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Hi everyone,
I have a room that I wanted to simulate with Type56. Desired output is the operative room temperature and the surface temperature of the window, the ceiling and the floor. This room borders on a double facade (inner layer triple glazing, outer layer one glass pane; the space between the layers is equipped with openings diagonal between the different floors to get a better ventilation, a CFD-Simulation for the space between the layers has already been done for ventilation aspects).
How would be the correct way to integrate this facade into my simulation? Do you know any examples where I can have a look on to better understand how to simulate a facade like this?
Many thanks in advance for any hints, help or examples!
Susanne
Susanne,
I do not know if this is the best way to approach the situation but what I have done in the past is to treat the façade space as another Type56 airnode and then use the results of the CFD simulation as boundary conditions on the flow of air through the façade airnode. If the façade covers more than one story of the building then I usually assign one air node to each part of the façade that is adjacent to one of the stories of the building. I then use the CFD (or CONTAM/COMIS/TRNFlow) generated airflows to set the air coupling between the airnodes of the façade.
kind regards,
David.
