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    <p>Dear Marion,</p>
    <p>Thank for your response.</p>
    <p>I'm surprised that equivalents results with (a) and (b) are get
      with 2*S area, as it is not what I observe (with an hypothetical
      zone only having one window and one internal wall): <br>
    </p>
    <p>(plots = temperature of the zone over the time)</p>
    <p>- (a), area = 2*S ['T_zone_PI_2'] and (b), area = 2*S ['T_Zone
      BI_2'] with the same symetric composition :<br>
    </p>
    <p><img src="cid:part1.52C160C6.CF9164BD@enertech.fr" alt=""></p>
    <p>Results are actually very similar, but error seems to regularly
      increase over the time.<br>
    </p>
    <p>- (a), area = 2*S, half composition ['T_zone_PI_2_divI'] and (b),
      area = S, whole composition ['T_Zone BI_1'] :</p>
    <p><img src="cid:part2.BE428F30.FE07095A@enertech.fr" alt=""></p>
    <p>Results are nearly identical.<br>
    </p>
    - (a), area = 2*S ['T_zone_PI_2'] and (b), area = S ['T_Zone BI_1']
    with the same composition:<br>
    <br>
    <img src="cid:part3.23F3E13B.2C6CD114@enertech.fr" alt=""><br>
    (a) thermal mass is clearly higher than (b)<br>
    <br>
    By the way, I'm not sure to understand why (b) requires 2*S. For a
    'classic' wall having a area S, the thermal flux of the inside face
    (phi_i) goes to the inner zone (P_i=phi_i*S) and the thermal flux of
    the outside face (phi_o) goes to the outer zone (P_o=phi_o*S). When
    we defined this wall 'boundary/indentical', as the inner and outer
    zone is the same, it automatically receives P_i + P_o via both
    (inside and outside) faces (2*S), whitout having to set a 2*S area.
    Unless the implementation is different with these options, as you
    seem to indicate (parametrizing the global exposed area (2*S)). In
    this case, is it sure that the surface is not accounted for 2 times
    (due to inside and outside exposure and using 2*S area)?<br>
    <br>
    Regards,<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Le 26/02/2019 à 11:43, Marion Hiller
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dear
            Loïc<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"
            lang="EN-US">I have to confess that this is a little
            confusing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"
            lang="EN-US">I would have loved to remove the surface
            category “internal” completely. However, due to backwards
            compatibility it remained.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"
            lang="EN-US">I recommend to use
          </span><span lang="EN-US">category 'boundary' and the boundary
            condition 'identical' because there it is more clear what is
            calculated.</span><span
            style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"
            lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"
            lang="EN-US">Please find my comments below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p><span lang="EN-US">I noticed that the first option implies to
            consider the total exposed surface (both sides) for the area
            parameter, unlike the second one. I guess that in (a) the
            middle of the wall is assumed adiabatic in order to model
            only a half wall but with an area 2 times higher. If this is
            correct, it is implicitly assumed that the internal wall
            composition is symetric. By the way, I found that the wall
            balance is not null otherwise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p><span lang="EN-US">Is the (a) modelling really only concern
            symetric composition?<br>
          </span><span style="color:#0070C0" lang="EN-US">=> Yes, for
            the option “internal” the composition has to be internal</span><span
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p><span lang="EN-US">Nonetheless, when I compare (a) with a 2*S
            area and (b) with a S area, for a symetric composition, the
            results are not exactly the same. I succeed having same
            results by setting the composition of (a) with only the half
            of it (from a face to the middle).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p><span style="color:#0070C0" lang="EN-US">=> For having (a)
            and (b) giving similar results you have to use for (b) the
            same exposed area to the airnode/zone as for (a) (area
            =2*S).<br>
                 Otherwise the airnode/zone doesn’t have “access” the
            same amount of thermal mass. This results in different heat
            fluxes to the inner surface
            <br>
                node. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">So, the (a) modelling
            need half composition?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070C0" lang="EN-US">=>
            No,  (b) requires double area (see above).
            <br>
                Have in mind that “Internal” means that both sides of
            the construction are facing towards the zone. You have to
            define the total construction<br>
               for having the correct mass. The program divides the
            construction itself.<br>
            <br>
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p><span lang="EN-US">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p><span lang="EN-US">Marion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:windowtext">Von:</span></b><span
                style="color:windowtext"> TRNSYS-users
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                <b>Im Auftrag von </b>Loïc Frayssinet via TRNSYS-users<br>
                <b>Gesendet:</b> Donnerstag, 21. Februar 2019 15:35<br>
                <b>An:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:trnsys-users@lists.onebuilding.org">trnsys-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>
                <b>Cc:</b> Loïc Frayssinet
                <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:frayssinet@enertech.fr"><frayssinet@enertech.fr></a><br>
                <b>Betreff:</b> [TRNSYS-users] Internal wall modelling<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p>I was wondering if it is similar to model an internal wall as
          a wall :<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p>(a) with the category 'internal' or<br>
          (b) with the category 'boundary' and the boundary condition
          'identical'<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p>I noticed that the first option implies to consider the total
          exposed surface (both sides) for the area parameter, unlike
          the second one. I guess that in (a) the middle of the wall is
          assumed adiabatic in order to model only a half wall but with
          an area 2 times higher. If this is correct, it is implicitly
          assumed that the internal wall composition is symetric. By the
          way, I found that the wall balance is not null otherwise.<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p>Is the (a) modelling really only concern symetric
          composition?<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p>Nonetheless, when I compare (a) with a 2*S area and (b) with
          a S area, for a symetric composition, the results are not
          exactly the same. I succeed having same results by setting the
          composition of (a) with only the half of it (from a face to
          the middle).<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p>So, the (a) modelling need half composition? If yes, why
          non-symetric compositions causes balance divergences?<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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