长江中下游地区梅雨季节的室内热湿环境

经过调研得到长江中下游地区(以南京为例)梅雨季节住宅建筑室内热湿状况,并分析3种不同建筑能耗计算模型(整体建筑热湿空气流动耦合模型HAM,传递函数模型CTF,有效湿渗透深度模型EMPD)的准确性。数值模型基于Matlab-Simulink编写,使用调研数据进行验证,进而使用梅雨季节典型气象参数模拟分析。调研结果显示在2013年梅雨季节,多数时间内建筑室内温度高于28℃,相对湿度高于70%。数值模拟结果显示3种能耗模型对室内温度模拟的差异较小,而对室内湿度的模拟存在较大差异,特别是CTF模型误差最大。结果显示在长江中下游地区梅雨季节,当房间换气次数小于2ACH时,围护结构对于室内环境湿缓冲的作用明显,选择合适的吸放湿材料可有效降低建筑能耗30%以上。     

Coupling the multizone airflow and contaminant transport software CONTAM with EnergyPlus using co-simulation

Building modelers need simulation tools capable of simultaneously considering building energy use, airflow and indoor air quality (IAQ) to design and evaluate the ability of buildings and their systems to meet today’s demanding energy efficiency and IAQ performance requirements. CONTAM is a widely-used multizone building airflow and contaminant transport simulation tool that requires indoor temperatures as input values. EnergyPlus is a prominent whole-building energy simulation program capable of performing heat transfer calculations that require interzone and infiltration airflows as input values. On their own, each tool is limited in its ability to account for thermal processes upon which building airflow may be significantly dependent and vice versa. This paper describes the initial phase of coupling of CONTAM with EnergyPlus to capture the interdependencies between airflow and heat transfer using co-simulation that allows for sharing of data between independently executing simulation tools. The coupling is accomplished based on the Functional Mock-up Interface (FMI) for Co-simulation specification that provides for integration between independently developed tools. A three-zone combined heat transfer/airflow analytical BESTEST case was simulated to verify the co-simulation is functioning as expected, and an investigation of a two-zone, natural ventilation case designed to challenge the coupled thermal/airflow solution methods was performed.     

Developing a modified typical meteorological year weather file for Hong Kong taking into account the urban heat island effect

Building energy computer simulation software is a useful tool for achieving sophisticated design and evaluation of the thermal performance of buildings. For successful thermal and energy simulation of buildings, it requires hourly weather data such as dry bulb air temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation, wind speed, etc. Nowadays, an urban city faces a problem of an urban heat island which causes the urban area to have a higher air temperature than the rural region. Since the currently available weather dataset used in building simulation software mainly comes from weather stations located in remote and rural areas, the impact of the urban heat island on thermal and energy performance of buildings may not be effectively reflected. This paper reports an approach to construct a modified typical meteorological weather file, taking into account the urban heat island effect in the summer season. Field measurements have been carried out in the summer months and the corresponding urban heat island intensities were then determined. With a morphing algorithm, an existing typical meteorological year weather file was modified. An office building and a typical residential flat were modeled with a renowned building energy simulation program EnergyPlus. Computer simulations were conducted using the existing and modified typical meteorological year weather files. It was found that there was around a 10% increase in air-conditioning demand caused by the urban heat island effect in both cases. The implications of this and further work will also be discussed in this paper.     

新建节能建筑墙体材料层及排布对干燥过程的影响

建筑围护结构内的热湿耦合传递是一个非常复杂的过程,其研究是降低建筑能耗、评估和预防湿害、提高室内热舒适性、室内卫生及优化围护结构性能的基础。新建节能建筑墙体具有初始含湿量大的特点,若墙体湿积累过大,则容易出现墙体表面剥蚀、渗漏、发霉甚至结构出现损坏的现象。墙体干燥时,传热传质过程同时发生且相互耦合。目前相关热物性仿真软件、理论研究和设计规范主要建立在热传递的基础上,忽略了湿传递的影响,对新建建筑墙体干燥不适用。WUFI~? Pro热湿仿真软件充分考虑了材料本身含湿量、风驱雨、太阳辐射、长波辐射、毛细传输和夏季结露等典型气候的影响,实现了对自然气候条件下建筑构件非稳态热湿性能的真实计算。节能墙体多在外墙添加内外保温层来增加围护结构的传热热阻,且在保温层内外两侧分别添加隔汽层和空气层的措施来防止保温层受潮,最终提高围护结构的保温性能。为墙体美观,多在围护结构的内外两侧分别黏贴墙纸和釉面砖。采用WUFI~? Pro对北京地区2种典型的建筑墙体进行热湿耦合传递模拟,分析新建建筑墙体在不同保温层材料和位置时的干燥过程,以及保温层两侧的隔汽层和空气层、墙体两侧的墙纸和釉面砖对墙体干燥过程的影响。模拟用室外条件为北京典型气象年小时室外气象参数,室内条件设定室内冬季供暖温度T_1=20℃,夏季室内温度设计值T_2=25℃,全年平均相对湿度为50%。模拟外围护结构属于西向,墙体温湿度初始条件为:相对湿度为100%,温度为15℃。模拟结果表明:内保温层的设置非常不利于围护结构的干燥,容易在内保温层和砌块之形成湿积累,降低围护结构的耐久性;EPS、PU和XPS都能降低围护结构含湿量,但EPS更有利于墙体干燥;隔汽层和空气层的添加可一定程度上阻止保温层受潮,避免造成湿积累,进而提高围护结构的保温性能;釉面砖和墙纸的黏贴将严重延缓围护结构的干燥过程,降低围护结构的保温性能,缩减建筑构件的使用寿命。     

Modelling of heat and moisture transfer in buildings: I. Model program

The overall objective of this work is to develop an accurate model for predicting heat and moisture transfer in buildings including building envelopes and indoor air. The model is based on the fundamental thermodynamic relations. Darcy’s law, Fick’s law and Fourier’s law are used in describing the transfer equations. The resultant nonlinear system of partial differential equations is discretised in space by the finite element method. The time marching scheme, Crank–Nicolson scheme, is used to advance the solution in time. The final numerical solution provides transient temperature and moisture distributions in building envelopes as well as temperature and moisture content for building’s indoor air subject to outdoor weather conditions described as temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation and wind speed. A series measurements were conducted in order to investigate the model performance. The simulated values were compared against the actual measured values. A good agreement was obtained.     

关于暖通空调安装中的难点分析与解决

暖通空调实现了建筑的采暖、空气调节和通风,利用暖通空调的综合性能,提高了建筑物的舒适度。暖通工程作为现代建筑专业技术工程体系中的一部分,对指导现代建筑工程质量建设有着重要的现实意义与导向作用。     

Research on the application of water-loop (tank) heat pump systems in catering buildings

The use of thermal energy in catering buildings is normally mishandled and causes significant waste of thermal energy. To increase the efficient use of energy and decrease the total amount of a catering building’s energy consumption, independent thermal systems should be integrated. If thermal systems are integrated, coupling utilization of thermal energy will be possible, and the primary energy input of a building will be utilized to a greater extent. To implement this concept, a water-loop (tank) heat pump system is necessary and its most important aspect is the design of the thermal storage tank (serving as the water-loop). In this paper, a typical catering building has been selected, and the building’s thermal service systems (processes) are studied in detail. The amount and state of the current thermal energy utilization within each service system is analyzed, and a specific integrated thermal system model is suggested. The research work conducted for this study is based on simulations, such as building thermal load simulations (DesignBuilder software), characteristic simulations of the water-loop heat pump system (TRNSYS software), optimal dimensions and thermal characteristic simulations of the thermal storage tank, etc. The energy consumption characteristic analysis and the technical and economic analysis of the entire building model are discussed, and the optimal scheme for process allocation and optimal operation mode are also presented in this paper. Based on the analytical results (including simulation of building thermal load, simulation of systematic energy consumption, performance analysis of the system, economical analysis, and exergy analysis), the advantages of the system model are demonstrated.     

Simulation of coupled heat and moisture transfer in air-conditioned buildings

The simultaneous heat and moisture transfer in the building envelope has an important influence on the indoor environment and the overall performance of buildings. In this paper, a model for predicting whole building heat and moisture transfer was presented. Both heat and moisture transfer in the building envelope and indoor air were simultaneously considered; their interactions were modeled. The coupled model takes into account most of the main hygrothermal effects in buildings. The coupled system model was implemented in MATLAB-Simulink, and validated by using a series of published testing tools. The new program was applied to investigate the moisture transfer effect on indoor air humidity and building energy consumption under different climates. The results show that the use of more detailed simulation routines can result in improvements to the building's design for energy optimisation through the choice of proper hygroscopic materials, which would not be indicated by simpler calculation techniques.     

A methodology for integrated building— HVAC system thermal analysis

This paper presents an integrated methodology for thermal analysis of buildings and their HVAC systems. The methodology is based on the use of Laplace transfer functions for the buildings, its heating-cooling system and control components. These transfer functions can be used for building thermal control studies, frequency domain analysis and energy analysis. Laplace transfer functions for the building are obtained by means of thermal network models that include both distributed parameter elements such as thermal mass, lumped elements such as the room light-weight contents, and which represent radiant exchanges accurately. For detailed models for which an analytical solution is not feasible, the s-domain transfer functions are obtained through a modified least squares polynomial fit to the discrete frequency responses obtained by inversion of the system admittance matrix. Fourth order polynomials provide accuracies of approximately 1%. The methodology is applied to obtain both air temperature and operative temperature transfer functions. Laplace transfer functions are also used for HVAC system and control components. Transient thermal control studies are performed by means of an efficient numerical Laplace transform inversion technique. Building heating/cooling load calculations are performed by means of discrete Fourier series techniques.     

Comparison of HVAC system modeling in EnergyPlus, DeST and DOE-2.1E

Building energy modeling programs (BEMPs) are effective tools for evaluating the energy savings potential of building technologies and optimizing building design. However, large discrepancies in simulated results from different BEMPs have raised wide concern. Therefore, it is strongly needed to identify, understand, and quantify the main elements that contribute towards the discrepancies in simulation results. ASHRAE Standard 140 provides methods and test cases for building thermal load simulations. This article describes a new process with various methods to look inside and outside the HVAC models of three BEMPs—EnergyPlus, DeST, and DOE-2.1E—and compare them in depth to ascertain their similarities and differences. The article summarizes methodologies, processes, and the main modeling assumptions of the three BEMPs in HVAC calculations. Test cases of energy models are designed to capture and analyze the calculation process in detail. The main findings are: (1) the three BEMPs are capable of simulating conventional HVAC systems, (2) matching user inputs is key to reducing discrepancies in simulation results, (3) different HVAC models can be used and sometimes there is no way to directly map between them, and (4) different HVAC control strategies are often used in different BEMPs, which is a driving factor of some major discrepancies in simulation results from various BEMPs. The findings of this article shed some light on how to compare HVAC calculations and how to control key factors in order to obtain consistent results from various BEMPs. This directly serves building energy modelers and policy makers in selecting BEMPs for building design, retrofit, code development, code compliance, and performance ratings.     

A critical review of fault modeling of HVAC systems in buildings

Buildings consumed about 40% of primary energy and 70% of the electricity in the U.S. It is well known that most buildings lose a portion of their desired and designed energy efficiency in the years after they are commissioned or recommissioned. Majority of the Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) systems have multiple faults residing in the systems causing either energy, thermal comfort, or indoor air quality penalties. There are hundreds of fault detection and diagnostics (FDD) algorithms available, but there is lacking a common framework to assess and validate those FDD algorithms. Fault modeling is one of the key components of such a framework. In general, fault modeling has two purposes: testing and assessment of FDD algorithms, and fault impacts analysis in terms of building energy consumption and occupants’ thermal comfort. It is expected that fault ranking from the fault impact analysis can facilitate building facility managers to make decisions. This paper provides a detailed review of current state-of-the-art for the fault modeling of HVAC systems in buildings, including fault model, fault occurrence probability, and fault simulation platform. Fault simulations considering fault occurrence probability can generate realistic faulty data across a variety of faulty operating conditions, and facilitate testing and assessment of different FDD algorithms. They can also help the fault impact study. Three research gaps are identified through this critical literature review: (1) The number of available fault models of HVAC systems is still limited. A fault model library could be developed to cover all common HVAC faults for both traditional and non-traditional HVAC systems. (2) It is imperative to include the fault occurrence probability in fault simulations for a realistic fault impacts analysis such as fault ranking. (3) Fault simulation platforms need further improvements to better facilitate the fault impact analysis.     

Energetisch und bauphysikalisch optimierte Sanierung eines Baudenkmals in Görlitz

Optimized energy saving rehabilitation of a baroque building monument. With the rehabilitation of the baroque building Handwerk 15 in Görlitz the authors achieved the energy efficiency class A+ under observance of all conditions from preservation of historic buildings and monuments, taking into account the environmental issues as well as durability and safety of the constructions in the house. The rehabilitation includes the internal thermal insulation of the historically valuable façade on the street side, the thermal insulation of the façade on the backyard side, the use of solar energy for hot water and for the support of heating especially in summer for heating the ground floor, a ventilation system with heat exchanger, the use of gray water generated from domestic processes such as laundry and bathing, and an underfloor heating for the ground floor with waste water as medium. The measurement results will be verified with numerical simulations (temperature, air, moisture transport in porous materials) of the separate building constructions and the technical components. The physical influence of the high building mass is quantified. The effects of the HVAC system on the historical building construction like for instance the timber beam floor will be investigated. Based on experiences about avoiding condensate and hoarfrost on inclined insulated glass together with a glass producing firm a new insulate glass with a special coating was developed.     

建筑环境设计模拟分析软件DeST--第一讲 建筑模拟技术与DeST发展简介

模拟技术自上世纪60年代应用于建筑业以来，取得了许多重要的成果，形成了若干建筑模拟软件。清华大学建筑技术科学系自80年代开始开发具有自己鲜明特点的建筑环境设计模拟分析软件-DeST(designer’s simulation toolkits)。DeST可用于建筑能耗模拟和环境控制系统的设计校核，起到提高设计质量、保证设计可靠性和降低系统能源消耗的作用。介绍了建筑模拟技术的发展历史，总结比较了各类模拟软件的特点，介绍了DeST的整体思想和构架，以及DeST可应用的领域。     

Hygrothermal behavior modeling of the hygroscopic envelopes of buildings: A dynamic co-simulation approach

High levels of humidity in buildings lead to building pathologies. Moisture also has an impact on the indoor air quality and the hygrothermal comfort of the building’s occupants. To better assess these pathologies, it is necessary to take into account the heat and moisture transfer between the building envelope and its indoor ambience. In this work, a new methodology was developed to predict the overall behavior of buildings, which combines two simulation tools: COMSOL Multiphysics© and TRNSYS. The first software is used for the modeling of heat, air and moisture transfer in multilayer porous walls (HAM model: Heat, Air and Moisture transfer), and the second is used to simulate the hygrothermal behavior of the building (BES model: Building Energy Simulation). The combined software applications dynamically solve the mass and energy conservation equations of the two physical models. The HAM-BES coupling efficiency was verified. In this paper, the use of a coupled (HAM-BES) co-simulation for the prediction of the hygrothermal behavior of building envelopes is discussed. Furthermore, the effect of the 2D HAM modeling on relative humidity variations within the building ambience is shown. The results confirm the importance of the HAM modeling in the envelope on the hygrothermal behavior and energy demand of buildings.     

生土建筑围护结构表面吸放湿过程实验研究

陕南地区的生土建筑是一种独特的民居建筑 .为了定量地研究生土建筑室内热湿环境 ,确定生土建筑围护结构表面吸放湿过程质交换系数是一项基础工作 .建筑围护结构表面的热湿迁移过程是一个典型的边界层内的流动、传热和传质过程 ,该过程的微分控制方程比较复杂 ,求解困难 .首次实验研究了生土建筑材料的等温吸放湿过程 ,提出了生土建筑围护结构表面质交换系数实验测试方法 ,实测分析计算结果与利用对流质交换相似关系计算得到的表面质交换系数比较吻合 .本研究为定量地分析生土建筑室内热湿环境奠定了科学基础     

Improved thermal building management with the aid of integrated dynamic HVAC simulation

Building simulation is a tool that has only recently been recognised as a possible utility to accomplish enhanced building management (Build. Environ. 37 (8–9) (2002) 891). Thermal management however is often neglected. This is due to the complex nature of problems associated with determining the effect of changes to heating ventilating and air-conditioning (HVAC) system properties (Build. Environ. 32(2) (1997)). Effective thermal management is nevertheless a major concern since energy cost and operation cost of buildings are directly influenced by how well the HVAC systems perform (Occup. Med.—State Art Rev. 4(4) (1989)). The aim of this study was to introduce the process of integrated dynamic HVAC simulation as a viable tool to improve thermal management of buildings. This entails both improved maintenance and energy utilisation. The applicability of the integrated simulations was investigated by means of a case study for which a well-verified simulation model was constructed and discussed in a previous article. To illustrate the process of improved management three different scenarios are investigated. Finally the conclusion is drawn that improved management is indeed possible with the aid of integrated simulation.     

Rational selection of near-extreme coincident weather data with solar irradiation for risk-based air-conditioning design

The selection of design solar irradiance in the current ASHRAE and CIBSE design handbooks is independent on design dry-bulb and wet-bulb temperatures. The probability that the load would not exceed the system capacity determined on this basis may not match the reliability level that the design weather data were meant to safeguard. Hence, a statistic method was developed for the rational selection of coincident solar irradiance, dry-bulb and wet-bulb temperatures. The new method combines, based on the principle of heat transfer, the three weather parameters and building characteristics into a single impact factor, which may be called as equivalent temperature. This ensures that the joint probability of occurrence of the three coincident weather parameters can match the capacity reliability level of air-conditioning systems, which may be required by building owners. The method was applied to historic weather records of 25 years in Hong Kong to generate coincident design weather data. These new design weather data were compared with those design weather data produced by the traditional method. Results show that traditional design solar irradiance, dry-bulb and wet-bulb temperatures may be significantly overestimated in many conditions. Moreover, the new method allows HVAC engineers to determine the peak cooling load directly without the need for calculating 24 h cooling loads on one design day for every month of the year. This greatly simplifies the design cooling load calculation. Although the new design weather data are only for buildings whose thermal lag is less than 1 h, the method provides a basis for further generating design weather data for buildings with a large thermal lag.     

Dynamical building simulation: A low order model for thermal bridges losses

Thermal bridges losses represent an increasing part of heat losses owing to significant three-dimensional heat transfer characteristics in modern buildings, but one-dimensional models are used in most simulation software for thermal analyses to simplify the calculations.State model reduction techniques were used to develop low-order three-dimensional heat transfer model for additional losses of thermal bridges, which is efficient and accuracy. Coupling this technique with traditional one-dimensional model for walls losses, it is possible to reduce a large amount of time simulations.Low-order model was validated from frequency response and time-domain output. And the effect of this model was shown with its implementation in software “TRNSYS”.