[TRNSYS-users] Blinds

[leen peeters]

Julie.

also your convective heat transfer along the window will decrease .... You
might find values for that in the literature. Maybe check the ASHRRAE study
on that.

Leen Peeters

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Adrien JEZEQUEL - ITF
<a.jezequel at itf.biz>wrote:

> Dear Julie,
>
> I suggest you to put an equation tool outside of Type56. In that equation
> tool, ESHAD (the ratio of non transparent area of the shading device to
> the whole glazing area, as defined in TRNBUILD) will be calculated
> depending on blinds position.
> If you consider that :
>
>    - GWINDOW = solar shading factor of window only, which is constant (60%
>    for example, which means that 60% of solar radiation goes through the
>    window)
>    - FS = solar shading factor of your system Window + Shadings.
>    FS depends on blinds use,
>     - if blinds are used, FS = 0.2 (for example)
>       - if not, FS = GWINDOW
>
> In that way, FS is calculated as the product between :
>
>    - the amount of solar energy which pass through external shading device
>    when they're used => (1-ESHAD)
>     - ESHAD = 0 means no shading
>       - ESHAD = 1 means zero transmission
>    - and window solar shading factor (GWINDOW)
>       - *FS = GWINDOW.(1-ESHAD)*    (1)
>       Regarding (1)* *
>       *ESHAD = (1- FS/GWINDOW**)   *(2)
>
> No you have a relation between ESHAD, FS and Window G-Value :
>
>    - When blinds are up, solar radiation are only blocked by the window
>    solar shading factor => FS = GWINDOW and ESHAD = 0.
>    - When blinds are down, solar radiation are blocked by window *and*external shadings => FS = 0.2 (for the whole system in that example), ESHAD
>    = (1-0.2/0.6) = 0.667 that means that 66.67% non transparent area of
>    the shading device to the whole glazing area)
>    Regarding (1) FS = 0.5*(1-0.0.667) = 0.5*0.4 = 0.2 which is the total
>    shading factor you want.
>
> Best
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> Le 22/06/2010 14:04, Julie Lestrade a écrit :
>
>  Dear TRNSYS users,
>
> I was wondering about blinds in front of windows and how to take them into
> account.
> In my case, they external blinds. They're up at certain time and down at
> other (depending on radiation on the wall, time of day, ...).
>
> Should I take account of them in Type 56 ? on the windows considered with
> 'external shading factor'  (that would be convenient since i can use a
> schedule) ? If yes, I would like to have a total solar factor for the window
> of 0.2 when the blind is down. Does that mean I should put a shading factor
> 0.8 ? or is it more complicated than that ?
>
> Thank you for your answers
>
> Julie
>
>
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