Journal of the Architectural Institute of Korea Planning & Design (대한건축학회논문집:계획계)

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The Effect of Direct and Diffuse Split Models on Building Energy Simulation

직달 산란 분리모델이 건물 에너지 예측에 미치는 영향

  • 이하영 (성균관대 건설환경시스템공학과 대학원) ;
  • 윤성환 (성균관대 건설환경시스템공학과 대학원) ;
  • 박철수 (성균관대 건축토목공학부)
  • Received : 2015.08.27
  • Accepted : 2015.11.21
  • Published : 2015.11.30
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Abstract

Weather data are indispensable for building energy simulation. Most weather stations measure only global solar radiation and thus, the global radiation is usually divided into direct and diffuse radiation based on solar models. The solar models being currently used are expressed in regression equations. Several studies have reported that the difference between measured direct/diffuse solar radiation and calculated direct/diffuse solar radiation out of the solar models is not negligible. This study aims to quantify the impact of the direct and diffuse split solar models on energy performance simulation. For this study, three popular solar models were chosen based on the literature review. And, a number of office buildings were simulated while changing several inputs relevant to solar load (e.g. SHGC, window-to-wall ratio, etc.). The sampling cases were made using LHS (Latin Hypercube Sampling), one of Monte Carlo techniques, and an energy simulation tool, EnergyPlus, was used. There is a significant difference between the measured weather data and the values of calculated direct and diffuse solar radiation. However, the difference between energy prediction by the measured weather data and energy prediction by solar models is not significant for large buildings. For small buildings, the difference in energy prediction is not negligible.

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Supported by : 국토교통부

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