<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; khtml-nbsp-mode: space; khtml-line-break: after-white-space" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have created new material, construction and optical databases for a TIM construction, which has the following thermo-physical and optical properties:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1) external glass pane</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>R-Value: 0.01</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Density: 2710</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Spec. heat capacity: 837</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thermal conductivity: 0.76</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Absorption at 0, 40, 55, 70, 80 angles: 0.016, 0.018, 0.019, 0.020, 0.021</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2) PMMA capillaries</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>R-Value: 0.55</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Density: 30</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Spec. heat capacity: 1400</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thermal conductivity: 0.04</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Absorption at 0, 40, 55, 70, 80 angles: 0.02, 0.025, 0.03, 0.035, 0.04</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3) Internal glass pane <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>R-Value: 0.01</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Density: 2710</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Spec. heat capacity: 837</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thermal conductivity: 0.76</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Absorption at 0, 40, 55, 70, 80 angles: 0.016, 0.018, 0.019, 0.020, 0.021</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Overall transmission at 0, 40, 55, 70, 80 angles: 0.74, 0.702, 0.570, 0.463, 0.377</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have conducted simulations to a model with a TI-glazing and TI-wall (a separate zone as air space in between TI-glazing and wall mass). The strange thing is: </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1) when I modified the optical properties (increase or decrease the values of overall trans and absorption), the results did not changed at all. Anyone who had experienced this problem before?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2) the zone energy loss (5197.39kWh) was more than energy gain (3432.64kWh), which is not the characteristic of TIM.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyone can help in this case?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wong</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>