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A NUMERICAL LIGHTING/HVAC TEST CELL.

Author(s) : SOWELL E. F.

Summary

A COMPUTER PROGRAM THAT MAY QUALIFY AS A < NUMERICAL TEST CELL > FOR LIGHTING/HVAC INTERACTION STUDIES IS DESCRIBED. THE PROGRAM IS GENERAL IN THAT IT ALLOWS A ROOMTO BE DEFINED IN TERMS OF AN ARBITRARY NUMBER OF SURFACES, ENCLOSED AIR MASSES, AND INTERCONNECTING AIRFLOW PATHS. DIFFUSE SHORT-AND LONG-WAVE RADIATION IS RIGOROUSLY MODELLED, AS ARE CONDUCTION AND CONVECTION. MODELLING CONTROL PARAMETERS ALLOW EITHER STEADY-STATE OR TRANSIENT SOLUTIONS AND DIFFERENT BOUDARY CONDITIONS WITHOUT CHANGING THE MODEL ITSELF. EXACT SOLUTIONS TO SIMPLE PROBLEMS ARE DEMONSTRATED. THE RESULTS ARE WITHIN THE RANGE OF EXPERIMENTAL DISCREPANCIES.

Details

  • Original title: A NUMERICAL LIGHTING/HVAC TEST CELL.
  • Record ID : 1992-0721
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1990
  • Source: Source: ASHRAE Trans.
    vol. 96; n. 2; 780-786; 10 fig.; 12 ref.; discuss.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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