[Equest-users] Zoning Issue
RJTHEACMAN at aol.com
RJTHEACMAN at aol.com
Wed Nov 10 14:42:50 PST 2010
Thanks for all your help.
In a message dated 11/10/2010 1:32:16 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
ncaton at smithboucher.com writes:
Someone asked me a pointed question and I’d had to misguide anyone. Added
an extra line to my response below to clarify my position.
I also remembered that you won’t be able to actually view that particular
“mini-guide” in the archives I referenced as it was all pictorial –
sorry! I’ve re-attached the guide pictures and copied the discussion that
prompted it below for your reference.
~Nick
NICK CATON, E.I.T.
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From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Nick Caton
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 11:25 AM
To: Brian Fountain; RJTHEACMAN at aol.com; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Zoning Issue
In full support of Brian’s response, I’d add one extra tidbit:
Post-wizards, I would generally take the “delete the wall” approach 9
times out of 10 without a second thought. In the event you do feel the mass
of the common wall has a significant thermal lag effect you don’t want to
eliminate in your model, I’d advise still just deleting the wall and bumping
up the value for the furniture mass (located under the contents tab for the
space in question).
Creating an interior wall to match a wizard-generated exterior (which I’ve
written a mini guide on, btw – see attached pictures and discussion
copied below) is something I’d generally only advocate if model aesthetics are
critical (the 3D view). The exception is where you are talking about being
adjacent to a space of significantly different conditioning – in that case
creating an interior wall and tying the spaces together would be a very
sensible thing to pursue from a modeled accuracy perspective. Deleting the
wall surface entirely is a quick solution, but has the side effect of
giving you superman-like xray vision powers when in the 3D view… this has
raised eyebrows in my experience and I have had to explain the modeled behavior
is not what it looks like.
Personally, I reserve and maintain the right to make ugly models whenever
it saves me time and doesn’t hinder accuracy, but to each his/her own ;).
~Nick
NICK CATON, E.I.T.
PROJECT ENGINEER
25501 west valley parkway
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direct 913 344.0036
fax 913 345.0617
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From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Brian Fountain
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 9:44 AM
To: RJTHEACMAN at aol.com; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Zoning Issue
You will have to define the common wall as an "adiabatic" interior
partition -- no heat transfer and no solar load. In the wizard you can do this by
clicking on the wall (in Shell screen 2 of the DD wizard) and then
selecting adiabatic. In detailed mode you can also delete a exterior wall and
then create an interior partition of type adiabatic. You could also simply
delete the common wall -- this also has no solar and no conduction load. The
only thing this does is decreases the room's thermal mass slightly (not of
significance likely).
There is no way to create and interior partition and to force the
temperature of the adjacent space -- you would have to create the "next to" zone if
you really want to model heat transfer between new and existing. Unless
the occupancies are significantly different, the impact of conduction across
that wall is likely negligible.
Good luck.
BF
On 11/10/2010 10:36 AM, _RJTHEACMAN at aol.com_ (mailto:RJTHEACMAN at aol.com)
wrote:
I am modeling an addition to an existing building. The new addition has
three perimeter exposures and the fourth exposure is up against the existing
building, which is a conditioned space.
How do I tell equest that one of my exposures is not a perimeter wall but
it is basically a partition with a conditioned space adjacent to it?
Thanks
Richard J. Dominick, P.E.
TEC Engineers LLC.
The Energy Consultant
304 Main Avenue, Suite 426
Norwalk, CT. 06851
Phone: 203-722-5206
Fax: 203-849-0781
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From: Nick Caton
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 10:02 AM
To: Nick Caton; Sami, Vikram; Reba Schaber;
equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: RE: [Equest-users] make exterior wall an interior wall
Alright folks…
This is one of a number of things I really wish someone walked me through
when I was new to this – so pay attention if you’re learning =)!
Attached images are a “visual guide” walking you through changing an
external surface into an adiabatic internal surface in detailed mode. It took
me 10 minutes to pull these together, but 99% of that was spent
creating/naming the images. The process is simple.
Also, If anyone can answer this: Is there any plan or consideration to
have images and other attachments like this included in the mailing list
archives for future reference? I think it’s a bummer that so many miss out on
really important email attachments (excel tools, example files, studies,
and other time savers). If it were possible, I and others might be more
inclined to generate this sort of “mini-guide” visual response knowing others
could find and reference such information in the future.
~Nick
NICK CATON, E.I.T.
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olathe ks 66061
direct 913 344.0036
fax 913 345.0617
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From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Nick Caton
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 9:07 AM
To: Sami, Vikram; Reba Schaber; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] make exterior wall an interior wall
As further clarification,
If you delete any wall/ceiling/roof, you (1) remove both a source of heat
storage (thermal mass) while also (2) removing any heat transfer across
that surface. As a caution: Losing the first effect can be a lot more
significant that you might assume, depending on what you’re looking into.
If you instead change any interior surface type to “adiabatic” (in the
same wizard/detailed places you might select “air” or “internal”), you will
remove heat transfer while retaining the thermal mass of the construction.
This may be the best route when trying to study a perimeter classroom in
isolation, for example.
Quirky thing is, you can’t change an exterior surface type (roof/floor/wal
l) to adiabatic, so as Vikram is saying you have to first create an
interior surface, copying across the geometrical properties (polygon, vertices,
azimuth…), then delete the exterior surface. Make sure to define and assign
an interior surface construction (layers) if the Wizards haven’t already
set this up for you.
~Nick
NICK CATON, E.I.T.
PROJECT ENGINEER
25501 west valley parkway
olathe ks 66061
direct 913 344.0036
fax 913 345.0617
Check out our new web-site @ _www.smithboucher.com_
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From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Sami, Vikram
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 9:20 PM
To: Reba Schaber; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] make exterior wall an interior wall
Reba,
If you've gone through the wizard your interior and exterior walls should
be in tehir correct places.
Interioir walls should separate two spaces, and will define heat transfer
between those two spaces. You normally have to define which space is on the
other side.
Exterior walls define heat transfer between the space and the outside.
If you are in detailed mode, you can delete one and create the other as a
child component to the space. When you say large air space - is that the
air cavity in the wall? I'm not sure what resistance eQUEST attributes to the
larger air gaps, but in reality air cavities over a certain size (I think
1 inch is probably the upper threshold) increase their convective heat
transfer and the cavity resistance should go down (not up).
If your just looking to make it adiabatic, I think you should be fine with
just deleting the wall. You will lose the thermal mass of the wall
material though.
I would model it as an interior wall - especially if there is a space on
the other side.
________________________________
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[equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Reba Schaber [Rschaber at PHMECH.COM]
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 9:43 PM
To: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: [Equest-users] make exterior wall an interior wall
I’m running a simulation on just a portion of a building. eQuest sees all
walls of the polygon as exterior walls. In reality some walls are
interior and will not have heat transfer. Is there any way to make eQuest see
those walls as interior walls? I’ve thought of defining those walls with
super insulation and a large air space so heat transfer is negligible. Anyone
tried that?
Reba Schaber Mechanical Engineer, P.E.
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