modelDetailedHouse5

New building model with two connected zones

Extends from Modelica.Icons.Example.

Information

This example demonstrates the use of the RectangularZoneTemplate. The one-zone implementation with one window of IDEAS.Examples.Tutorial.DetailedHouse.DetailedHouse1 is replaced by a two-zone implementation with a north and a south-oriented window. Note the different temperature responses of the zones.

Required models

Connection instructions

The model consists of two RectangularZoneTemplates and a SimInfoManager. The required parameters are set in the templates, with careful attention to all tabs. The internal wall is defined in only one of the two templates, while an external connection is used for the other template. The InternalWall and External options cause a yellow bus connector to appear on each template, which must then be connected to each other. The northern and southern wall both have a window of 1.5 m by 1.4 m (double glazing type Saint Gobain Planitherm).

Reference result

The figure below shows the operative zone temperatures of the zone with north oriented window (blue) and the zone with the south-oriented window (red). Note the large effect that the window placement has on the zone dynamics!

Zone temperature for the zone with the north oriented window (blue) and the zone with the south
oriented window (red).

Parameters

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Modelica.Units.SI.Lengthl8Zone length
Modelica.Units.SI.Lengthw4Zone width
Modelica.Units.SI.Lengthh2.8Zone height

Components

TypeNameDefaultDescription
IDEAS.BoundaryConditions.SimInfoManagersim
IDEAS.Buildings.Components.RectangularZoneTemplaterecZonNorthern part of the zone
IDEAS.Buildings.Components.RectangularZoneTemplaterecZon1Southern part of the zone

Contents

NameDescription
MediumAirAir medium

Revisions

  • April 14, 2025, by Anna Dell'Isola and Lone Meertens:
    Update and restructure IDEAS tutorial models. See #1374 and #1389.
  • September 18, 2019 by Filip Jorissen:
    First implementation for the IDEAS crash course.