was found after fitting for Window-ID.  1: abs_nonvis= >-0.008717874 at angle= 0."  I get this error with horizontal and vertical windows but if I simulate the same building with real windows i.e. >7433 instead of virtual ones, it works perfectly.
 
>We changed to virtual windows because it's supposed to represent more effectively thermal resistance and others properties. Can I >change some configurations so this error doesn't come back? Should I just keep the air walls, since the difference in properties are >almost negligeable?
 
>Can you help me with this?
 
>Thanks!
 
>Sumaila Aongya
>Stagiaire universitaire
>Laboratoire des technologies de l'énergie (LTE)
>600, avenue de la Montagne
>Shawinigan, QC, G9N 7N5
>Tel: 819-539-1400 poste 1340