[esp-r] Re: release of ESP-r version 11.2
Chris Jones
cj at cr-jay.ca
Sat Dec 2 05:02:24 GMT 2006
My compliments to the development team. This new install (new to me)
system worked flawlessly. The easiest build/install I have done. I
am using Solaris 10 as VMWare guest on an XP host.
At 01:54 PM 11/10/2006, Beausoleil-Morrison, Ian wrote:
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>Dear ESP-r users and developers,
>
>Version 11.2 of the ESP-r system is now available. A summary of the
>changes and new features included in this release is given at the
>bottom of this e-mail.
>
>The source code may be accessed via the ESP-r Central Subversion
>repository. To do this, you must first install a Subversion client
>on your system. Free clients are available at
><http://subversion.tigris.org/project_packages.html>http://subversion.tigris.org/project_packages.html.
>
>Once you have installed the Subversion client you can download the
>source code for version 11.2 of ESP-r anonymously using the following command:
>
> svn checkout
> <https://esp-r.net/espr/esp-r/trunk>https://esp-r.net/espr/esp-r/trunk
> OR
> svn checkout
> <http://esp-r.net/espr/esp-r/trunk>http://esp-r.net/espr/esp-r/trunk
>
>If you previously downloaded version 11.1 with the above command,
>then you do not have to do a full download of version 11.2. Rather,
>you can update the source code with the following command:
>
> svn update
> <https://esp-r.net/espr/esp-r/trunk>https://esp-r.net/espr/esp-r/trunk
> OR
> svn update
> <http://esp-r.net/espr/esp-r/trunk>http://esp-r.net/espr/esp-r/trunk
>
>(ESP-r developers who wish to make source code contributions to
>ESP-r should contact me directly so that we can configure an account
>for you on ESP-r Central. Further information on ESP-r Central for
>developers is available on the ESRU web site.)
>
>ESP-r source code is available exclusively through ESP-r
>Central. However, ESRU will continue to produce and post
>pre-compiled versions for specific operating environments on its web
>site. These binary versions will generally be made available within
>a few days of a source code release and will be announced to this
>e-mail list. Release notes will also continue to be posted on the
>ESRU web site.
>
>Regards,
>- Ian
>
>Ian Beausoleil-Morrison
>ESP-r Archivist
>Natural Resources Canada
>
>
>Release Notes
>11.2 (November 2006)
>====================
>Generic Code Update
>-------------------
>- ESP-r can now be compiled using the gcc4/gfortran compiler set that
> is shipped with many current Linux distributions. However, non-trivial
> numerical differences have been found between ESP-r compiled with
> gcc4/gfortran and ESP-r compiled with gcc3/g77. Consequently
> gcc4/gfortran
> builds should be considered beta for the time being.
>- The 'Install' script has been redesigned to streamline the installation
> process. A number of redundant user prompts have been removed and support
> for compilations 'out of the box' has been improved for Sun
> cc/f90 and MINGW.
>- The 'Readme' file has been re-written to reflect recent changes to the
> distribution and compilation of ESP-r, and to provide the user with more
> information.
>- The 'text-only' version of ESP-r was revived, allowing users to build ESP-r
> on environments on which neither X11 nor GTK is available.
>
>Simulator
>---------
>- The treatment for half-hour centred solar data (such as found in CWEC
> climate files) has been updated so that sub-hour simulations use the
> appropriate interpolation. This affects only solar data.
>- A small bug affecting insolation analysis has been corrected.
>- A new plant component model of an adsorption storage unit has been added
> and variants of existing plant components for water storage tanks,
> pumps, pipes, and a new controller have been created to support the
> modelling of adsorption storage systems. Interested users are referred
> to the M.A.Sc. thesis of Maria Mottillo, which is available in
> the 'related
> publications' section of the ESRU web site.
>- A new plant component has been added for modelling solar thermal
> collectors. Interested users are referred to a paper by Didier Thevenard,
> Kamel Haddad, and Julia Purdy, which is available in the 'related
> publications' section of the ESRU web site.
>- A new boundary condition type has been added to the building thermal
> domain to support the CEN 13791 standard. A treatment has also been added
> to support the CEN 13791 approach for modelling surface convection.
> (The CEN 13791 approach for treating solar absorption on the other side of
> partitions will be added in a future release.) Numerous interface changes
> have been incorporated to allow users to impose the CEN 13791 standard for
> testing/validating projects.
>
>Project Manager
>---------------
>- ISO 6946 U-values are now reported.
>- Simulation presets can now support the integration of hourly results.
>- The logic for flow component multi-sensor controllers has been reworked.
>- Numerous changes have been made to improve program navigation and work
> flow.
>- Additional contextual help has been added, e.g. reporting of energy
> balances, external pressure coefficients.
>- There is increased use of GTK widgets to improve the operation of ESP-r
> built with the GTK (versus the X11) libraries.
>- The logic supporting optical property switching has been corrected and
> extended.
>- Improvements have been made to QA reports.
>- Improvements have been made to the viewing of CFD domains and the feedback
> provided to the user.
>- A number of exemplar models have been improved.
>- A bug caused problems when running models which included both pre-defined
> simulation periods and a CFD domain. This has been repaired.
>- A bug caused program crashes when a faulty zone fuzzy logic controller
> was specified. This has been repaired.
>- A facility has been added to allow the copying of infiltration/ventilation
> and/or casual gains from other zones. Data can also be scaled by
> zone volume or floor area.
>- A bug related to the drawing of the site origin has been repaired.
>- A new exemplar has been added with an abstract representation
> of a heated floor and a chilled ceiling.
>
>Quality Control Utility
>-----------------------
>- A number of bugs were repaired in the regression tester.
>- New functionality has been added to the regression tester to help
> diagnose differences between reference and test versions of ESP-r
> and to compare run-time differences.
>
>Additional Changes
>------------------
>- Many additional changes have been made that are transparent to the user.
> Information on these, as well as further details on all the
> above-mentioned
> changes, can be found in ESP-r Central's change log by providing the
> following URL to your web browser:
> <https://esp-r.net/wsvn/espr/wsvn/esp-r/>https://esp-r.net/wsvn/espr/wsvn/esp-r/.
>
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