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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi Alex, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">thank you very much, that sounds very useful, however at the moment I am modelling some end of terrace and mid terrace houses while AIM2 can be used only for detached houses, isn’t it?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Arianna<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Ferguson, Alex [mailto:Alex.Ferguson@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca]
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<b>Sent:</b> 29 November 2013 14:51<br>
<b>To:</b> Arianna Sdei; esp-r@lists.strath.ac.uk<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: air flow network<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Hi Arianna,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">If your goal is merely to characterize energy loss from infiltration in a single house, you may find the AIM2 model is easier-to-use and more accurate than a flow network.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Info on configuration & theoretical basis:
</span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="https://espr.trac.cvsdude.com/esp-r/wiki/EmpiricalAirInfiltrationModel">https://espr.trac.cvsdude.com/esp-r/wiki/EmpiricalAirInfiltrationModel</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">- Alex<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:esp-r-bounces@lists.strath.ac.uk">esp-r-bounces@lists.strath.ac.uk</a> [<a href="mailto:esp-r-bounces@lists.strath.ac.uk">mailto:esp-r-bounces@lists.strath.ac.uk</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Arianna Sdei<br>
<b>Sent:</b> November 28, 2013 14:37<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:esp-r@lists.strath.ac.uk">esp-r@lists.strath.ac.uk</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [esp-r] air flow network<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear ESP-r community,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am trying to set up an air flow network using the measured air flow rate from pressure tests. To do that I am substituting power law flow components to cracks. I have calculated the coefficient a in the equation : Q = a dP ^b using the
measured ACH and I am using b=0.66 but when simulating I get a too high heating load (over 30000 kWh/year for a single storey house) . Does anybody know why this happens and if there is another way to use the measured ACH from the pressure tests to set up
the infiltration rate using an air flow network? Thank you <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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