Odesse: A New Tool for Simulation and Design of Solar Desiccant Cooling Systems in Energy Efficient Buildings
Abstract
A set of mathematical model of Solar Desiccant and Evaporative Cooling systems and components has been developed and integrated in a novel software platform for dynamic simulation of the whole building-HVAC system called ODESSE (Optimal DEsign Smart Energy System). The core of the work was to link the new sub-routines developed for the simulation of DEC systems to the others already available in the ODESSE platform and to develop the user interface. ODESSE platform has been developed by ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Environment), using MATLAB/Simulink software. The models of DEC systems have been implemented in co-operation with the department DREAM of the University of Palermo. The software will be available soon as freeware on the ENEA website. This tool will allow the user to design and test several configurations of desiccant AHUs, to simulate them and to compare with a reference conventional system making possible a performance analysis based on hourly simulations. Architecture of the code, description of the user interface and the main outputs displayed by the tool are presented.