Virginie,<br> I am also not sure how well Type56 models such small volumes so check
your results and make sure that you can justify them to yourself. As
for the u-values, TRNBuild adds some default coefficients for
convection and radiation to each wall when it displays the overall
u-value. However, the convection part of the heat transfer is
calculated internally while the model is running; the time-dependent
value is reported as one of Type56's optional outputs (NTYPES).<br>
Kind regards,<br> David<br>
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Technical Support Team<br>Thermal Energy System Specialists, LLC<br>2916 Marketplace Dr, Suite 104<br>Madison, WI 53719<br>techsupport@tess-inc.com
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Subject: [TRNSYS-users] Massless layer + Very small zone
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From: "RENZI Virginie 217644" <virginie.renzi@cea.fr>
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Date: Mon, April 21, 2008 7:02
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Dear users,</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">I’m trying to model a small box made of
aluminium (2mm thick) and in order to define the walls I used a massless layer.
Thus I entered a thermal resistance (thickness divided by conductivity) for my
new layer but the U-value given in the Wall Type Manager is different from my corresponding
U-value. Does someone know why? Does it deal with the “combined heat
transfer coefficients”? Is the U-value from the Wall Type Manager used at
some point in the calculation?</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">I have another question, related to the size of the
zone. It seems that it is not possible to enter a wall area smaller than 0.1m².
Is it right? if yes, is there another way to model a very small zone?</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Thanks for your help</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Virginie</span></font></p>
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