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<p>Ilyas,</p>
<p> The thermal capacitance of a zone is the amount of energy
required to raise the entire contents of the zone by a degree C.
It includes everything that is not the walls of the zone. In order
to compute it precisely you would need to know the specific heat
and mass of every item in the zone. You then multiply the mass of
each item by the item's specific heat. The total is the zone's
thermal capacitance.</p>
<p>kind regards,</p>
<p> David</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/22/2017 22:07, Ilyas KHELIFA
KERFAH via TRNSYS-users wrote:<br>
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<p>hi,</p>
<p><span>How to calculate the thermal capacitance for a zone?. <span>PRECISE
METHOD. in TRNBUILD.</span></span></p>
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<div><span>Not to use the simplified method by ration of 10
to 50.</span><br>
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<div><span><span>To account for furniture, the walls,the
air.</span></span></div>
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<div><span><span>Thinks.</span></span></div>
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<div><span><span>Ilyas.</span></span></div>
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