3.1
fan_assist_night_ventilation
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FanAssistNightVentilation
Fan Assist Night Ventilation
This measure is meant to roughly model the impact of fan assisted night ventilation. The user needs to have a ventilation schedule in the model, operable windows where natural ventilation is desired, and air walls or interior operable windows in walls and floors to define the path of air through the building. The user specified flow rate is proportionally split up based on the area of exterior operable windows. The size of interior air walls and windows doesn't matter.
It's up to the modeler to choose a flow rate that is approriate for the fenestration and interior openings within the building. Each zone with operable windows will get a zone ventilation object. The measure will first look for a celing opening to find a connection for zone a zone mixing object. If a ceiling isn't found, then it looks for a wall. Don't provide more than one ceiling paths or more than one wall path. The end result is zone ventilation object followed by a path of zone mixing objects. The fan consumption is modeled in the zone ventilation object, but no heat is brought in from the fan. There is no zone ventilation object at the end of the path of zones. In addition to schedule, the zone ventilation is controlled by a minimum outdoor temperature.
The measure was developed for use in un-conditioned models. Has not been tested in conjunction with mechanical systems.
To address an issue in OpenStudio zones with ZoneVentilation, this measure adds an exhaust fan added as well, but the CFM value for the exhaust fan is set to 0.0
design_flow_rate
Exhaust Flow Rate
Double
cfm
true
false
1000
fan_pressure_rise
Fan Pressure Rise
Double
Pa
true
false
500
efficiency
Fan Total Efficiency
Double
true
false
0.65
ventilation_schedule
Choose a Ventilation Schedule.
Choice
true
false
min_outdoor_temp
Minimum Outdoor Temperature
Double
F
true
false
55
HVAC.Ventilation
Measure Type
ModelMeasure
string
Intended Software Tool
Apply Measure Now
string
Intended Software Tool
OpenStudio Application
string
Intended Software Tool
Parametric Analysis Tool
string
Intended Use Case
Model Articulation
string
LICENSE.md
md
license
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README.md
md
readme
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README.md.erb
erb
readmeerb
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OpenStudio
2.0.0
2.0.0
measure.rb
rb
script
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FanAssistNightVentilationMeasureGuide.pdf
pdf
resource
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1028_night_purge_test_192.osm
osm
test
B5B5CCA9
EdgeTest.osm
osm
test
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demo_a.osm
osm
test
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example_model.osm
osm
test
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fan_assist_night_ventilation_test.rb
rb
test
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no_opp_win.osm
osm
test
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