<div dir="ltr">Dear all,<div><br></div><div>I am making a generic energy model with a multizone building, based on the standard heat balance</div><div><br></div><div><i>0 = Qdemand_heat/cool + Qtransmission + Qinfiltration + Qventilation + Qinternal_gains + Qsolar gains</i></div><div><br></div><div>In which Qinternal_gains refers to people and appliances.</div><div><br></div><div>I can't figure out which NTYPE I should use for both Qtransmission and Qsolar gain. For both of them, there is a lot of specific NTYPES that regard a part of these energy flows. However, I wish to use the NTYPE so that the final balance is always equal to zero, thus the Total transmission of heat through all surfaces and the total transmission of solar through all windows.</div><div><br></div><div>Currently I use<br><table class="gmail-MsoTableGrid" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;border:none">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span lang="NL">Part of balance<span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="NL"><font color="#ff0000">Qtransmission<span></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="NL"><font color="#ff0000">??<span></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="NL">Qinfiltration<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="NL">4<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="NL">5<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="NL">Qinternal_gains<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="NL">7<span></span></span></p>
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</tbody></table></div><div><br></div><div>Could you help me choosing the right NTYPES?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!<br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><font color="#000000">Vincent Höfte</font></div><div><font color="#999999">E</font><font color="#666666"> </font><font color="#999999"><a href="mailto:v.r.m.hofte@gmail.com" target="_blank">v.r.m.hofte@gmail.com</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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