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Thermal properties of window glass

Extends from Modelica.Icons.Record.

Information

This record implements thermophysical properties for window glass. See Buildings.HeatTransfer.Data.Glasses for instructions.

Parameters

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Modelica.Units.SI.Lengthx0.003Thickness
Modelica.Units.SI.ThermalConductivityk1Thermal conductivity
Modelica.Units.SI.TransmissionCoefficient[:]tauSol{0.6}Solar transmittance
Modelica.Units.SI.ReflectionCoefficient[:]rhoSol_a{0.075}Solar reflectance of surface a (usually outside-facing surface)
Modelica.Units.SI.ReflectionCoefficient[:]rhoSol_b{0.075}Solar reflectance of surface b (usually room-facing surface)
Modelica.Units.SI.TransmissionCoefficienttauIR0Infrared transmissivity of glass
Modelica.Units.SI.EmissivityabsIR_a0.84Infrared absorptivity of surface a (usually outside-facing surface)
Modelica.Units.SI.EmissivityabsIR_b0.84Infrared absorptivity of surface b (usually room-facing surface)

Revisions

  • August 7, 2015, by Michael Wetter:
    Revised model to allow modeling of electrochromic windows. This is for issue 445.
  • December 09, 2011, by Wangda Zuo:
    Compare the variable names with those in Window 6 and correct the variable names Emis1 and Emis2 in documentation.
  • Sep. 3 2010, by Michael Wetter, Wangda Zuo:
    First implementation.