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Space infiltration pressure values / units

asked 2018-03-14 14:34:31 -0500

Jono's avatar

updated 2018-03-14 18:28:42 -0500

Hi everyone, I'm new to OpenStudio and was trying to input an air leakage rate per exterior surface area for my model. I went to the "spaces" tab, then found "space infiltration design flow rates" and would like to insert data under "flow per exterior surface area [m/s]".

Question: Is the flow per exterior surface area input the measured value at 75Pa, or is it at some other pressure? I noticed the other items also don't have any pressure conditions so I'm a bit lost here.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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answered 2018-03-15 08:25:22 -0500

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I believe it is 4 Pa differential pressure but you could read about it yourself in the Input Output Reference. Also try the Engineering Reference.

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Thanks for the info. I've read through the documents and noticed 4Pa is specified for Effective Leakage Area, but not specifically stated for the others.

Jono's avatar Jono  ( 2018-03-15 15:01:37 -0500 )edit

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