Validation of Models for the Calculation of Sun Positions and mapped Radiation on inclined Surfaces

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Abstract

In order to validate building simulation programs and to identify sources of errors in implemented models, it is necessary to evaluate individual physical effects step by step. For building simulations, the radiation load that hits buildings is a significant boundary condition. In order to reproduce these loads as accurately as possible, sun position models and weather data adapted to them are necessary. With the help of sun position models, the radiation data (usually available in horizontal or normal radiation) are mapped onto inclined and oriented surfaces. This paper examines a possible validation. For the analysis, different building simulation tools (NANDRAD, Radiance, IDA ICE, Modelica, TRNSYS, ETU Simulation) are compared with different time steps for specific dates using the result data azimuth and altitude. The locations are distributed over the northern and southern hemispheres, inside and outside the tropics and polar circles, and with large deviations from the standard meridian, thus allowing errors to be found in the implemented sun position models. In the following step, these building simulation platforms are compared with regard to their minutely radiation loads on building facades. Errors in the radiation mapping on inclined surfaces are hereby determined.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication12th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics (NSB 2020)
EditorsJ Kurnitski, T Kalamees
PublisherEDP Sciences, Les Ulis
Number of pages8
Publication statusPublished - 30 Jun 2020
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesE3S Web of Conferences
Volume172
ISSN2267-1242

Conference

Title12th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics
Abbreviated titleNSB 2020
Conference number12
Duration7 - 9 September 2020
LocationTallinn University of Technology
CityTallinn
CountryEstonia

External IDs

Scopus 85088431040
ORCID /0000-0002-3352-9125/work/142236559
ORCID /0000-0001-5841-0537/work/142242167