Do you know if there is any component available in the BUILDINGS library in Modelica, to operate windows (open or close) according to the outside conditions? I am looking at an exercise where I will model a house, and based on the outside condition I will operate in natural or mechanical mode. I know that this can be implemented by coupling EnergyPlus and modelica, but I am interested in using Modelica solely.
The opening/closing part can be implemented with blocks from the Modelica Standard Library. What is missing is a model that computes ventilation through an open window based on the window opening, wind speed and possibly temperature differential between room and outside. If you have such a correlation that is applicable for your building, you could implement it in a block and then prescribe this inflowing or outflowing mass flow rate between the outside and the room model.
Thank you for the very quick reply! I will try to use blocks then.
@Charalampos Angelopoulos: if this solved your problem, please mark the answer as accepted (check mark next to it that will turn green) so that we can flag the question as resolved. Thanks!
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