Course detail

Energy Simulations

FSI-IESAcad. year: 2016/2017

The course is aimed at the computational energy simulations. Energy simulations provide more detailed information about the performance of buildings and building equipment than steady-state calculation techniques. The input parameters of energy simulations (outdoor temperature, solar radiation intensity, occupancy, air change, etc.) vary significantly during a day and throughout a year. The energy simulations allow to change input parameters in each time step, which is usually 1 hour, and thus to model reality quite accurately. The importance of energy simulations in building design in the EU countries increases with the progress of implementation of the EPBD (Energy Performance of Building Directive).

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Miroslav Jícha, CSc.

Department

Energy Institute (EÚ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students are made familiar with capabilities and limitations of energy performance simulation tools for buildings and building equipment. They will also acquire basic skills in practical use of energy simulation tools.

Prerequisites

Students should have fair knowledge of energy performance of buildings and building equipment (heating, ventilating and air-conditioning). They should be familiar with numerical methods and they are expected to have basic computer skills.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Exercises are focused on practical topics presented in lectures.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The graded course-unit credit requirements: 20% continuous assessment (activity during tutorials) 80% completion of a project assigned by the tutor

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The main goal of the course is to make students familiar with capabilities and limitations of energy performance simulation tools for buildings and building equipment. During tutorials students will acquire basic skills in the practical use of the simulation software TRNSYS-TRNFlow.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The students are obliged to attend seminars and complete a project assigned by the tutor.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ASHRAE Handbook - Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning Systems and Equipment (SI Edition). American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Inc., [2012]. ISBN 9781936504268
ASHRAE handbook: Fundamentals (SI Edition). American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Inc., [2013]. ISBN 978-1-936504-46-6
DUFFIE, John A. a William A. BECKMAN. Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, 3rd edition, John Wiley and Sons, [2006]. ISBN: 978-0-471-69867-8
McQUISTON, Faye C., Jerald D. PARKER and Jeffrey D. SPITLER. Heating Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, John Wiley and Sons, [2005]. ISBN 0-471-66154-6
TRNSYS vs. 19 user manual (EN)

Recommended reading

ASHRAE handbook: Fundamentals (SI Edition). American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Inc., [2013]. ISBN 978-1-936504-46-6 (EN)
TRNSYS vs. 19 user manual (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme M2I-P Master's

    branch M-TEP , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Pavel Charvát, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. History of energy simulations end simulation tools
2. Modelling techniques and numerical methods
3. Weather data for energy simulation
4. Heating and cooling loads
5. Renewable energy systems
6. Single-zone models
7. Multi-zone models
8. Modelling of HVAC systems
9. Airflow in buildings
10. Coupling of thermal and airflow models
11. Pollutant transfer in building
12. Validation of simulation tools
13. Future trends in energy simulations

Computer-assisted exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Pavel Charvát, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Getting familiar with the graphic user interface
2. Data readers, online plotters and data outputs
3. Solar radiation calculations
4. Moist air calculations
5. User defined equations
6. Solar collectors and thermal storage
7. Solar water heating system
8. Space heating and cooling loads (degree-hour method)
9. Simple single-zone model
10. Detailed single-zone model
11. Multi-zone model
12. Airflow in buildings
13. Transfer of pollutants