modelReverseBuoyancy

Model with four rooms and buoyancy-driven air circulation that reverses direction

Extends from Modelica.Icons.Example.

Information

This model is similar than BuildingSystems.Airflow.Multizone.Validation.ThreeRoomsContam but it has four instead of three rooms. The outdoor conditions are held constant at 10°C and atmospheric pressure. All four rooms are at different temperatures, with the rooms on the bottom floor being initially at a higher temperature than the rooms on the top floor. As time progresses, the temperatures of the two rooms on the respective floors asymptotically approach each other. The bottom floor eventually cools below the temperature of the top floor, because the bottom floor directly exchanges air with the outside.

Components

TypeNameDefaultDescription
BuildingSystems.Fluid.MixingVolumes.MixingVolumevolBotEasVolume of bottom floor, east room
BuildingSystems.Airflow.Multizone.OrificeoriOutBotOrifice at bottom
BuildingSystems.Airflow.Multizone.MediumColumncolOutTopMedium column to compute static pressure of air
BuildingSystems.Airflow.Multizone.OrificeoriOutTopOrifice at top
BuildingSystems.Airflow.Multizone.MediumColumncolEasInTopMedium column to compute static pressure of air
BuildingSystems.Airflow.Multizone.MediumColumncolEasInBotMedium column to compute static pressure of air
BuildingSystems.Airflow.Multizone.MediumColumncolOutBotMedium column to compute static pressure of air
MediumColumncolWesBotMedium column to compute static pressure of air
BuildingSystems.Airflow.Multizone.OrificeoriWesTopOrifice between west rooms
BuildingSystems.Airflow.Multizone.MediumColumncolWesTopMedium column to compute static pressure of air
BuildingSystems.Airflow.Multizone.DoorDiscretizedOperabledooOpeCloDiscretized door
Fluid.Delays.DelayFirstOrdervolBotWesVolume of bottom floor, west room
Modelica.Blocks.Sources.ConstantopeConstant signal for door opening
BuildingSystems.Airflow.Multizone.MediumColumncol1EasBotMedium column to compute static pressure of air
BuildingSystems.Airflow.Multizone.OrificeoriEasTopOrifice between east rooms
BuildingSystems.Airflow.Multizone.MediumColumncolEasTopMedium column to compute static pressure of air
BuildingSystems.Fluid.MixingVolumes.MixingVolumevolTopEasVolume of top floor, east room
BuildingSystems.Fluid.MixingVolumes.MixingVolumevolTopWesVolume of top floor, west room
BuildingSystems.Airflow.Multizone.DoorDiscretizedOperabledooOpeCloTopDiscretized door
BuildingSystems.Fluid.Sources.Boundary_pTvolOutAmbient conditions

Contents

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Revisions

  • March 26, 2021 by Michael Wetter:
    Updated comments for IBPSA, #515.
  • May 15, 2019, by Jianjun Hu:
    Replaced fluid source. This is for #1072.
  • December 22, 2014 by Michael Wetter:
    Removed Modelica.Fluid.System to address issue #311.
  • November 10, 2011, by Michael Wetter:
    Added documentation.