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Modelling a ceiling fan in Openstudio

asked 9 years ago

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updated 8 years ago

I wanted to know the quickest and most effective way to model a ceiling fan in Openstudio. The fan only displaces air in the zone and does not bring it from outdoors. If possible I would like a fan for which you can choose the air displacement (linked to the size of the blades).

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answered 9 years ago

updated 8 years ago

Since your fan doesn't bring air from outdoors, or an other zone, it's effect may be limited to two things: - the fan's motor adds some internal thermal gain - air velocity is increased in the zone, which may be relevant if you examine comfort. By default, e+ uses constant 0.137 m/s for PMV/PPD, you may increase air velocity by creating your own Air Velocity Schedule in the IDF file if you care about comfort.

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Thanks I'll try it out. Comfort was what I was going for.

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