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Erschienen in: Engineering with Computers 2/2015

01.04.2015 | Original Article

An algorithm to generate space boundaries for building energy simulation

verfasst von: Cody M. Rose, Vladimir Bazjanac

Erschienen in: Engineering with Computers | Ausgabe 2/2015

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Abstract

We provide an algorithm based on graph theory to convert a three-dimensional architectural building model without defined thermal space boundaries into geometry suitable for import into a whole-building energy performance simulation engine such as EnergyPlus. Our algorithm expects input specified as an Industry Foundation Classes model, accepts a wide variety of input geometry, and is capable of accounting for a building’s construction material configuration as well as its geometry. The described approach is limited to solid-to-solid heat exchange; solid-to-fluid and fluid-to-fluid heat exchanges are not considered. We analyze the performance of our algorithm on some test building models.

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Fußnoten
1
IfcCurtainWall objects would make sense here, but we have not considered them yet.
 
2
Or delegate, really.
 
3
We discuss implementation concerns in Sect. 3
 
4
defined with a BuildingSurface:Detailed object
 
5
Experienced EnergyPlus users will be familiar with other options here, such as a “ground connection” flag. We detect ground connections as a subset of building facade connections using a rough heuristic that is not the focus of this paper.
 
6
EnergyPlus 8.0 does not actually enforce this “matching” criterion, but the only way to take useful advantage of this laxity that we are aware of (which involves zone multipliers) is irrelevant to our method, so we ignore it.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
An algorithm to generate space boundaries for building energy simulation
verfasst von
Cody M. Rose
Vladimir Bazjanac
Publikationsdatum
01.04.2015
Verlag
Springer London
Erschienen in
Engineering with Computers / Ausgabe 2/2015
Print ISSN: 0177-0667
Elektronische ISSN: 1435-5663
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00366-013-0347-5

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