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Reference : Use of simulation in the commissioning of an office building


	Document type :	Scientific congresses and symposiums : Paper published in a book
	Discipline(s) :	Engineering, computing & technology : Energy
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/21661

Title :	Use of simulation in the commissioning of an office building
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Andre, Philippe [Université de Liège - ULg > Département des sciences et gestion de l'environnement > Surveillance de l'environnement > >]
	Lacôte, P. [ > > ]
	Adam, Ch. [ > > ]
	Collard, L. [ > > ]
	Cuevas, C. [ > > ]
	Delarge, O. [ > > ]
	Georges, B. [ > > ]
	Lebrun, Jean [Université de Liège - ULg > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique >]
Publication date :	Dec-2002
Main document title :	Proceedings of SSB'2002 congress
Audience :	International
Event name :	SSB'2002 Congress
Event date :	du 16 décembre 2002 au 18 décembre 2002
Event place (city) :	Liège
Event country :	Belgique
Abstract :	[en] In the frame of two successive IEA-ECBCS annexes, the « CA-MET » building in Namur was the object of commissioning and re-commissioning activities. First, during the construction of the building and installation of the HVAC plant, a systematic survey of the work was carried out in the frame of IEA Annex 34 (“Fault Detection”). Therefore, attention was paid to a specific part of the plant (a typical Air handling Unit) and a number of testing and verifications were performed, as a complement to the normal and ongoing commissioning activities: - testing and balancing of air and water networks - air flowrate measurements - water flowrate measurements - control system analysis The most important faults identified in this part of the project were classified according to the IEA 34 template and, for each of these faults, the possibility of developing an automatic fault detection method was analysed. The paper will report on the most relevant problems and present the automatic fault detection method proposed. In a second step, which occurred during in the early stages of the operational phase of the building, a further verification of specific subsystems was carried out, as part of a re-commissioning activity. This work is being realized in the frame of IEA Annex 40 and ends up with a proposal of systematic verification procedure to be applied, as a first example, to a VAV system. This procedure follows a hierarchical approach (bottom-up), starting with the local VAV loop, going through the AHU and ending with the chilled water production equipment. The paper reports on the application of the procedure to the selected building and will be based upon experimental results obtained during target monitoring campaigns.
Target :	Researchers ; Professionals
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/21661

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