Humidity Capacity Multiplier @Open Studio Software

asked 2017-03-28 19:25:42 -0500

ADD's avatar

updated 2017-04-05 13:43:44 -0500

Humidity capacity is a function of construction materials and indoor furniture. I mean what you have in your zone like wood construction for walls or ceramic tile which have different moisture absorbance capacity is really important to deal with this value. But there is only one section to change that value for all structure we have. How is application of different Humidity capacity multipliers for each zones possible if I want to use for each zones which have different materials?

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@aysgldmir what software are you using? Please tag it in your question so it's easier to help you.

Neal Kruis's avatar Neal Kruis  ( 2017-03-29 09:32:08 -0500 )edit

it is Open Studio software

ADD's avatar ADD  ( 2017-03-29 11:51:44 -0500 )edit

I'm going to tag this for EnergyPlus as most OpenStudio users probably have not altered the default capacitance, although ZoneCapacitanceMultiplierResearchSpecial is in the API for those who want to write a measure to alter it.

You could use characteristics of surface and internal mass objects to come up with a weighted average multiplier to use for the entire building; expert EnergyPlus users may have some ideas? EMS?

David Goldwasser's avatar David Goldwasser  ( 2017-04-05 13:49:48 -0500 )edit

Might be worth doing sensitivity analysis on this to see how much of an issue a global multiplier is vs. zone specific, before investing too much effort.

David Goldwasser's avatar David Goldwasser  ( 2017-04-05 13:56:23 -0500 )edit

Thanks for response. I appreciate

ADD's avatar ADD  ( 2017-08-07 12:50:02 -0500 )edit