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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Leen, dear TRNSYS users,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks for your quick reply.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>However, I’m not really satisfied with your suggestion, as I want to understand the reason behind it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If you are right, I violated the requirement “outside diameter over pipe distance < 0.2”. But, this requirement is completely independent from the layer thickness of the adjacent layer, isn’t it?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>On the other side, if both adjacent layers must be conform to the minimum thickness of 0.3 times pipe spacing, I would have caused a violation of this requirement by setting the pipe spacing to 24 cm and the layer thickness to 8mm. But for this, I didn’t receive any warning.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Last but not least, there are oppositional specifications for the required ratio between thickness of adjacent layer(s) and pipe spacing in the TRNBLD user manual. On page 5-186 the ratio should be greater than 0.3, on page 5-187 the ratio should be equal or smaller than 0.3 and on page 5-59 the ratio should be equal or greater than 0.3. So, nearly all possibilities are mentioned. I’m a bit confused.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Looking forward to some light into the dark,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Johannes Schrade<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span 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lang=DE style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>12<br>70569 Stuttgart, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:3.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:3.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:johannes.schrade@ibp.fraunhofer.de"><span lang=DE>johannes.schrade@ibp.fraunhofer.de</span></a></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br>Phone +49 711 / 970-3416<br>Fax +49 711 / 970-3399<br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.ibp.fraunhofer.de/wt/" target="_blank"><span lang=DE>www.ibp.fraunhofer.de/wt/</span></a></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Von:</span></b><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> leen peeters [mailto:l.f.r.peeters@gmail.com] <br><b>Gesendet:</b> Montag, 12. Dezember 2011 22:09<br><b>An:</b> Schrade, Johannes<br><b>Cc:</b> trnsys-users@cae.wisc.edu<br><b>Betreff:</b> Re: [TRNSYS-users] TRNBLD - active layer - Thickness of adjacent layers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Johannes,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>as soon as you decrease the distance between the pipes, you come closer to the limits set regarding the modeling of the heat transfer in the direction of the water flow (direction z in the mathematical model). The stability of that model requires that you achieve a certain boundary condition, which is a.o. function of the thermal resistance of the water-pipe-inter pipe distance. In order to ensure these boundary conditions are satisfied the ratio of pipe outside diameter over pipe distance < 0.2 AND the ratios of layer thickness over pipe distance > 0.3. The 0.024-value you received for the minimum layer thickness comes from this limitation. I assume the extra measure is invoked once you come close to the 0.2-limit.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>As soon as you take 0.1 for the pipe distance, you can again select 0.008 m for layer thickness ...<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Playing around with conductivity or capacity does not help, as the measure seems to be implemented through the above limits only ....<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Leen<br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Schrade, Johannes <<a href="mailto:Johannes.Schrade@ibp.fraunhofer.de">Johannes.Schrade@ibp.fraunhofer.de</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Dear TRNSYS users,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I have some problems with the active layer module of TRNBLD, which I used for modeling a floor heating system.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The active layers, which should be displayed in the model, are defined as following:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Layer 1:<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>Pipe spacing: 24 cm<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>Pipe outside diameter: 16 mm<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>Pipe wall thickness: 2 mm<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Layer 2:<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>Pipe spacing: 8 cm<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>Pipe outside diameter: 16 mm<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>Pipe wall thickness: 2 mm<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>By specifying the thicknesses of the layers adjacent to the active layers, the following curiosity appeared.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>For case 1, I set the thickness of the layer above the active layer to 73 mm, which is greater than 0.3 times the pipe spacing, and I set the layer below to 0.5 times the pipe outside diameter (requirements taken from manual TRNSYS 17, 5-187, table). This step had worked pretty good and the simulation was running without any problems.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>In a second step, I revised the model and included the second active layer into the TRNBLD model. As the floor screed should be identical for both cases, I tried to define the thicknesses of the adjacent layers the same way as I did it in case 1. But when I tried to reduce the thickness of the adjacent layer below, the following warning appeared: “thickness must be in the range of 0.024 to 1.0”.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>In order to understand this warning I had a closer look to the manual of TRNBLD. On page 5-58 (TRNSYS 17) I found a remark that both layers adjacent to the active layer must be greater than 0.3 times pipe spacing. This would explain, why the warning appears, but I do not understand, why the first case should be unproblematic, as the required minimum thickness in this case should be 72mm and why this is not mentioned in the mathematical description.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Does anyone has an idea, what could be the reason behind that, or might this be a known or unknown bug? If this requirement dependent on the pipe spacing should be really used for both layers, this would mean that extremely thick floor screeds of +15cm are necessary to model a floor heating system with a pipe spacing of 24 cm. This sounds absolutely unrealistic. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hoping for some help,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Johannes Schrade<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='margin-left:3.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='border:solid gray 1.0pt;border-right:none;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='margin-left:3.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='border:solid gray 1.5pt;padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:3.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:3.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Johannes Schrade</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Abteilung Wärmetechnik</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:3.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:3.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fraunhofer-In</span><span lang=DE style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>stitut für Bauphysik<br>Nobelstr. 12<br>70569 Stuttgart</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:3.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:3.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:johannes.schrade@ibp.fraunhofer.de" target="_blank"><span lang=DE>johannes.schrade@ibp.fraunhofer.de</span></a></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Telefon 0711 / 970-3416<br>Telefax 0711 / 970-3399<br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.ibp.fraunhofer.de/wt/" target="_blank"><span lang=DE>www.ibp.fraunhofer.de/wt/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td><td style='border:solid gray 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='margin-left:3.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='border:solid gray 1.5pt;padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:3.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:3.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Johannes Schrade</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Department Heat Technology </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:3.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:3.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics<br>Nobelstr. </span><span lang=DE style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>12<br>70569 Stuttgart, Germany</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:3.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:3.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:johannes.schrade@ibp.fraunhofer.de" target="_blank"><span lang=DE>johannes.schrade@ibp.fraunhofer.de</span></a></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Phone <a href="tel:%2B49%20711%20%2F%20970-3416" target="_blank">+49 711 / 970-3416</a><br>Fax <a href="tel:%2B49%20711%20%2F%20970-3399" target="_blank">+49 711 / 970-3399</a><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.ibp.fraunhofer.de/wt/" target="_blank"><span lang=DE>www.ibp.fraunhofer.de/wt/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=DE> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>TRNSYS-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:TRNSYS-users@cae.wisc.edu">TRNSYS-users@cae.wisc.edu</a><br><a href="https://mailman.cae.wisc.edu/listinfo/trnsys-users" target="_blank">https://mailman.cae.wisc.edu/listinfo/trnsys-users</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>