Airside HVAC BESTEST: HVAC Air-Distribution System Model Test Cases for ASHRAE Standard 140
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- J. Neymark & Associates
- Mike D. Kennedy, Inc.
- AAON, Inc.
- GARD Analytics, Inc.
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Thermal Energy System Specialists, LLC
- Tsinghua University
This paper summarizes recent work to develop new airside HVAC equipment model analytical verification test cases for ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 140, Standard Method of Test for the Evaluation of Building Energy Analysis Computer Programs. The analytical verification test method allows comparison of simulation results from a wide variety of building energy simulation programs with quasi-analytical solutions, further described below. Standard 140 is widely cited for evaluating software for use with performance-path energy efficiency analysis, in conjunction with well-known energy-efficiency standards including ASHRAE Standard 90.1, the International Energy Conservation Code, and other international standards. Airside HVAC Equipment is a common area of modelling not previously explicitly tested by Standard 140. Integration of the completed test suite into Standard 140 is in progress.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Building Technologies Office (EE-5B)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1379463
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP-5500-68409
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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