No output generation for our hourly electricity consumption and solar production // Severe Error: GetSurfaceData: Zone has no surfaces, Zone=Zone ONE

asked 2018-05-03 11:02:21 -0600

rogerkille
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updated 2018-05-03 13:27:07 -0600

__AmirRoth__

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Dear community,

We are one final step away from finishing our analysis and wanted to ask if somebody could have a look at our IDF file? We are simulating the electricity consumption and a potential solar PV production of our university building. We have finished putting in data for the electricity consumption and solar PV generation. Unfortunately, there is no output generated, contrary to our output that we had along the way of putting in our input. When looking at the error file, it is primarily concerned with zones and the physical structure of the building. As our analysis is only about electricity we haven’t put in data for zones or a building and we do not consider this to be relevant for the results. Do you know what parameters we would need to change to receive the hourly electricity consumption as well as the hourly solar PV production? Do you agree with our opinion that a generic building structure is sufficient for our purposes and how can we implement it?

Our IDF File is attached here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_lwy...

Thank you very much. Any support is greatly appreciated.

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answered 2018-05-03 14:07:51 -0600

Avi
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updated 2018-05-03 14:09:17 -0600

Your Model is missing the construction it self. you need to go back to the example file you used (1ZoneUncontrolled.idf) and copy the following lines into your model:

Material:NoMass,
    R13LAYER,                !- Name
    Rough,                   !- Roughness
    2.290965,                !- Thermal Resistance {m2-K/W}
    0.9000000,               !- Thermal Absorptance
    0.7500000,               !- Solar Absorptance
    0.7500000;               !- Visible Absorptance

  Material:NoMass,
    R31LAYER,                !- Name
    Rough,                   !- Roughness
    5.456,                   !- Thermal Resistance {m2-K/W}
    0.9000000,               !- Thermal Absorptance
    0.7500000,               !- Solar Absorptance
    0.7500000;               !- Visible Absorptance

  Material,
    C5 - 4 IN HW CONCRETE,   !- Name
    MediumRough,             !- Roughness
    0.1014984,               !- Thickness {m}
    1.729577,                !- Conductivity {W/m-K}
    2242.585,                !- Density {kg/m3}
    836.8000,                !- Specific Heat {J/kg-K}
    0.9000000,               !- Thermal Absorptance
    0.6500000,               !- Solar Absorptance
    0.6500000;               !- Visible Absorptance

  Construction,
    R13WALL,                 !- Name
    R13LAYER;                !- Outside Layer

  Construction,
    FLOOR,                   !- Name
    C5 - 4 IN HW CONCRETE;   !- Outside Layer

  Construction,
    ROOF31,                  !- Name
    R31LAYER;                !- Outside Layer

  Zone,
    ZONE ONE,                !- Name
    0,                       !- Direction of Relative North {deg}
    0,                       !- X Origin {m}
    0,                       !- Y Origin {m}
    0,                       !- Z Origin {m}
    1,                       !- Type
    1,                       !- Multiplier
    autocalculate,           !- Ceiling Height {m}
    autocalculate;           !- Volume {m3}

  ScheduleTypeLimits,
    Fraction,                !- Name
    0.0,                     !- Lower Limit Value
    1.0,                     !- Upper Limit Value
    CONTINUOUS;              !- Numeric Type

  GlobalGeometryRules,
    UpperLeftCorner,         !- Starting Vertex Position
    CounterClockWise,        !- Vertex Entry Direction
    World;                   !- Coordinate System

  BuildingSurface:Detailed,
    Zn001:Wall001,           !- Name
    Wall,                    !- Surface Type
    R13WALL,                 !- Construction Name
    ZONE ONE,                !- Zone Name
    Outdoors,                !- Outside Boundary Condition
    ,                        !- Outside Boundary Condition Object
    SunExposed,              !- Sun Exposure
    WindExposed,             !- Wind Exposure
    0.5000000,               !- View Factor to Ground
    4,                       !- Number of Vertices
    0,0,4.572000,  !- X,Y,Z ==> Vertex 1 {m}
    0,0,0,  !- X,Y,Z ==> Vertex 2 {m}
    15.24000,0,0,  !- X,Y,Z ==> Vertex 3 {m}
    15.24000,0,4.572000;  !- X,Y,Z ==> Vertex 4 {m}

  BuildingSurface:Detailed,
    Zn001:Wall002,           !- Name
    Wall,                    !- Surface Type
    R13WALL,                 !- Construction Name
    ZONE ONE,                !- Zone Name
    Outdoors,                !- Outside Boundary Condition
    ,                        !- Outside Boundary Condition Object
    SunExposed,              !- Sun Exposure
    WindExposed,             !- Wind Exposure
    0.5000000,               !- View Factor to Ground
    4,                       !- Number of Vertices
    15.24000,0,4.572000,  !- X,Y,Z ==> Vertex 1 {m}
    15.24000,0,0,  !- X,Y,Z ==> Vertex 2 {m}
    15.24000,15.24000,0,  !- X,Y,Z ==> Vertex 3 {m}
    15.24000,15.24000,4.572000;  !- X,Y,Z ==> Vertex 4 {m}

  BuildingSurface:Detailed,
    Zn001:Wall003,           !- Name
    Wall,                    !- Surface Type
    R13WALL,                 !- Construction Name
    ZONE ONE,                !- Zone Name
    Outdoors,                !- Outside Boundary Condition
    ,                        !- Outside Boundary Condition Object
    SunExposed,              !- Sun Exposure
    WindExposed,             !- Wind Exposure
    0.5000000,               !- View Factor to Ground
    4,                       !- Number of Vertices
    15.24000,15.24000,4.572000,  !- X,Y,Z ==> Vertex 1 {m}
    15.24000,15.24000,0,  !- X,Y,Z ==> Vertex 2 {m}
    0,15.24000,0,  !- X,Y,Z ==> Vertex 3 {m}
    0,15.24000,4.572000;  !- X,Y,Z ==> Vertex 4 {m}

  BuildingSurface:Detailed,
    Zn001:Wall004,           !- Name
    Wall,                    !- Surface Type
    R13WALL,                 !- Construction Name
    ZONE ONE,                !- Zone Name
    Outdoors,                !- Outside Boundary Condition
    ,                        !- Outside Boundary Condition Object
    SunExposed,              !- Sun Exposure
    WindExposed,             !- Wind Exposure
    0.5000000,               !- View Factor to Ground
    4,                       !- Number of Vertices
    0,15.24000,4.572000,  !- X,Y,Z ==> Vertex 1 {m}
    0,15.24000,0 ...

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