Modeling and Validation of the Energybase Solar Thermal Collector Field
Abstract
The next generation modeling language Modelica, in conjunction with the simulation tool Dymola, is currently used by the Sustainable Building Technologies (SBT) business unit in the Energy Department of the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) for the scientific support of the ENERGYbase office complex. As a first step, an appropriate model for the solar thermal collector array was created, calibrated and validated using Dymola as well as the Generic Optimization Tool (GenOpt) multipurpose optimization software, showing that a quite complex system can be simulated with adequate results using a simplified model and a reasonable amount of data.