AW: [TRNSYS-users] how to get the general U-value?

Torsten Welfonder welfonder at transsolar.com
Fri Feb 18 05:05:25 PST 2005


The value after "End of library" is a display only value for TRNBUILD. Type 56 does the u-value calculation internally depending on temperatures and so on.
The displayed values are only for certain boundary conditions valid.  Unfortunately the conditions of the doe2 output are not the same as of  EN410-Norm. 
But those conditions can be changed in W5 at Libraries\Environmental Conditions\..
Trnbuild now takes from the w4-lib data the red marked condition. We changed that in the new TRNBUILD-Version  to the green marked value because this value is closer to the 
EN410 condition. 
 
Overall and Center of Glass Ig U-values (W/m2-C)
Outdoor Temperature                 -17.8 C      15.6 C      26.7 C      37.8 C
Solar      WdSpd  hcout hrout  hin
(W/m2)     (m/s)     (W/m2-C)
   0        0.00  12.25  3.24  7.59  1.44 1.44  1.35 1.35  1.38 1.38  1.45 1.45 
   0        6.71  25.47  3.21  7.62  1.51 1.51  1.39 1.39  1.43 1.43  1.51 1.51 
 783        0.00  12.25  3.41  6.82  1.41 1.41  1.42 1.42  1.47 1.47  1.53 1.53 
 783        6.71  25.47  3.31  7.10  1.51 1.51  1.45 1.45  1.51 1.51  1.56 1.56 
 
*** END OF LIBRARY ***
********************************************************************************
*WinID  Description   Aufbau   U-Value  g-value  T-sol   Rf-sol   T-vis   
********************************************************************************
5001 Double,low-e,Ar  3.0/12.7/2.5             1.5    0.596    0.544    0.220   0.769
 
Krypton has a very low conductivity but a high ratio of the convection with in the gap which is depending on the temperature difference between inner and outer pane.
So the u-value changes more with a the temperature difference.
There for a difference in the boundary conditions to the norm conditions has a greater influence for Krypton.
The best of course  would be to have DOE2 Output with EN410 conditions for g and u value.
 
best regards

Torsten Welfonder 

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	-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
	Von: trnsys-users-bounces at engr.wisc.edu [mailto:trnsys-users-bounces at engr.wisc.edu] Im Auftrag von Isabelle BRUYERE
	Gesendet: 17 February 2005 09:42
	An: Pietro Filippi; trnsys-users at engr.wisc.edu
	Betreff: Re: [TRNSYS-users] how to get the general U-value?
	
	
	Hi Pietro,
	
	Sorry I can't help you with that one. But I also noticed some difference between the U value given by WINDOW5 and the one showed by TrnBuilt, especially when you use Krypton between the glasses.
	Does anybody have an explanation for that ?
	
	Best regards,
	
	Isabelle
	
	
	A 17:55 16/02/2005 +0100, Pietro Filippi a écrit :
	

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		sorry for another question,
		I "decoded" the reported data from Window 5 as edited in W4-lib.dat file in order to describe the global value as described at the "END OF THE LIBRARY" in this file (see the example below). I found an exact corresspondence for all the data except for the U-value, whose reported value I suppose to be a mean value of the reported ones in the "Overall and Center of Glass Ig U-values (W/m2-C)" lines. but which ones?
		Otherwise I thought it should simply be the global value reported for the glazing system of a given window, but I cannot verify it since a can't resume the Trnsys W4-lib story of course...
		can anybody confirm to me that it is correct to assume for U-value what given for the glazing system and not get it from the Window 5 report? 
		thanks in advance
		Pietro
		 
		 
		WINDOW 4.1  TRNSYS 14.2 Data File : Multi Band Calculation
		 
		Unit System : SI
		Name        : TRNSYS 14.2 WINDOW LIB
		Desc        : Dble,Low-e,Ar
		Window ID   : 5001   
		Tilt        : 90.0
		Glazings    : 2
		Frame       :  1 Al no break          10.790
		Spacer      :  1 Class1                2.330  -0.010   0.138
		Total Height: 1219.2 mm
		Total Width :  914.4 mm
		Glass Height: 1104.9 mm
		Glass Width :  800.1 mm
		Mullion     : None
		Gap        Thick   Cond  dCond    Vis   dVis   Dens   dDens     Pr     dPr
		1 Argon     12.7 0.01620  5.000  2.110  6.300  1.780 -0.0060  0.680 0.00066
		2              0       0      0      0      0      0       0      0       0
		3              0       0      0      0      0      0       0      0       0
		4              0       0      0      0      0      0       0      0       0
		5              0       0      0      0      0      0       0      0       0
		Angle     0    10    20    30    40    50    60    70    80    90 Hemis
		Tsol  0.544 0.548 0.539 0.529 0.514 0.486 0.426 0.312 0.145 0.000 0.453
		Abs1  0.187 0.190 0.200 0.207 0.210 0.218 0.242 0.273 0.248 0.001 0.221
		Abs2  0.048 0.049 0.049 0.050 0.051 0.052 0.050 0.045 0.033 0.000 0.048
		Abs3      0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0
		Abs4      0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0
		Abs5      0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0
		Abs6      0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0
		Rfsol 0.220 0.214 0.212 0.214 0.224 0.244 0.282 0.371 0.574 0.999 0.268
		Rbsol 0.236 0.231 0.230 0.232 0.241 0.261 0.307 0.414 0.629 1.000 0.291
		Tvis  0.769 0.774 0.763 0.749 0.730 0.692 0.605 0.440 0.205 0.000 0.642
		Rfvis 0.138 0.131 0.128 0.131 0.143 0.168 0.217 0.323 0.549 0.999 0.197
		Rbvis 0.127 0.120 0.119 0.124 0.138 0.168 0.233 0.379 0.650 1.000 0.208
		SHGC  0.596 0.600 0.592 0.583 0.569 0.543 0.483 0.366 0.188 0.000 0.507
		SC: 0.69
		 
		 
		 
		Layer ID#          400        1        0        0        0        0 
		Tir              0.000    0.000        0        0        0        0
		Emis F           0.840    0.840        0        0        0        0
		Emis B           0.100    0.840        0        0        0        0
		Thickness(mm)      3.0      2.5        0        0        0        0
		Cond(W/m2-C     )300.0    360.0        0        0        0        0    
		Spectral File     None     None     None     None     None     None
		 
		Overall and Center of Glass Ig U-values (W/m2-C)
		Outdoor Temperature                 -17.8 C      15.6 C      26.7 C      37.8 C
		Solar      WdSpd  hcout hrout  hin
		(W/m2)     (m/s)     (W/m2-C)
		   0        0.00  12.25  3.24  7.59  1.44 1.44  1.35 1.35  1.38 1.38  1.45 1.45 
		   0        6.71  25.47  3.21  7.62  1.51 1.51  1.39 1.39  1.43 1.43  1.51 1.51 
		 783        0.00  12.25  3.41  6.82  1.41 1.41  1.42 1.42  1.47 1.47  1.53 1.53 
		 783        6.71  25.47  3.31  7.10  1.51 1.51  1.45 1.45  1.51 1.51  1.56 1.56 
		 
		*** END OF LIBRARY ***
		********************************************************************************
		*WinID  Description   Aufbau   U-Value  g-value  T-sol   Rf-sol   T-vis   
		********************************************************************************
		1001 Single_Pane            4                   5.8    0.870    0.850    0.075   0.901
		2001 Double_Pane      2.5/12.7/2.5              2.7    0.777    0.727    0.129   0.817
		3001 Triple_Pane      2.5/12.7/2.5/12.7/2.5     1.8    0.700    0.624    0.168   0.744
		4001 Double,low-e     3.0/12.7/2.5              1.7    0.597    0.544    0.220   0.769
		5001 Double,low-e,Ar  3.0/12.7/2.5             1.5    0.596    0.544    0.220   0.769
		 
		 
		 
		 
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