Optimize the design & performance of Heat, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems
This Library enables to analyze different system layouts in an efficient and flexible approach and compare their primary energy consumption, their carbon dioxide emission or the energy costs with regard to any reference period, as one-year period.
Scenarios like a cost optimized system layout with various heating and cooling generation devices can be analyzed within only few minutes.
Different concepts of heat recovery or humidity control can be modeled, simulated and analyzed in a few steps.
This library is intended for the optimization of large thermo hydraulic systems. The transport of fluids in such systems relies on variable pressure differences.
The library is based on mainly two quantities on liquid side - temperature and mass flow- and four quantities on airside - additionally humidity and CO2 content.
Benefits
It is possible to model complex heating and cooling systems
Minimize building HVAC operating costs by selecting the correct system control strategy.
Avoid costly HVAC system design errors early in the building design process.
Accurately analyze operating costs through whole-year usage simulations of the building HVAC system.
Rapidly assess the impact of HVAC system design on occupant comfort.
Quickly assess how different control strategies will behave with dynamic building HVAC systems.
Dehumidification system for air humidity control
Different Heat Exchanger models are available
Solar thermal panel model is available in library. This model uses data from Weather model to compute the heat flow into heating medium caused by solar radiation on the panel.
Highlights
Pumps, heat pumps, blowers,fans,boilers and combined heat and power
Radiators, floor heating, domestic hot water storages and tanks
Air ducting units with various cross sections, pipes, valves and manifolds
Adiabatic and steam humidifiers, water extractors and evaporative and dry cooling towers
Absorption- and vapor compression chillers, borehole heat exchanger, solar panels
Controllers, automatic energy balances
Different fluid models for heating and cooling systems
