zoneventilation:windandstackopenarea wrong results
I'm trying to model natural ventilation with ZoneVentilation:WindandStackOpenArea
but I think that I get wrong results. In fact, when I add ventilation through a surface 0.95m2 for only 15 minutes each day of the year without limitations in temperatures, the heating consumption increases dramatically (from 1022 kwh (maximum power 4547 W) to 1922 kwh (maximum power 53302 W !))
I understand that heating consumption should increase because of the difference between heating setpoint temperature and outside temperature, but I think this increase is huge compared to the surface and the duration of opening.
What do you think about this results ?
Inputs :
ZoneVentilation:WindandStackOpenArea,
RDC, !- Name
RDC Thermal Zone, !- Zone Name
0.95, !- Opening Area {m2}
Window_ventilation, !- Opening Area Fraction Schedule Name
autocalculate, !- Opening Effectiveness {dimensionless}
270, !- Effective Angle {deg}
1.47, !- Height Difference {m}
autocalculate, !- Discharge Coefficient for Opening
-100, !- Minimum Indoor Temperature {C}
, !- Minimum Indoor Temperature Schedule Name
100, !- Maximum Indoor Temperature {C}
, !- Maximum Indoor Temperature Schedule Name
-100, !- Delta Temperature {deltaC}
, !- Delta Temperature Schedule Name
-100, !- Minimum Outdoor Temperature {C}
, !- Minimum Outdoor Temperature Schedule Name
100, !- Maximum Outdoor Temperature {C}
, !- Maximum Outdoor Temperature Schedule Name
40; !- Maximum Wind Speed {m/s}
Thank you for help !
can you list the inputs you have in the fields in the wind and stack object?
I just put them in the publication. Thanks
I'm still struggling with this issue. May anyone help me ?
you don't have any temperature limitations on when natural ventilation is allowed. What climate is this in? Even if it is open for a short time each day, 15 min is likely more than enough to get at least a full air change in the zone. So it shouldn't be surprising if your heating load goes up that much. Try looking at the zone temperature and heating load timeseries - you can take a difference to get the heating load attributed to the open windows and see if the added load during open window times can fully explain the heat load increase you see.