modelThreeRoomsContam

Model with three rooms for the validation of the multizone air exchange models

Extends from Modelica.Icons.Example.

Information

This is a model of three rooms that exchange air among each based on density difference between the air in the rooms and the outside. The model implements the configuration shown below.

Configuration of the three rooms.

This model has been used for a comparative model validation between CONTAM and the Buildings library. See Wetter (2006) for details of the validation.

References

Michael Wetter. Multizone Airflow Model in Modelica. Proc. of the 5th International Modelica Conference, p. 431-440. Vienna, Austria, September 2006.

Components

TypeNameDefaultDescription
IBPSA.Fluid.MixingVolumes.MixingVolumevolEas
IBPSA.Airflow.Multizone.OrificeoriOutBot
IBPSA.Airflow.Multizone.MediumColumncolOutTop
IBPSA.Airflow.Multizone.OrificeoriOutTop
IBPSA.Airflow.Multizone.MediumColumncolEasInTop
IBPSA.Fluid.Sources.FixedBoundaryvolOut
IBPSA.Airflow.Multizone.MediumColumncolEasInBot
IBPSA.Airflow.Multizone.MediumColumncolOutBot
IBPSA.Airflow.Multizone.MediumColumncolWesBot
IBPSA.Airflow.Multizone.OrificeoriWesTop
IBPSA.Airflow.Multizone.MediumColumncolWesTop
IBPSA.Airflow.Multizone.DoorDiscretizedOperabledooOpeCloDiscretized door
IBPSA.Fluid.MixingVolumes.MixingVolumevolWes
Modelica.Blocks.Sources.Constantopen
IBPSA.Airflow.Multizone.MediumColumncol1EasBot
IBPSA.Airflow.Multizone.OrificeoriEasTop
IBPSA.Airflow.Multizone.MediumColumncolEasTop
IBPSA.Fluid.MixingVolumes.MixingVolumevolTop
Modelica.Thermal.HeatTransfer.Sources.FixedTemperatureTTopFixed temperature
Modelica.Thermal.HeatTransfer.Sources.FixedTemperatureTWesFixed temperature
Modelica.Thermal.HeatTransfer.Sources.FixedTemperatureTEasFixed temperature
Modelica.Thermal.HeatTransfer.Components.ThermalConductorconTopThermal conductor
Modelica.Thermal.HeatTransfer.Components.ThermalConductorconWesThermal conductor
Modelica.Thermal.HeatTransfer.Components.ThermalConductorconEasThermal conductor

Contents

NameDescription
Medium

Revisions

  • December 22, 2014 by Michael Wetter:
    Removed Modelica.Fluid.System to address issue #311.
  • June 26, 2014, by Michael Wetter:
    Set the initial conditions to be fixed to avoid a translation warning. This required adding a heat conductor between each volume and its prescribed temperature in order to avoid an overdetermined system of equations.
  • November 10, 2011, by Michael Wetter:
    Added documentation.