Extend EnergyPlus to Support Evaluation, Design, and Operation of Low Energy Buildings

[摘要] During FY10-11, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in collaboration with the EnergyPlus development team implemented the following high priority enhancements to support the simulation of high performance buildings: (1) Improve Autosizing of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Components; (2) Life-Cycle Costing to Evaluate Energy Efficiency Upgrades; (3) Develop New Model to Capture Transformer Losses; (4) Enhance the Model for Electric Battery Storage; and (5) Develop New Model for Chiller-Tower Optimization. This report summarizes the technical background, new feature development and implementation details, and testing and validation process for these enhancements. The autosizing, life-cycle costing and transformer model enhancements/developments were included in EnergyPlus release Version 6.0, and the electric battery model development will be included in Version 7.0. The model development of chiller-tower optimization will be included in a later version (after Version 7.0).

[发布日期] 2011-12-21

[学科分类] 能源（综合）

[关键词] AIR CONDITIONING;DESIGN;ENERGY EFFICIENCY;EVALUATION;HEATING;IMPLEMENTATION;LIFE CYCLE;LOW-ENERGY BUILDINGS;OPTIMIZATION;PERFORMANCE;SIMULATION;STORAGE;TESTING;TRANSFORMERS;VALIDATION;VENTILATION EnergyPlus;Low Energy Building;Modeling