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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Priya,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You need to determine what you hope to learn from
the simulations? DOE will have limitations over other packages as it is
energy focussed and solves the loads portion of the simulation with a steady
state internal temperature. In your case temperatures will likely be
floating significantly within the house. Also if you are at all looking at
comfort temperatures as opposed to air temperatures then again you will want to
look beyond the various versions of DOE. TAS, Apache, EnergyPlus, and
TRNSYS will all provide a better simulation of floating space temperatures and
comfort as well as providing you loads / energy.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=pxp912@psu.edu href="mailto:pxp912@psu.edu">Priya Premchandran</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=BLDG-SIM@gard.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, November 29, 2003 6:34
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [BLDG-SIM] energy simulation of
strawbale houses</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am graduate student at the Penn State
university. My research is on the energy modeling of strawbale houses situated
on the Northern Plains of US. Briefly explaining my objectives of research, i
would be performing steady state and dynamic tests in labs to determine the R
value of the strawbale specimen. This value would be used in energy modeling
software to simulate the building performance of an already existing strawbale
house. The results of this dynamic simulation would be compared with the
temperature data that are being recorded using HOBO of the existing structure
also used for simulation. For the purpose of simulation, I am considering
eQuest but DOE 3.0 also seems to be appropriate.</FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My concerns, for which I wish to seek
suggestions, are how do I plug in the R value obtained from the lab
experiments into eQuest. Is it possible to do so with any softwares
efficiently. Also, I am not sure, how would I convert temperature data to be
able to compare them with the results of the simulation model. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any time taken out to put down their thoughts of
suggestions would be sincerely appreciated. <FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>It has been quite interesting to read the various questions, concerns
and comments that come online through this list serve!</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thankyou very much.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Priya</FONT></DIV>
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