naa a22 4500 510731597 CHVBK 20180411082954.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11708-013-0254-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11708-013-0254-x A modified zone model for estimating equivalent room thermal capacity [Elektronische Daten] [Hua Chen, Xiaolin Wang] The zone model has been widely applied in control analysis of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems to achieve a high building efficiency. This paper proposed a modified zone model which is much simpler in the HVAC system simulation and has the similar accuracy to the complicated simulation model. The proposed model took into consideration the effect of envelop heat reservoir on the room indoor temperature by introducing the thermal admittance of the inner surfaces of the building enclosure. The thermal admittance for the building enclosure was developed based on the building thermal network analytical theory and transfer function method. The efficacy of the proposed model was demonstrated by comparing it with the complicated model — heat balance method (HTB2 program). The predicted results from the proposed model well agreed with those from the complicated simulation. The proposed model can then make the HVAC system dynamic simulation much faster and more acceptable for control design due to its simplicity and efficiency. Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013 room model nationallicence thermal network analysis nationallicence transfer function nationallicence heating nationallicence ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system simulation nationallicence Chen Hua Tianjin Key Laboratory of Refrigeration Technology, Tianjin University of Commerce, 300134, Tianjin, China aut Wang Xiaolin School of Engineering, The University of Tasmania, 7001, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia aut Frontiers in Energy Springer Berlin Heidelberg 7/3(2013-09-01), 351-357 2095-1701 7:3<351 2013 7 11708 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-013-0254-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-013-0254-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chen Hua Tianjin Key Laboratory of Refrigeration Technology, Tianjin University of Commerce, 300134, Tianjin, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wang Xiaolin School of Engineering, The University of Tasmania, 7001, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Frontiers in Energy Springer Berlin Heidelberg 7/3(2013-09-01), 351-357 2095-1701 7:3<351 2013 7 11708 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer