Re: direct solar floor heating component

[Michaël Kummert <kummert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Alain,

> Is any component available, which I could use for a direct solar floor 
> heating system ?
On a general note, you can simulate any type of solar combisystem using 
a combination of existing TRNSYS Types. In your case, you will probably 
need to use a solar collector (Type 1), a building model (Type 56, which 
allows you to simulate floor heating internally using "active layers"), 
and possibly controllers, storage tank etc.

Developing a "super-component" only makes sense in some instances, and 
it seems to me that in your case the coupling with the building is very 
important (hence the advantage of using a detailed model like Type 56).

The IEA Task 26 (Solar Combisystems) team used TRNSYS to simulate 
different types of solar combisystems, including "Direct Solar Floor 
Heating". I suggest that you contact the French participants in that 
task if you want more information on how they handled the simulation of 
that system. You can find the contact information on the web:
http://www.iea-shc.org/task26/    (go to "address list")

I hope this helps,

Michaël Kummert

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