[TRNSYS-users] Type56 Thermal Capacitance Inquiry

[thornton at tess-inc.com]

On 2022-11-21 12:44, Alex Cheng via TRNSYS-users wrote:

> So for reference, what is included in the thermal capacitance in
> Type56? Is it anything that's a solid object or anything that's within
> a room? Is it realistic to assume the furniture in a room is always
> the same temperature as the air?

It's anything that you want to consider as having additional mass where 
the temperature of that mass can be considered to be at the room 
temperature.  Most people assume that the furniture, carpeting, artwork, 
etc. is at the room temperature.

Jeff

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