Graphical tools to help calibrate the DOE-2 simulation program
- Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
- HDR, Dallas, TX (United States)
- Boeing Co., Seattle, WA (United States). Commercial Airplane Group
Many studies have reported on various efforts to calibrate building energy simulation programs to measured data from a real building. However, hourly calibrations present enormous problems for the energy analyst, who is usually operating under cost constraints. Recently, with powerful multitasking computers now becoming available and, more importantly, with the availability of advanced graphics and windowing environments, the possibility of developing graphical tools to help digest the hourly data soup that spews out of a simulation program is becoming a reality. This article describes efforts to develop a graphical tool kit, a three-dimensional comparative plot routine that allows one to efficiently compare (and thus calibrate) DOE-2 (and eventually other programs such as BLAST) to measured non-weather-dependent loads from an existing building. This tool kit is demonstrated with measured data from a case study building in central Texas using simulated profiles from several different day-typing routines.
- OSTI ID:
- 6885248
- Journal Information:
- ASHRAE Journal (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers); (United States), Journal Name: ASHRAE Journal (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers); (United States) Vol. 35:1; ISSN 0001-2491; ISSN ASHRAA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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