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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear ESP-r users,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have a question regarding how ESP-r calculates the
properties of a glass unit (for example a double glaze unit with argon gap).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I red several discussions about the capability of ESP-r of
reading and importing WIS
or Window data file, but for me is not clear which kind of data espr effectively
read.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My knowledge is that, when we specify a glass construction
we have to give the resistances of the air gap between the glass panes (that is
a fix value) in the construction library and then define the optical properties
in the optic database (ESPr ask for the angle dependence absorptances of the
different panes and the angle dependence transmittance of the different panes).
That´s all! Am I wrong?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Now comes the question?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">How does ESPr calculates the temperature dependency of the
air (or gas) gap resistance between the panes? It is not possible to define the
emissivity of both glass pane surfaces?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I know that TRNSYS uses the Window 4 model (but, if I correctly
remember, TRNSYS is not able to consider not standard emissivities for the
outer surfaces).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have this question because I am modelling a family house
room under a tilted roof. The window is a roof window (like Velux). I think
that, for such cases, it is relevant to model correctly the temperature
dependency (also the wind dependency) of the gas-gap resistance.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Any help is appreciated.</p>
Francesco<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Dr. Francesco Frontini, MEng PhD in Buildings Engineering<br><br>----------------------------------------<br>Fraunhofer Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISE<br>Heidenhofstr. 2, 79110 Freiburg, Germany<br>
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