Building Simulation | Resistance Capacitance Model

Simple cases highlighting Resistance and Capacitance (RC) model for building simulation in order to obtain the dynamic behaviour of the indoor temperature and building heat demand.

Details given in Tol Hİ, Madessa HB. Development of a white-box dynamic building thermal model integrated with a heating system. Journal of Building Engineering 2023 (68). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2023.106038

Table of Contents

• How2Use
• License
• Acknowledgement
• How2Cite
• References

How2Use

Single-Layer Wall with Radiator and Thermostatic Radiator Valve

Please see Wall_SingleLayer.py

Multi-Layer Wall - Cooling of the Indoor Medium

Please see Wall_MultiLayer.py

License

You are free to use, modify and distribute the code as long as authorship is properly acknowledged.

Acknowledgement

Praise and thank to the Almighty Allah (SWT). In memory of my mother Esma Tol and my father Bekir Tol.

We would like to acknowledge all of the open-source minds in general for their willing of share (as apps or comments/answers in forums), which has encouraged our department to publish our tools developed.

How2Cite

Tol Hİ, Madessa HB. Development of a white-box dynamic building thermal model integrated with a heating system. Journal of Building Engineering 2023 (68). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2023.106038

Tol, Hİ. BuildingSimulation_RC. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6523524. GitHub Repository 2022; https://github.com/DrTol/BuildingSimulation_RC

References

• Belić F, Slišković D, Hocenski Ž. Detailed thermodynamic modeling of multi-zone buildings with resistive-capacitive method. Energies (Basel) 2021;14. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14217051
• Danza L, Belussi L, Meroni I, Salamone F, Floreani F, Piccinini A, et al. A Simplified Thermal Model to Control the Energy Fluxes and to Improve the Performance of Buildings. Energy Procedia, vol. 101, Elsevier Ltd; 2016, p. 97–104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2016.11.013
• Bueno B, Norford L, Pigeon G, Britter R. A resistance-capacitance network model for the analysis of the interactions between the energy performance of buildings and the urban climate. Building and Environment 2012;54:116–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.01.023
• Fateh A, Borelli D, Spoladore A, Devia F. A state-space analysis of a single zone building considering solar radiation, internal radiation, and PCM effects. Applied Sciences (Switzerland) 2019;9. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9050832