This was my hypothesis, but none of my DesignBuilder students bought that. Indeed, the glass surfaces temperatures (internal and external) were higher than the outside temperature. On the other hand, the internal temperature was lower than outside temperature. Apparently the glass tends to lose heat from its external surface to the outside air (probably maximized by convection) and to gain some heat due to conduction (from outside air to internal air). In this case, my glass is losing more heat.<br>
<br>I appreciate your reply,<br>Best regards,<br><br>Raoni.<br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/10/13 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rgaray@labein.es">rgaray@labein.es</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><font face="sans-serif" size="2">Dear Raoni,</font>
<br>
<br><font face="sans-serif" size="2">I´m not completely of the calculation
method used by Energy Plus, There are several reasons an outward heat flux
in the outer surface of a glazing system:</font>
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<br><font face="sans-serif" size="2">The usual one is when the outside temperature
is colder than the one inside. As you tell in your post, this is not the
case in your simulations.</font>
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<br><font face="sans-serif" size="2">There is a second reason that only happens
when both internal and external temperatures are nearly the same (even
beein the internal one a little bit lower than the external one): The glazing
is heated by the incoming solar radiation and its temperature rises over
the external temperature. This creates an outward heat flux. For a clear
glass, the usual absorptance is very low (1-4%) so this phenomenom is usually
very rare.</font>
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<br><font face="sans-serif" size="2">I don´t know is this info will solve
your problem.</font>
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<br><font face="sans-serif" size="2">Kind regards,</font>
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<br><tt><font size="2">Dear colleagues,<br>
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I've noticed a slight heat loss through glazed surfaces during the whole<br>
year. I'm usind DesignBuilder and the situation is the following:<br>
1) climate: Brasilia (Brazil). Average temperatures around 22°C, but during<br>
occupied periods (daytimes) the temperatures are higher (around 26°C).
Solar<br>
radiation is considerable.<br>
2) Conditioned zone with 24°C set point temperature<br>
3) Using a single pane glass 3mm (SHGF around 89%) form the EnergyPlus<br>
dataset.<br>
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I wonder why the zone is losing heat through glazing even when internal<br>
temperatures are lower than external (conditioned zone). Heat gains due
to<br>
solar radiation are ok, but I'm not sure the glazing results are fine.
The<br>
interesting thing is that the zone never gains heat from the glazing (except<br>
due to solar radiation).<br>
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Is this a common thing? Any thoughts?<br>
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Thanks in advance,<br>
Raoni</font></tt>
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