[TRNSYS-users] Stability criteria.
David Bradley
bradley at tess-inc.com
Thu Jul 1 08:20:53 PDT 2010
Didier,
Type56 uses something called the conduction transfer function (CTF)
method for determining the energy transfer through walls. The
(admittedly oversimplified) idea of the CTF method is that a series of
weighted averages going back in time is developed to tell how important
the temperature difference across the wall is now, how important it was
an hour ago, how important it was two hours ago, etc. The size of the
step back in time is called a time base and it doesn't have to be one
hour; you can set it in the TRNBuild "outputs" window . There are also a
number of other factors (such as the history of the energy transfer
through the wall) for which there are also weighted averages determined.
Type56 and TRNBuild are limited to using the first 20 coefficients
determined.
If you have a wall that is too massive or not massive enough then
TRNBuild has a hard time determining the CTF coefficients. For example,
if you have a thick stone wall, the conditions of that wall more than 20
hours ago may matter quite a lot to the energy transfer now (in other
words, there isn't enough there aren't enough CTF coefficiencts
developed). If you have a very lightweight wall (like a metal door) then
all the conditions that matter to the energy transfer across that wall
occur right now (in other words the time base is too big). TRNBuild
generates the "failed to fulfill stability criteria" error. You can tell
which wall caused the problem by looking in the *.inf file. Look first
near the bottom and the inf file will show you the coefficients that it
generated for each wall. Note the name of the last wall for which it
generated coefficients then scroll up to the top of the file. The wall
AFTER the one that successfully generated in the list of walls is the
one that caused the problem.
If it is a lightweight wall that caused the problem, simply treat it
as a "resistance only" in other words, that wall should be made up only
of a massless layer.
If it is a very massive wall that caused the problem you can increase
the time base.
Best,
david
On 6/30/2010 08:48, gossard at cict.fr wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm working with TRNSYS 16 with Type56. TRNBuild suddenly stops with
> the following error message :
>
> "Error creating the wall transfer function coefficients :
>
> Stability criteria not fullfilled
>
> Check layer definition (thickness, ratio of conductivity/density)
>
> Please, check the INF-file for further information."
>
> What is this "stability criteria" ?
>
> Please find enclosed the INF and BUI-files.
>
> Best regards,
> Didier.
>
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