Objective THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE CONCERTED ACTION INCLUDE TWO MAJOR PARTS: - VALIDATION OF SIMULATION MODELS, BASED ON EXPERIMENTAL DATA SEQUENCES OBTAINED FROM AN EARLIER CEC CONCERTED ACTION, THE SOLAR PILOT TEST FACILITIES. - DEVELOPMENT OF USER FRIENDLY SOFTWARE PACKAGES FOR PERSONAL COMPUTERS, APPLICABLE TO A VARIETY OF ACTIVE THERMAL SOLAR SYSTEMS FOR THE DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE CALCULATIONS. THE VALIDATION OF SIMULATION MODELS IS MAINLY CONCERNED WITH THE SYSTEM ENERGY BALANCES AS AN OVERALL MODEL APPLICABILITY CRITERION FOR ENGINEERING CALCULATIONS. RESULTS OBTAINED, SHOW A SATISFACTORY AGREEMENT BETWEEN SIMULATED AND MEASURED ENERGY FLOWS, FOR SIMULATED SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS BASED ON USUAL ENGINEERING APPROXIMATIONS AND WHICH HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN THE SIMULATION PROGRAMS EMGP2 AND EURSOL. BESIDES THE SIMULATION PROGRAMS, ALSO SIMPLIFIED CORRELATION METHODS FOR SOLAR WATER HEATERS AND SPACE HEATING ARE DEVELOPED AND A HANDBOOK ON THE USE OF SUCH SIMPLIFIED CORRELATIONS IN SOLAR SYSTEM DESIGN IS PREPARED. THE ILLUSTRATIONS HEREAFTER, GIVE AN IMPRESSION OF SOME FEATURES OF THE INTERACTIVE PROGRAM EURSOL, SHOWING SOME SCREEN DISPLAYS WITH SYSTEM SCHEMES, PART OF THE SYSTEM SELECTION PROCEDURE AND GRAPHICAL OUTPUT OF THE STORAGE TEMPERATURE TIME SEQUENCE DURING THE SIMULATION. THE PROGRAMS ARE SUPPORTED WITH APPROPRIATELY FORMATTED METEOROLOGICAL DATA FILES FOR VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN CEC COUNTRIES, FILES FOR ON-LINE HELP AND DETAILED MANUALS. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationssimulation software Programme(s) FP1-ENNONUC 3C - Research and development programme (EEC) in the field of Non-Nuclear Energy, 1985-1988 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN Address Oude markt 13 3000 Louvain / leuven Belgium See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES METHODES ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Boulevard saint-michel 60 75272 Paris See on map TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK Denmark EU contribution € 0,00 Address Lyngby See on map Links Website Opens in new window TECHNISCH PHYSISCHE DIENST Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Delft See on map
