Validation of TEKNOsim 6 According to CIBSE TM33
(2018) Cold Climate HVAC 2018 In Springer Proceedings in Energy p.665-676- Abstract
- TEKNOsim is a simple and user-friendly program for analyzing thermal indoor climate and performing annual hourly simulations. The program was originally developed to calculate heating and cooling demands, and indoor climate conditions of a single zone building for peak winter and summer design days. However, TEKNOsim version 6 has been revised to incorporate several new features including annual energy and multi-zone simulations. These features greatly enhance the functionality and the ability of the program. Their implementation in TEKNOsim 6, however, entails a validation procedure to test the accuracy of the new algorithms. This paper presents preliminary results of the ongoing testing and validation of TEKNOsim 6 according to CIBSE... (More)
- TEKNOsim is a simple and user-friendly program for analyzing thermal indoor climate and performing annual hourly simulations. The program was originally developed to calculate heating and cooling demands, and indoor climate conditions of a single zone building for peak winter and summer design days. However, TEKNOsim version 6 has been revised to incorporate several new features including annual energy and multi-zone simulations. These features greatly enhance the functionality and the ability of the program. Their implementation in TEKNOsim 6, however, entails a validation procedure to test the accuracy of the new algorithms. This paper presents preliminary results of the ongoing testing and validation of TEKNOsim 6 according to CIBSE TM33 tests for software accreditation and verification. The test results indicate that the new database libraries implemented in TEKNOsim 6 can be easily customized to precisely represent the actual building conditions. The results also show that the program can accurately calculate the total steady-state heat losses for all test cases of CIBSE TM33. The peak cooling loads calculated by TEKNOsim 6 are also in good agreement with CIBSE TM33 for most test cases. Some discrepancies are however observed between TEKNOsim 6 and CIBSE TM33, especially for test cases involving certain building elements. Nevertheless, TEKNOsim 6 is shown to be a fast and reliable program for performing early-design stage simulations. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/195719d6-d16d-4b1a-985b-76bac822449d
- author
- Abugabbara, Marwan LU and Javed, Saqib LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2018-12-12
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- TEKNOsim, CIBSE, TM33, Testing, Validation
- host publication
- Cold Climate HVAC 2018 : Sustainable Buildings in Cold Climates - Sustainable Buildings in Cold Climates
- series title
- Springer Proceedings in Energy
- editor
- Johansson, Dennis ; Bagge, Hans and Wahlström, Åsa
- pages
- 665 - 676
- publisher
- Springer
- conference name
- Cold Climate HVAC 2018
- conference location
- Kiruna, Sweden
- conference dates
- 2018-03-12 - 2018-03-15
- ISSN
- 2352-2534
- 2352-2542
- ISBN
- 978-3-030-00662-4
- 978-3-030-00661-7
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-00662-4_56
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 195719d6-d16d-4b1a-985b-76bac822449d
- date added to LUP
- 2019-05-15 22:13:45
- date last changed
- 2019-05-17 11:53:20
@inbook{195719d6-d16d-4b1a-985b-76bac822449d, abstract = {{TEKNOsim is a simple and user-friendly program for analyzing thermal indoor climate and performing annual hourly simulations. The program was originally developed to calculate heating and cooling demands, and indoor climate conditions of a single zone building for peak winter and summer design days. However, TEKNOsim version 6 has been revised to incorporate several new features including annual energy and multi-zone simulations. These features greatly enhance the functionality and the ability of the program. Their implementation in TEKNOsim 6, however, entails a validation procedure to test the accuracy of the new algorithms. This paper presents preliminary results of the ongoing testing and validation of TEKNOsim 6 according to CIBSE TM33 tests for software accreditation and verification. The test results indicate that the new database libraries implemented in TEKNOsim 6 can be easily customized to precisely represent the actual building conditions. The results also show that the program can accurately calculate the total steady-state heat losses for all test cases of CIBSE TM33. The peak cooling loads calculated by TEKNOsim 6 are also in good agreement with CIBSE TM33 for most test cases. Some discrepancies are however observed between TEKNOsim 6 and CIBSE TM33, especially for test cases involving certain building elements. Nevertheless, TEKNOsim 6 is shown to be a fast and reliable program for performing early-design stage simulations.}}, author = {{Abugabbara, Marwan and Javed, Saqib}}, booktitle = {{Cold Climate HVAC 2018 : Sustainable Buildings in Cold Climates}}, editor = {{Johansson, Dennis and Bagge, Hans and Wahlström, Åsa}}, isbn = {{978-3-030-00662-4}}, issn = {{2352-2534}}, keywords = {{TEKNOsim; CIBSE; TM33; Testing; Validation}}, language = {{eng}}, month = {{12}}, pages = {{665--676}}, publisher = {{Springer}}, series = {{Springer Proceedings in Energy}}, title = {{Validation of TEKNOsim 6 According to CIBSE TM33}}, url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00662-4_56}}, doi = {{10.1007/978-3-030-00662-4_56}}, year = {{2018}}, }