how to add a construction to removable insulation?
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
        
        asked Jan 9  
 
 Alaa Salah's avatar  
 
 
 
 
    
        
        updated Jan 9  
 
 Aaron Boranian's avatar  
 
 
 
 
 
hello, 
how can I add a construction of insulation material and another layer of PCM to a movable insulation?
it accepts  only materials. as shown in the idf example
 
 
SurfaceControl:MovableInsulation,
 
Outside,                 !- Insulation Type

Zn001:Wall001,           !- Surface Name

SINGLEPANEOPAQUE,        !- Material Name

ON;                      !- Schedule Name
 
 
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Is the question: "how to add 2 layers (1x insulation, 1x PCM) as a single SurfaceControl:MovableInsulation object"? If so, I suspect a composite layer (part insulation, part PCM) needs to be derived, similar to how repetitive thermal bridging and insulation are often integrated as a single composite material layer.
Denis Bourgeois's avatar
                        Denis Bourgeois
                     (
    
        Jan 9
    )
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I think Denis is correct. E+ can only take a single material as movable insulation. I'm not sure about using PCMs at all for this layer, I've never tried that but if it works make sure you use ConductionFiniteDifference. From the IOreference, it implies that you could do a movable insulation layer to both the inside and the outside of the wall, but I'm not sure that would help you.
JasonGlazer's avatar
                        JasonGlazer
                     (
    
        Jan 16
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