Periodic building energy simulation by coupling the contribution ratio of indoor climate (CRI) with network model

Abstract

    Network model is widely used in building energy simulation, which assumes perfect mixing and does not consider the temperature distribution. However it is considered to be improper for non-uniform indoor environment, and may lead to a large influence to the energy simulation result. In this study, energy simulation considering temperature distribution for a periodic air-conditioning system is achieved. A method coupling the contribution ratio of indoor climate (CRI) into network model is proposed in this paper, and the thermal load of a single office room is discussed. The effectiveness and predominance of this proposed method has been proved.