Implementation of the equivalent-homogeneous-layers-set method in whole-building simulations: Experimental validation


Por: Barrios G., Rojas J., Huelsz G., Tovar R., Jalife S.

Publicada: 1 oct 2017
Resumen:
This work presents the experimental validation of the equivalent-homogeneous-layers-set method (EHLS) implemented in EnergyPlus, a whole-building energy simulation program. The EHLS method generates a constructive system that is thermally equivalent, under time-dependent heat transfer, to a wall/roof constructive system that has air-cavities inside. The equivalent constructive system is a set of homogeneous layers, some of them with time-dependent equivalent thermal conductivity. The EHLS method takes into account the heat transfer through the constructive system by two-dimensional conduction, natural convection inside the air-cavities and radiation between the air-cavity surfaces. To validate the EHLS method implemented in EnergyPlus, a whole year of experimental results were taken from a non-air-conditioned test-hut constructed with concrete hollow-block walls and the roof comprised of concrete hollow-blocks and T-beams. The numerical results show a good agreement with the experimental ones. The differences between EnergyPlus simulation results and experimental results are of the same order of magnitude as the differences between EnergyPlus simulation and experimental results from two adjacent test-huts made of homogenous constructive systems over the same time-period and reported previously. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Filiaciones:
Barrios G.:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Energias Renovables, Temixco 62580, Mor, Mexico

 Instituto de Energías Renovables, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Temixco, Mor. 62580, Mexico

Rojas J.:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Energias Renovables, Temixco 62580, Mor, Mexico

 Instituto de Energías Renovables, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Temixco, Mor. 62580, Mexico

Huelsz G.:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Energias Renovables, Temixco 62580, Mor, Mexico

 Instituto de Energías Renovables, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Temixco, Mor. 62580, Mexico

Tovar R.:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Energias Renovables, Temixco 62580, Mor, Mexico

 Instituto de Energías Renovables, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Temixco, Mor. 62580, Mexico

Jalife S.:
 Meccano Mexico, Antonio Duenez 170, Torreon 27019, Coah, Mexico

 Meccano de México, Antonio Dueñez 170, Zona Industrial, Torreón, Coah. 27019, Mexico
ISSN: 13594311
Editorial
Elsevier Science Ltd, Exeter, United Kingdom, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND, Reino Unido
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 125 Número:
Páginas: 35-40
WOS Id: 000410011200005