Integrated modeling of dynamic heat, air and moisture processes in buildings and systems using SimuLink and COMSOL

This paper presents an overview of the development and evaluation of integrated heat, air and moisture modeling using the SimuLink/COMSOL simulation environment for simulating dynamic heat, air and moisture processes in buildings and systems. Most of the models are successfully verified (by analytic...

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Published inBuilding simulation Vol. 2; no. 2; pp. 143 - 155
Main Author van Schijndel, A.W.M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2009
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Building Construction and Design
Buildings
Computer simulation
Engineering
Engineering Thermodynamics
Exact solutions
Heat and Mass Transfer
Moisture
Monitoring/Environmental Analysis
Research Article/Advances in Modeling and Simulation Tools
Simulation
heat
modeling
systems
simulation
buildings
air and moisture
MatLab
SimuLink
COMSOL
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Summary:This paper presents an overview of the development and evaluation of integrated heat, air and moisture modeling using the SimuLink/COMSOL simulation environment for simulating dynamic heat, air and moisture processes in buildings and systems. Most of the models are successfully verified (by analytical solutions or by comparison with other simulation results) and/or validated (by experimental data). Overall it is concluded that the SimuLink/COMSOL simulation environment is capable of solving a large range of integrated heat, air and moisture problems. Furthermore, it seems promising in accurately solving modeling problems that are caused by the presence of different time scales and/or lumped/distributed parameters.
ISSN:1996-3599
1996-8744
DOI:10.1007/s12273-009-9411-x