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Unit 5 - PET
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BTM Window
The Building Template Manager window can be opened by selecting Templates > Building
The Building Template Manager (BTM) is the Template Manager from the <VE> menus. The following window will then be displayed
room template manager for the <Virtual
Environment> programs. It allows for easy
designation of common zone features and
conditions when constructing a <Virtual
Environment> model.
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❑ Room Attributes
❑ Constructions
❑ MacroFlo Opening Types
❑ Thermal Conditions
❑ Electric Lighting
❑ Radiance Surface Properties
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Thermal Conditions
This section is where room thermal conditions are assigned to
templates.
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Building Regulations Room Conditions
This tab allows the template to be associated with an NCM This tab contains controls for setting default room
activity template for Building Regulations compliance. heating attribute data.
Data entered here will only affect VE Compliance and
other thermal modules (ApacheCalc, ApacheSim) will
remain unchanged.
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Heating
Heating Profile This user can set the percentage profile
group that defines the operation of the heating/cooling
system. Note that for heating to operate, the percentage
profile must exceed 50%. In most cases, prior to creating a
template, the user should define profiles using APpro.
These profiles will then appear in this and any other
Percentage Profile Group dialogue box.
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DHW
Here we defined the DHW using either the occupancy
profile or another predefined controlling scheduling
profile.
Consumption pattern
Here we can chose to control the DHW by either: Linked
to space occupancy profile (default) OR Independent
profile
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Plant (auxiliary energy) Model settings
The plant (auxiliary energy) can be linked to either the Solar Reflected Fraction This is the fraction of solar
heating or cooling profiles or indeed set independently by radiation which, once transmitted by the glazing room, is
assigning a controlling profile. then rereflected out of the window. The value of solar
fraction lost depends primarily on internal surface
Plant profile (control) Here we set whether we want to emissivity and room geometry. As a general rule, windows
link the control to one of the following: Set to heating which have a high room view factor will have higher solar
profile Set to cooling profile Set independently re-reflected fractions. For ApacheCalc only.
Profile schedule Only active when “Set independently” Furniture Mass Factor In ApacheSim the thermal mass of
above. This allows the selection of any profile weekly the air in a room is calculated as the product of the room
modulating profile. volume, the air density and the air specific heat capacity
at the room conditions. See the Apache User Guide for
more information.
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System HVAC System
This tab contains controls for setting default This is where the system that controls the room and supply air
room cooling attribute data condition (set in Apache Systems) is chosen for the current
template. This choice dictates the efficiency and primary
energy use of the system chosen for heating, cooling, air
supply, extraction and any auxiliary mechanical ventilation.
Auxiliary System
This is where the system that controls the supply air condition
for any auxiliary ventilation (set in Apache Systems) is chosen
for the current template. This choice dictates the efficiency and
primary energy use of the system chosen for heating, cooling,
supplying and extracting the auxiliary system air.
DHW System
This is where the system that controls the domestic hot water
(set in Apache Systems) is chosen for the current template. This
choice dictates the efficiency and primary energy use of the
system chosen for heating
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System outside air supply
Minimum Flow Rate The supply air condition is set in the
Apache Systems dialog. It is the air supply that will be tempered
by the system plant and the results will be seen separately from
the room load.
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Internal Gain Parameters
Type
There are seven types of casual gains available for selection:
❑ Fluorescent lighting
❑ Tungsten Lighting
❑ Miscellaneous
❑ Machinery
❑ Cooking
❑ Computers
❑ People
Gain Units The units by which internal gains are defined. W/m2
or W for all gains other than People which is set a W/P or W.
Lighting gains have the additional option of lux. Holes and
windows added on a surface will reduce the floor area to be
used in a W/m2 calculation. Using the W option can be used to
bypass this procedure, specifically for high level zones where a
floor may be set as a 100% hole.
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Internal Gain Parameters
Occupant Density This value is used to calculate the number of people
per room. Clicking on the column header will allow the column to be
sorted numerically or reverse numerically.
Fuel Where the default casual gain being defined has an associated
power, or fuel consumption, this item defines the type of fuel that it
uses. For example, lights would normally use electricity, but cooking
might use gas or electricity.
Exchange Reference The reference name which the user can enter
for an air exchange.
A/C Rate Units The units of an air exchange can be selected by the
user from the drop down list.
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AIR EXCHANGES
Maximum A/C Rate This value is the maximum number of air
changes for a given profile group, i.e. the air-change rate assumed at
those times when the defined profile has a value of 100%, or when
there are no profiles used (as in Apache Heat Loss calculations).
Opaque This section contains drop down menus for the following
which are used to select the desired surface:
❑ Roof
❑ Ceiling
❑ External
❑ Wall
❑ Internal Partition
❑ Ground Floor
❑ Door
Glazed This section contains drop down menus for the following
which are used to select the desired surface:
❑ Rooflight
❑ External Glazing
❑ Internal Glazing
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MODELIT
The Viewport In order to simplify things we will only use the single
viewport option. By default we get the following view:
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MODELIT
Create Prism This option is activated by the PRISM button in the
model toolbar. This pops-up the "Shape Settings" window, from this We click the left mouse button near to the
we can name our prism, and define the base plane level (0m) and model origin, remembering that in the locks
the height of the prism (3m). Note the "Segments" field is inactive settings the grid option is active. This selects the
since it does not apply. point (0,0) as the first corner of the prism. As we
move the cursor a rubber-band rectangle will
follow the cursor with its origin fixed at the (0,0)
vertex. When the cursor is positioned at the
diagonally opposite corner position we can click
the left mouse again to create the prism. If you
move the cursor around you will see that it does
not matter which corner of the prism we create
first. If we make a mistake in selecting the first
corner of our prism we can cancel this by clicking
the right mouse button. Having created this
prism the command remains active until we
select some other option.
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MODELIT
Here is our first diversion: Cancel the "Shape Settings"
window. Go to the view toolbar and click on the "View You will notice that in the "Axon" view a lot of the
Selection" options and select the "Axon" option. The image toolbar options are no longer active e.g. the shape
in the viewport changes to this view of the prism. options (Extrude, etc.) and editing options (copy,
move, etc.). These options are only available in a 2D
view e.g. "Plan", "Front", etc.
If you look at the "Model Browser" (by default at the
left of the ModelIT workspace) you will see that the
prism we have created has been added to the
"Model".
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MODELIT
Create Extruded Shape This option is activated by the
EXTRUDE button in the model toolbar. This pops-up the
"Shape Settings" window, from which we can edit the
required parameters (same as prism).
We digitize the shape using the left mouse to click on
the required grid points (the right mouse can be used to
delete the last vertex). When we have digitized the last
point (as shown above) we can either use the "Close
Shape" button to complete the extrusion, or clicking on
the first vertex has the same effect.
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MODELIT
This gives a "solid" view of the objects we have
created, since the default view is not very interesting
we can change this by dragging the left mouse button
from left to right to rotate the view (press and hold
the left mouse button while moving).
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MODELIT
Adding Glazing to a Model Select the extruded shape, click the "Move
Down One Level" button to move from the Model level to the Surface
level. When you do this the viewport will change to only show the
selected object (usually in "Axon"), and the selected object will expand in
the "Model Browser"
Select the required surface (either by selecting from the viewport or from
the "Model Browser"), go down another level using the "Move Down One
Level" button to move from the Surface level to the Opening level. Again
the viewport changes to show the selected surface in a normalized view.
You will notice that the "Add Door", "Add Window" and "Add Hole"
buttons are now active. Click on the "Add Window" button (by default it is
in "Rectangular" mode). In the viewport click on the grid point which is
the bottom left corner of the required window and then the top right
corner (the rectangular window will rubber-band from the first vertex).
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MODELIT
Adding Glazing to a Model
We remain in this mode until we select another option. Create
two more windows on this surface:
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MODELIT
Applying "Simple Model" to Application To run
SunCast on the simple model we have just created,
select the "Solar" option from the "Application" tab
and then select "SunCast". This starts "SunCast" (in
this version of the SunCast runs as an external
application) and automatically opens the current
project.
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THERMAL TEMPLATE
Creating Profiles To set up thermal templates for the project, we will
first create profiles, using the APpro (Apache Profiles Database)
utility. Profiles describe the time variation of thermal input
parameters. Examples of their use include scheduling plant
equipment, modulating casual gains and ventilation rates, specifying
the timing and degree of window opening and defining time-varying
set-points and supply temperatures. Profiles are of two types:
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Creating Profiles
Profiles should be created for weekly and
(optionally) annual usage patterns. There are pre-
built (system) weekly profiles for you to choose
from.
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Back in the Template Manager Window, click on Add Template to
create another constructions template and change the name of
this template to ‘Constructions template 1’.
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Editing the thermal information for one selected room If you
Assigning thermal templates to selected rooms
wish to change the thermal information for a selected room,
From the Thermal Template drop down list, select
you can do this by first selecting the required room. Let’s select
the Offices template and then click on OK to assign
the Studio. Next, click the Query button. Note that the Query
the information in this template to the selected
facility will only be available if one room only is selected.
rooms. Repeat the process by applying the Server
Rooms template to the three ground floor rooms.
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Weather Data
There are three tabs on the APlocate window, one
for location and site data, one for design weather
data (used by ApacheCalc and ApacheLoads only)
and the other for simulation weather data (used by
ApacheSim only). APlocate has a selection wizard
that assists the user in selecting weather data.
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RUNNING APACHESIM
Performing a dynamic thermal simulation using The results file will hold all the results from the
ApacheSim Make sure you are in the Apache view in simulation. Vista, the results analysis tool, will open this
the Thermal group of applications. At the bottom of file when the simulation is complete and you can view
the Apache View, click the ApacheSim (Dynamic the results in different ways. The default results file
Simulation) button. The Apache Simulation window name will be <project name>.aps. We will use the
will appear default name for this tutorial.
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FLUCSDL
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FLUCSDL
Illuminance Page
Illuminance Type Specify the type of illuminance to calculate for working planes
and task areas. Note all other surfaces always use planar illuminance:
1. Planar (“horizontal”). This is the simple illuminance on the receiving plane.
Usually this is a horizontal plane, hence the term “horizontal”.
2. Perpendicular (“vertical”). This is the illuminance on a plane passing through
the point and perpendicular to the receiving plane. Typically the latter is a
horizontal plane, hence the term “vertical”. It is used mainly for environments
where there are many vertical surfaces to be illuminated, mostly facing in the
same direction, e.g. a control room with many display terminals.
3. Cylindrical. This is the average illuminance over the surface of a cylinder
whose axis passes through the point and is perpendicular to the receiving
plane. Effectively this means that only the component of the incidence angle
parallel to the cylinder axis is taken into account.
4. Semi-cylindrical. Similar to cylindrical illuminance, but the cylinder is cut in half
by a plane parallel to its axis. This means it is treated in the same way as
cylindrical illuminance, except that there is a cut-off when the component of
the incidence angle perpendicular to the cylinder axis exceeds +/- 90 degrees.
5. Scalar. This is the average illuminance over the surface of a sphere.
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FLUCSDL Calculation Quality Page
Margin Page
Quality slider Use this to select from a number
Working Surface Margin of predetermined quality settings. The text
Enter the margin to be left uncalculated below will change as you move the slider to
at the edges of working surfaces. Because give you more detail about the quality setting.
the grid size is constant, the calculations
will be inaccurate when the working Advanced button This will show the Advanced
surface is close to a room surface. The Quality Settings dialogue box, where you can
CIBSE-recommended margin is 0.5m. set the calculation quality at a higher level of
detail.
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Day Lighting Page
Sky model Select the sky model to use - the CIE Standard
Overcast Sky, the Uniform overcast sky, or the CIE Clear sky.
The first two are defined as functions of the value of Zenith
Luminance, Lz, entered below. The last one does not need
these values – instead it is a function of latitude, longitude,
date and time. The latitude and longitude may be set in the
Settings->Location… menu option. The date and time must
be selected below
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SIMULATION
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