[TRNSYS-users] Zone capacitance

[David BRADLEY]

The default capacitance (1.2*ZoneVolume) takes into account the 
capacitance of the zone air only. Typically a value 5 times the default 
is appropriate to include the capacitance of the room furnishings.
Regards,
  David


On 11/18/2010 05:14, Tran Thanh Vu wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
>    I'm trying to simulate zone and cooling coil with external load
> profile by using type 690, but I have difficult when deciding zone
> capacitance. May someone give me some instruction to calculate this value.
>
> Thank in advance
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