Simulation Research Group Technical Reports 1985-1989


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1989

LBL-8607
Rev. 5
DOE-2 SUPPLEMENT, VERSION 2.1D,
W.F. Buhl, B. Birdsall, A.E. Erdem, K.L. Ellington and F.C. Winkelmann, June 1989.

LBL-8678
Rev. 3
DOE-2 SAMPLE RUN BOOK, VERSION 2.1D,
W.F. Buhl, B. Birdsall, A.E. Erdem, K.L. Ellington and F.C. Winkelmann, June 1989.

LBL-8688
Rev. 5
DOE-2 BDL SUMMARY, VERSION 2.1D,
W.F. Buhl, B. Birdsall, A.E. Erdem, K.L. Ellington and F.C. Winkelmann, June 1989.

LBL-28197
abstract only
INTEGRATION OF SIMULATION INTO BUILDING DESIGN: THE NEED FOR A JOINT APPROACH,
G. Augenbroe and F. Winkelmann, September 1989. Proc. Design Tools for Passive Solar and Building Energy Conservation, 1990 ASME International Solar Energy Conference, Miami, April 1-4, 1990.

LBL-28272
abstract only
OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING, EQUATION-BASED SUBMODELS, AND SYSTEM REDUCTION IN SPARK,
E.F. Sowell, W.F. Buhl, and J.-M. Nataf; Proc. Building Simulation '89, The International Building Performance Simulation Association, Vancouver, B.C., June 23-24, 1989.

LBL-28274
abstract only
NEUTRAL FORMAT AND AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION FOR BUILDING SIMULATION SUBMODELS,
P. Sahlin and E.F. Sowell. Proc. Building Simulation '89, Vancouver, B.C., June 23-24, 1989.

TES THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM SIZING,
D. Dumortier, R. Kammerud, B. Birdsall, B. Anderson, J. Eto, W. Carroll, F.C. Winkelmann. Proc. Building Simulation '89, Vancouver, B.C., June 23-24, 1989.

LBL-28275
abstract only
SPECIFYING DYNAMIC MODELS IN THE SIMULATION PROBLEM ANALYSIS KERNEL,
M.A. Moshier and E.F. Sowell, October 1989. Proc. Society for Computer Simulation 1990 Western Multiconference, San Diego, January 17-19, 1990.

LBL-21144
abstract only
THE EXPONENTIAL SCHEME FOR COMPUTATION OF NATURAL CONVECTION FLOW IN ENCLOSURES,
Lan Chieh Huang, 1988.

LBL-23617
abstract only
DAYLIGHTING DESIGN FOR THE PACIFIC MUSEUM OF FLIGHT: ENERGY IMPACTS,
V. Bazjanac and F.C. Winkelmann, September 1988. Published in Energy and Buildings, 13, 187 (1989)

Thermal
Bridges
THERMAL BRIDGES IN HOMOGENEOUS WALLS: A SIMPLIFIED APPROACH,
S. Hassid (Technion, Israel Institute of Technology). Published in Building and Environment, 24, 259 (1989)



1988

PSTAR PSTAR - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY TERMS ANALYSIS AND RENORMALIZATION: A UNIFIED APPROACH TO BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATIONS AND SHORT-TERM TESTING,
K. Subbarao, SERI, 1988. [Prepared under contract to LBL Simulation Research Group]

Energy-1
Project
COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED ENERGY1 PROJECT,
J.D. Burch, SERI, 1988. [Prepared under contract to LBL Simulation Research Group]

Heat
Transfer
A SIMPLE METHOD TO DISENTANGLE CONVECTIVE AND RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER IN BUILDINGS,
K. Subbarao, SERI, 1988. [Prepared under contract to LBL Simulation Research Group]

LBL-26262 DYNAMIC EXTENSION OF THE SIMULATION PROBLEM ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH KERNEL (SPARK),
E.F. Sowell and W.F. Buhl; Proceedings of USER1: A Working Conference for Users of Simulation Hardware, Software and Intelliware, Ostend, Belgium, September 6-8, 1988.



1987
Transfer
Function
TRANSFER FUNCTION COMBINATION AND REDUCTION,
J.E. Seem, W.A. Beckman, S.A. Klein, and J.W. Mitchell, University of Wisconsin, Proc. of the ASME/AIChE National Heat Transfer Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, 1987. [Prepared under contract to LBL Simulation Research Group]

Transfer
Function
TRANSFER FUNCTIONS FOR EFFICIENT CALCULATION OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL TRANSIENT HEAT TRANSFER,
J.E. Seem, W.A. Beckman, S.A. Klein, and J.W. Mitchell, University of Wisconsin, Proc. of the ASME/AIChE National Heat Transfer Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, 1987. [Prepared under contract to LBL Simulation Research Group]



1986

Heat
Transfer
MODELING OF HEAT TRANSFER IN BUILDINGS,
J.E. Seem, University of Wisconsin, Ph.D. dissertation, [Work supported in part by LBL Simulation Research Group] 1986

 
pdf document Climate Indicators for Estimating Residential Heating and Cooling Loads
Y. J. Huang, R. Ritschard, J. Bull, L. Chang Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA
Proc. ASHRAE Winter Conference, New York, NY, January 18-21 1987.

LA-10649-MS DOE-2 VERIFICATION PROJECT, PHASE I, FINAL REPORT,
S.C. Diamond, B.D. Hunn and C.C. Cappiello, Group Q-11, Los Alamos National Laboratory, February 1986.

LBL-21489 ADVANCES IN BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION IN NORTH AMERICA,
F.C. Winkelmann, April 1986. Published in Energy and Buildings, 11,161 (1987).

LBL-21522 A NETWORK DEFINITION AND SOLUTION OF SIMULATION PROBLEMS,
Jeffrey L. Anderson, May 1986.

Planned
Develop
PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS IN BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION,
J.A. Clarke (U. Strathclyde, Scotland), J. J. Hirsch, W. F. Buhl, A. E. Erdem, and F. C. Winkelmann (LBL), Proc. of the CIB 5th International Symposium, Bath, England, July 1986.

LBL-22106 PROTOTYPE OBJECT-BASED SYSTEM FOR HVAC SIMULATION,
E.F. Sowell, W.F. Buhl, A.E. Erdem, and F.C. Winkelmann, presented at the Second International Conference on System Simulation in Buildings, Liege, Belgium, December 1986.

LBL-20543 SOLAR-OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF MULTILAYER FENESTRATION SYSTEMS,
K.M. Papamichael and F.C. Winkelmann, November 1986. Proceedings II, 1986 International Daylighting Conference, Long Beach, CA, November 4-7, 1986; published by ASHRAE, 1989.


1985

LBL-18981 A COMPARISON OF DOE-2.1C PREDICTION WITH THERMAL MASS TEST CELL MEASUREMENTS,
B. Birdsall, January, 1985.

LBL-19829 DAYLIGHTING SIMULATION IN DOE-2: THEORY, VALIDATION, AND APPLICATIONS,
F.C. Winkelmann and S. Selkowitz, June, 1985. Proc. Building Energy Simulation Conference 1985, Seattle, WA, August 21-22, 1985.

LBL-19830 PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT-GENERATION BUILDING ENERGY ANALYSIS COMPUTER SOFTWARE,
J.J. Hirsch. Proc. Building Energy Simulation Conference 1985, Seattle, WA, August 21-22, 1985.

LBL-19870 NEW FEATURES OF THE DOE-2.1C ENERGY ANALYSIS PROGRAM,
W.F. Buhl, A.E. Erdem, J.H. Eto, J.J. Hirsch, F.C. Winkelmann, June, 1985. Proc. Building Energy Simulation Conference 1985, Seattle, WA, August 21-22, 1985.

LBL-19735 OVERVIEW OF THE DOE-2 BUILDING ENERGY ANALYSIS PROGRAM,
W.F. Buhl, B. Birdsall, A.E. Erdem, K.L. Ellington and F.C. Winkelmann, June, 1985.

DOE-2
AIP
THE DOE-2 COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR THERMAL SIMULATION OF BUILDINGS,
B.E. Birdsall, W.F. Buhl, R.B. Curtis, A.E. Erdem, J.H. Eto, J.J. Hirsch, K.H. Olson, and F.C. Winkelmann, in Energy Sources: Conservation and Renewables, American Institute of Physics, Ed. David Hafmeister, 1985.