[esp-r] Re: Internal transparent surfaces

[Jon Hand]

Using a fictitious material for an open door will let the short wave radiation pass.
The high conductivity of fictitious will also allow heat to pass efficiently if there
is a temperature difference. Long-wave radiation does not directly pass through a
fictitious material. If the door is not very large the impact is small.

An open door often is associated with the movement of air.  If there is likely
to be mixing between the two rooms then consider imposing a 'ventilation'
rate between the two rooms via the zone operation file or using a mass flow
network to calculate the mixing.

Regards, Jon Hand
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From: esp-r-bounces at lists.strath.ac.uk [esp-r-bounces at lists.strath.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Satya [ringo.satyarr at gmail.com]
Sent: 12 May 2013 19:41
To: ESP-r Users' Club
Subject: [esp-r]  Internal transparent surfaces

Hi,

I have modelled open doorways between zones as transparent doors made of a fictitious material. Will this take care of radiative heat transfer between walls of different zones?


Regards,
Satya