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Re: [TRNSYS-users] Type56 Thermal Capacitance Inquiry



On 2022-11-21 11:21, Alex Cheng via TRNSYS-users wrote:

Is it more accurate to model a large body of containerized water
within a room by:
	* Increasing the thermal capacitance in Type56 or,
	* Using storage tanks like Type 158 with Top, Edge, Bottom Loss
coefficients?

If it's a large tank of water in a room that you are trying to simulate then model it as a large tank of water within a room! Artificially increasing the zone capacitance and modeling it that way means that the water and air are always effectively the same temperature - which is very unlikely during periods of transient behavior.

Jeff

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