Verification of BLAST by comparison with measurements of a solar dominated test cell and a thermally massive building
Abstract
As part of an ongoing effort to use empirical data to test computational accuracy of the building energy analysis computer program BLAST (2) two verification studies are reported. In the first, comparisons between temperatures measured in a direct solar gain test cell and temperatures predicted by the program have been made. The comparisons were performed for two distinct climate periods; the simulations were driven by weather data collected at the test cell site in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The test cell configuration and weather data manipulations are described; quantitative evaluations of the comparisons between measured and predicted interior temperatures are presented; limitations of the comparisons are discussed; and sensitivites of the simulation results to uncertainties in the measured parameters are examined.
- Publication:
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ASME Solar Eng., 1981
- Pub Date:
- 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981asme.rept..299B
- Keywords:
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- Accuracy;
- Commercial Energy;
- Computer Programs;
- Energy Consumption;
- Heat Storage;
- Heat Transfer;
- Weather;
- Architecture;
- Energy Requirements;
- Solar Radiation;
- Thermodynamic Properties;
- Energy Production and Conversion