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Zone Capacitance Multiplier. Energy Plus

asked 2016-03-30 15:00:25 -0500

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updated 2016-04-02 09:15:46 -0500

Is it posible to modify "Zone capacitance multiplier" in EnergyPlus for modelling different fluids (not air)? For example water in a tank placed outdoors? Thanks

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answered 2016-03-30 18:23:03 -0500

The answer is no. These modifiers are only used in the zone air heat balance equations.

ZoneCapacitanceMultiplier:ResearchSpecial

This object is an advanced feature that can be used to control the effective storage capacity of the zone. Capacitance multipliers of 1.0 indicate the capacitance is that of the (moist) air in the volume of the specified zone. This multiplier can be increased if the zone air capacitance needs to be increased for stability of the simulation or to allow modeling higher or lower levels of damping of behavior over time. The multipliers are applied to the base value corresponding to the total capacitance for the zone's volume of air at current zone (moist) conditions.
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