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BoundaryWall

Floor on ground or over outdoor air: the outer surface is held at a temperature

FastSmoothBuildings.Envelope.BoundaryWall, model (source)

Extends PartialOpaque.

Purpose

Floor on the ground or over outdoor air: the conduction of PartialOpaque with the outer surface held at a temperature, the ground temperature TGro or, with outdoorAir = true, the outdoor dry-bulb temperature.

Equations

The outer surface (node 1) is not a state: its temperature is set and its balance is not solved (Q_a = 0, the heat to the ground is not computed). The other layer boundaries are states, T[1] to T[nLay] being the boundaries 2 to nLay + 1 of the construction; the room surface is T[nLay].

Room surface: Q_b = Qrad − Qint, with Qrad the radiation the zone gives to the surface and Qint the convection to the room air (interiorConvection). On the bus: emissivity absIR_b, solar absorptance absSol_b, no transmission.

Parameters

  • TGro: a constant ground temperature, under the layers of the construction.

Use

The floors of Examples.TwoZones.

Parameters

Parameter Type Unit Default Description
outdoorAir Boolean false true: the outer surface at the outdoor air temperature
TGro Real K 283.15 Ground temperature

Revisions

  • October 2026: moved from trano's FastModel.Envelope.