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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Hi <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>I use Type36 in Mode 2 (air flowrate computed internally, glazing transmittance as an input) to model a naturally vented Trombe wall.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>I use the multi-layer detailed window model from Type56 to compute the solar transmittance B3_QSTRNS/B3_QSEXT and U-value UWIN of the window (at each time step).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Looking at the source code of Type36 I cannot figure out how the model accounts for the inward-flowing portion of the solar radiation absorbed by the window. Therefore I would rather provide SHGC (B3_QSTRNS+B3_QSHFPR)/B3_QSEXT instead of solar transmittance as an input to Type36. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The drawback being all this inward-flowing portion considered as radiation absorbed by the massive wall. However the uncertainty (assuming all inward-flowing portion is radiative) seems lower than totally neglecting the inward-flowing portion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Would somebody have a recommendation to share?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Best<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040;mso-fareast-language:FR'>--<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Antoine Gautier<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Solamen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040;mso-fareast-language:FR'>+33 6 58 24 02 60<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040;mso-fareast-language:FR'>antoine.gautier@solamen.fr<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>