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I’m curious whether the modular nature of TRNSYS allows us to model absurdly large, non‑physical constructs and assess their hypothetical thermal footprints. Would such a “science‑fiction” exercise be a legitimate use of the software, or does it cross the line into misuse?
I suppose I would split up my answer into two pieces. TRNSYS the engine is just an equation solver that reads a text input file (of a particular syntax), interprets output-input connection, calls components, checks for convergence, and advances time. That part of TRNSYS can be applied to any system you want whether it involves thermal energy or not. TRNSYS the library of existing components has no model for the kind of structures that you mention in your email. If you are aware of algorithms and want to implement them in TRNSYS then you could but to my knowledge no such models already exist.