Naouel Daouas

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How do I correctly choose the heating and cooling seasons for the building energy consumption calculations?

For some climates, both heating and cooling are needed in order to provide internal thermal comfort in buildings throughout the year. Is there any appropriate method to rigorously choose the...

25 September 2015 8,293 8 View

Is the Conduction Transfer Function (CTF) an analytical or a numerical method?

The Conduction transfer function (CTF), which is widely used to calculate conduction heat transfer in building loads and energy calculations, is the basic method in EnergyPlus. Could someone tell...

08 June 2015 3,606 4 View

Did anyone use the Kalman filter in the identification of radiative heat transfer properties of a semi-transparent medium?

I need to solve an inverse radiative heat transfer problem for the estimation of radiative properties of a semi-transparent medium using the Kalman filter. In this problem the nonlinearities are...

30 December 2014 2,682 1 View

How to use GenOpt optimization program coupled to the EnergyPlus software?

Could someone help me with a simple tutorial or some examples about optimization with GenOpt coupled to EnergyPlus.

03 November 2014 887 4 View

What is the most appropriate model for the calculation of the temperature of the sky?

The estimation of the long wave radiation exchange between building outside surfaces and the sky requires the knowledge of the sky temperature. Several models are presented in the literature for...

09 July 2014 1,686 12 View

Could anyone help me with a software for sizing boilers?

I have to size a fire-tube boiler for an industrial application. Does anyone know a good software (free if possible) or a useful link? Thank you for your help.

03 April 2014 5,836 4 View