- Author
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Peavy, B. A.
- Title
- Single-Room Heat Balance for Building Heat Transfer.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Sponsor
- Department of Energy, Washington, DC
- Report
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NBSIR 81-2321
November 1981
- Distribution
- AVAILABLE FROM National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA 22161. Telephone: 1-800-553-6847 or 703-605-6000; Fax: 703-605-6900. Website: http://www.ntis.gov
- Keywords
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buildings; heat balance; heat transfer; heating load; cooling load; subroutines
- Identifiers
- roomz computer program
- Abstract
- A single-room heat balance has been developed to provide a more precise computational tool. The primary purpose for this tool is to evaluate the effects of approximations presently used in computer programs on the determination for building heating and cooling loads. Specific algorithms to be incorporated in the room heat balance concern radiosity shape factors, temperature difference dependent convection heat transfer coefficients, simulated room mass, and an iterative methodology for solution of room temperatures.