New TRNSYS Libraries Available

["Jeff Thornton" <thornton@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** TRNSYS ADVERTISEMENT **

Thermal Energy System Specialists (TESS) of Madison, Wisconsin has 
developed 6 new component libraries for sale as add-ons to the TRNSYS 15 
simulation software.  In total, there are approximately 100 new component 
models available in the 6 libraries.  Each of the components in these new 
libraries has been extensively tested and comes complete with on-line 
documentation, source code, and free technical support for 1 year from the 
date of purchase.  These components have been chosen as the most useful of 
the 300+ components that we have written for TRNSYS projects in the last 5 
years.

Each of the 6 component libraries is packaged in the IISiBat front-end 
format for TRNSYS (source code, documentation, on-line help, icon, etc.) 
The source code is provided for each of these models so that they can be 
quickly and easily modified if the user wishes to make changes to the 
model.  Each of the component libraries comes with or more IISiBat/TRNSYS 
projects that demonstrate typical uses of the component models found in 
that library.

The six libraries currently available are:

* HVAC Component Models
* Geothermal Heat Pump Component Models
* Utility Component Models
* Solar Component Models
* Storage Tank Component Models
* Application Components (IISiBat Utility Programs for the Assembly Panel)

Detailed information about the libraries, and the components that 
constitute the libraries, can be found on our web page:  www.tess-inc.com

Please direct any questions you may have about the models and libraries to: 
trnsys@tess-inc.com

In another related development, TESS has recently coupled together the 
TRNSYS 15 simulation software and the GENOPT optimization algorithm from 
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.  To seamlessly couple the two 
programs, a new front-end program that acts as an interface between TRNSYS 
and GENOPT has been written.  With this approach, the user simply has to 
choose the TRNSYS input file to be optimized, choose up to 10 TRNSYS 
constants that will be varied in order to optimize the results, choose the 
objective function to be minimized (equation name or output from a 
component or integrator for example) and then choose the Run option - all 
from within the interface program.  Results from the optimization are shown 
on the screen as the optimization progresses and are also stored in text 
files for post-processing tasks.  We have been using this product in-house 
for several months and have found it to be incredibly useful and easy to 
use.  Due to multiple requests from our clients, we have decided to make 
this product available to the general public.  We are currently negotiating 
with LBNL for the rights to distribute GENOPT.  When the negotiations are 
complete we will make the program commercially available.

Thanks for your time.

Jeff Thornton
TRNSYS Coordinator
TESS


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Thermal Energy System Specialists (TESS)
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