Hello,
I am graduate student at the Penn State
university. My research is on the energy modeling of strawbale houses situated
on the Northern Plains of US. Briefly explaining my objectives of research, i
would be performing steady state and dynamic tests in labs to determine the R
value of the strawbale specimen. This value would be used in energy modeling
software to simulate the building performance of an already existing strawbale
house. The results of this dynamic simulation would be compared with the
temperature data that are being recorded using HOBO of the existing structure
also used for simulation. For the purpose of simulation, I am considering
eQuest but DOE 3.0 also seems to be appropriate.
My concerns, for which I wish to seek
suggestions, are how do I plug in the R value obtained from the lab
experiments into eQuest. Is it possible to do so with any softwares
efficiently. Also, I am not sure, how would I convert temperature data to be
able to compare them with the results of the simulation model.
Any time taken out to put down their thoughts of
suggestions would be sincerely appreciated. It has been quite interesting to read the various questions, concerns
and comments that come online through this list serve!
Thankyou very much.
Priya
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