[TRNSYS-users] underfloor heating in multi-zone building

[Jean Marais]

1) I would use the active layer in trnsbuild.
2) No. It is only the heat transfer from water into room, not from
"anysource" into water.

On 9 July 2012 13:36, Eva gklezakou <gklezakoue at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Sirs,
>
> I am modelling a building with underfloor heating in many zones. First of
> all I do it only for one zone, after assign an active layer on the floor I
> connect also TYPE 114 to TYPE 56 in order to pump the water to the active
> layer. Also I connect Type 108 in order to control the whether the pump is
> on or off according to the internal temperature. If this procedure is
> correct I have the following questions:
>
> 1) In order to have underfloor heating to others zones do I have to
> connect as many TYPE 114 and 108 as the number of the zones? Each zone has
> its own flow rate and also the zones are separated in two groups as for the
> minimum temperature according to there use.
>
> 2) Does the Q sensible which is calculated include the energy which is
> used in order to heat up the water after each loop? I would like to compare
> the energy consumption of underfloor heating with that one of convective
> radiators.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Regards,
> Eva
>
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