TSe+ Glazing Library - Taylor Systems Engineering, Inc.
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1. The Window Glass Layer Alt Input tab is basically the same as the Window Glass Layer tab It simply gives you an alternative way of defining or manually entering a glazing material property into the TSe database TW TSe Glz iol x Tools Help Exit Window Glass Layer Window Glass Layer Alt Input Window Gas Propetties Gas Mixture Window Shade Window Blind Window Construction Glass Layer Names Display Units SI E My_input my_alt_input_glass Properties Category Myint Name my_alt input glass Thickness oe tis Meters Solar Index of Refraction 2 000000 Sal Solar Extinction Coefficient 1 000000 gt 0 Visible Index of Refraction 2 000000 gt 1 Visible Extinction Coefficient 1 000000 i Q IR Transmittance at Normal Incidence 0 000000 0 lt 1 IR Hemispherical Emissivity 0 800000 p0 lt 1 Conductivity 1 000000 ee We mek Store As S Units Reference EnergyPlus InputOutputReference pdf Group Surface Construction Elements MATERIAL WindowGlass AltInput Add and review Alt Glass materials gt gt E Export lt lt Save Alt glass materils to IDF Figure 6 Window Glass Layer Alt Input Tab 3 2 1 Glass Layer Names On the left side of the Glass Layer Names window a tree displays a listing of each glass layer category you have created such as Bronze Clear etc 3 2 2 Properties For an indepth description of the Properties fields reference Energ2. 2 Inthe Category field make the desired modification 3 Next to the Category field click the 4 Edit a Category Name command button to display the modification in the in the tree panel To delete a category 1 In the lt tab window gt click on the category in the tree panel that you wish to delete 2 Next to the Category field click the 1 Delete a Category command button to delete the category from the tree panel TSe Glz Taylor Systems Engineering Inc Note The following Error Message displays if you have one or more glass layer materials assigned to the category you are deleting Tseepglass x ERROR this category has Glass Layer Materials First delete all Glass Layer Materials Figure 4 Error Message for Deleting a Category w Materials Assigned 2 3 Display Units The Display Units field allows you to view specific data fields within the Properties panel in either English or SI Units 2 4 Store As The Store As field allows you to store information in the TSe database in English or SI Units TSe Glz Taylor Systems Engineering Inc 3 Building the TSe Glazing Library 3 1 Window Glass Layer The Window Glass Layer tab allows you to define a window glazing property and assign it to the TSe Glazing Materials Construction Shading Library You are able to define the window glazing parameters by selecting a pre defined EnergyPlus dataset from the E DataSetpanel or manually entering the informatio
3. Window Blind D go DOUBLE PANE WITH SHADE no shac SubCategory Jl SINGLE PANE HW WINDOW SINGLE PANE LW WINDOW Name DOUBLE PANE WITH 3 SINGLE PANE TINTED WINDOW Q SINGLE PANE WITH BLINDS Glazing Material Layers a CLEAR SHEET 1 8 IN WindirB1 AIRSPACE RESISTANCE GLASS CLEAR SHEET 1 81N VENETIAN BLINDS LIGHT Sal Ref 4 M Clr 6mm Sal Ref 4 H Clr 6mm Sal Bath Tint Eram sl ll Left Click copy Alt Click delete Figure 12 Window Construction Tab 3 7 1 Construction On the left side of the Construction panel a construction type tree displays a listing of each type of window construction category and subcategory you have created 3 7 2 Glazing Materials In the center of the Window Construction panel a glazing materials tree displays a listing of each type of glazing material you have created 3 7 3 Properties For an indepth description of the Properties fields reference EnergyPlus InputOutputReference pdf Group Surface Construction Elements Construction 20 TSe Glz Taylor Systems Engineering Inc To add a window construction 1 Inthe Properties panel do the following e Inthe Category field type a short label for the type of lt window construction gt you are creating e Next to the Category field click the Add a Category command button to add the category to the listing in the tree panel e Inthe SubCategory field enter a short definit
4. Inthe Construction panel click on the lt window construction gt you wish to modify 2 Inthe E DataSets panel select the preferred dataset or manually enter data into the fields in the Properties panel See Step 5 To adda window construction section above 3 Next to the Name field click the Edit a Window Construction in the database command button when you are finished To delete a window construction 1 Inthe Construction panel click on the lt window construction gt you wish to delete 2 Next to the Name field click the 1 Delete a Window Construction from the database command button when you are finished 22 TSe Glz Taylor Systems Engineering Inc 4 Exporting window glass gasShade construction data to IDF 4 1 Overview This section gives the details of the export sequence of materials data selected by user to the requisite IDF format for EnergyPlus input 4 2 Export At the bottom of the window is a frame which provides the functionality to view and export the user selected materials information into the IDF format Select a material from the E or the user created saved Materials database panes so as the properties are visible in the various fields then click the lt Add and View Materials gt button to display the material properties in the text box alongside Click and add as many materials as required to populate the text box When finished click the lt save materials to IDF gt button to save the
5. and all of the TSE e library database programs use this file Therefore only one of TSE e library database programs is needed to setup this DataSets directory location Click this button to find the EnergyPlus DataSets Sub Directory gt l Figure 2 EnergyPlus Data Set Directory TSe Glz Taylor Systems Engineering Inc Note You can as an alternative edit the file Dataset txt in the TSe Glz folder for the correct location path of the EnergyPlus Dataset directory the default location is set as C EnergyPlus Datasets Save the file and restart the application for the change to take effect Located directly below the tool bar is a seven tab configuration window This window provides the seven basic configuration properties available in the TSe Glazing Library To navigate through these windows simply click on the labeled tab They are 1 2 6 7 Window Glass Layer Window Glass Layer Alt Input Window Gas Properties Gas Mixture Window Shade Window Blind Window ConstructionCalculation tool Located on the right side of the Properties panel is a calculation command button to assist in the manual calculation of a specified field Calculation If you click on the calculation command button the following window appears Figure 3 TE Conversion of Glass Optical Properties Of x The EnergyPlus InputOutputReference pdf gives a conversion from glass optical properties specified as index of refrac
6. layers This is where you define which gases you wish to use and the percentage of each gas within a window gas mixture See Properties section WETSe Glz iol x Tools Help Exit Window Glass Layer Window Glass Layer Alt Input Window Gas Properties Gas Mixture Window Shade Window Blind Window Construction Window Gas Mixture Names Display Units S Properties Name pae HH Thickness 0 005 Meters Number of Gases in Mixture 3 1 4 Gas Mixtures Total 1 00 Total must equal to one Store As S Units Reference EnergyPlus InputOutputReference pdf Figure 8 Gas Mixture Tab 3 4 1 Window Gas Mixture Names On the left side of the Window Gas Mixture Names panel a listing displays of each type of window gas mixture you have created 3 4 2 Properties For an indepth description of the Properties fields reference EnergyPlus InputOutputReference pdf Group Surface Construction Elements Material Window GasMixture Note When defining your gas mixtures you are only permitted to use a maximum of four 4 gases per mixture When entering the percentage of each gas used the total of the number of gases rather you have used two 2 or three 3 gases should equal one 1 See Figure 1 Example of Gas Mixture and Percentage Allocation 14 TSe Glz Taylor Systems Engineering Inc Argon 0 1000 Krypton 0 2000 Total 1 00 Total must equal to one Figure 9 Example of Gas Mixtu
7. EnergyPlus installation oo A ee Spectral verage REF B CLEAR HI 6MM REF B TINT LO 6MM REF B TINT MID 6MM REF B TINT HI 6MM REF C CLEAR LO 6MM REF C CLEAR MID 6MM REF C CLEAR HI 6MM E TINTIN Ehdhd UA Figure 1 TSe Glazing Library 1 2 The user manual 1 2 1 Scope This user manual aims to provide the basic navigation instructions to the use of the TSe Glz library It assumes that the user is fairly comfortable and aware of the text input format for EnergyPlus For help on input details refer to EnergyPlus documentation file inputoutputreference pdf TSe Glz Taylor Systems Engineering Inc 1 3 Installation 1 3 1 Download The tool can be downloaded free of cost from the following website http Awww tse inc net seplus 1 3 2 System requirements TSe suite of tools are all for the PC platform and require few system resources to operate e PC platform e Windows OS 98 NT 2000 XP e 5mb of free hard disk space Also it would be preferable to have an installed version of EnergyPlus to make full use of the tools and the dataset libraries provided with E 1 3 3 Installation Simply extract the downloaded TSe Glz zip use freeware Winzip to extract file into a folder on your hard disk Then launch the tool by clicking on the TSe Glz exe file Note Please send all comments and feedback to tseplus tse inc net Disclaimer TSe modules are provided free of cost and their use is
8. GH REFLECT LOW TRANS SHADE MEDIUM REFLECT MEDIUM TRANS SHA MEDIUM REFLECT LOW TRANS SHADE E LOW REFLECT LOW TRANS SHADE Taylor Systems Engineering SHADE ROLL LIGHT 0 450000 0 400000 0 450000 Figure 10 Window Shade Tab 3 5 1 Window Shade Names Inc On the left side of the Window Shade Names panel a listing displays each type of shading you have created 3 5 2 Properties For an indepth description of the Properties fields reference EnergyPlus InputOutputReference pdf Group Surface Construction Elements Material WindowShade 16 TSe Glz Taylor Systems Engineering Inc To add a window shade 1 In the Window Shade Names panel click anywhere to enable the Name field in the Properties panel 2 Inthe E DataSets panel select the preferred window shade dataset or manually enter data into the fields in the Properties panel 3 Next to the Name field click the Add a Window Shade to the database command button when you are finished To edit a window shade 1 Inthe Window Shade Names panel click on the lt window shade gt you wish to modify 2 Inthe E DataSets panel select the preferred dataset or manually enter data into the fields in the Properties panel 3 Next to the Name field click the Edit a Window Shade in the database command button when you are finished To delete a window shade 1 Inthe Window Shade Names panel click on the lt window shade gt y
9. Layer Names On the left side of the Glass Layer Names window atree displays a listing of each glass layer category you have created such as Bronze Clear etc Note To add delete or edit the contents of the Glass Layer Names panel you must select a glass layer name from the glass layers tree to enable the Properties panel functionality TSe Glz Taylor Systems Engineering Inc 3 1 2 Properties For an indepth description of the Properties fields reference the EnergyPlus InputOutputReference pdf Group Surface Construction Elements Material WindowGlass directory Optical Data Type The Optical Data Type selection determines which fields are displayed in the Properties panel e SpectralAverage Data is defined with Solar Visible and IR Transmittance and Reflectance e Spectral Data is defined with IR Transmittance and Hemispherical Emmissivity Note There are rules to follow when building your window glass layers 1 A maximum of four 4 glass layers and one 1 shading layer is permitted If there is a shading layer it must be the first or last layer 2 A gas layer must always separate adjacent glass layers in a multi pane glazing 3 Putting two 2 gas layers adjacent to each other is not permitted because the resistance of a gas layer is dependent upon the thickness of the gap To add a window glass layer material 1 Inthe Glass Layer Names panel click on the lt category gt for which you are
10. Release TAYLOR SYSTEMS ENGINEERING INC Professional Engineering Services TSe Glazing Library PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES TSe Taylor Systems Engineering Inc 9801 Fair Oaks Blvd Suite 100 Fair Oaks CA 95628 Phone 916 961 3400 Fax 916 961 3410 September 2003 Table of Contents Ts INTRODUCTION tia A a TETTA TE A aa 2 Tey OVERVIEW 2 sivetes iscotacctsceesioys AAE stile inne ssaend bevseosdeetacend auiicelaadtaceng lets liberalidad ida 1 1 2 THE USER MANUAL ooo con rade ade tecs NAE ERLIE EE EA AEAT EAE en AAEE ero Le 1 A SCOPE A OT 1 13 INSTALLATION convocatoria tere 2 1 31 DOWNLOAD conil Aa A Ai ips 2 13 2 O YSTEMREQUIREMENTS edicion a a coito orina 2 A O 2 2 NAVIGATING THE TSE GLAZING LIBRARY 22 00cecceeeeceeeee ee eeceeeeecaeeeeeeeesaeeeeaeeeeeeeeesaeeesaeesaeeeeaeeeeseeeees 3 2S ESDATASE SS AE A At 3 23d SETTINGUP Es DATASET 2s sai nck oc sec cas Sat sheds ou anadeane aah de gaveta rece a a sak di vate AEE A aA aaia 3 2 2 CALCULATION TOOL correire Sav eects ioe Sets bec ivy ie eave dave see diese det ae i a 4 20 CATEGORY FIELDS g22 sich aise ai 5 24 DISPLAY UNITS ocidita td Sites bd cutee Led laws vac diveg ine So E js E a 6 20 STORE AS ureter A de 6 3 BUILDING THE TSE GLAZING LIBRARY 2 cc00cecceeeece cece ee eeeeeeeaaeeeeeeeesaeeeeaeeeeeeeeesaeeesaeesaeeesaeeeeseeeees 7 3 1 WINDOW GLASS LAYER oct 7 e SGUASS LAYER NAME S A eae 7 3 1 2 PROPERTIES coi A antes en
11. defining a window glass layer 2 Inthe E DataSets panel select the preferred dataset or manually enter data into the fields in the Properties panel 3 Inthe Properties panel do the following e Inthe Name field enter a unique short definitive label for the material e Inthe Optical Data Type field select the data type for the window glass material you are defining from the drop down window Note The fields that are displayed are dependent upon your Optical Data Type selection SpectralAverage or Spectral See the Properties Optical Data Type section above TSe Glz Taylor Systems Engineering Inc 4 Next to the Name field click the Add a Window Glass Material to the database command button to display the glass material name in the Glass Layer Names panel To edit a window glass layer material 1 Inthe Glass Layer Names panel click on the lt glass layer material gt you wish to modify 2 Inthe Properties panel make the desired modifications 3 Next to the Name field click the Edit a Window Glass Layer Material in the database command button when you are finished To delete a window glass layer material 1 Inthe Glass Layer Names panel click on the lt glass layer material gt you wish to delete 2 Next to the Name field click the 1 Delete a Window Glass Layer Material from the database command button when you are finished TSe Glz Taylor Systems Engineering Inc 3 2 Window Glass Layer Alt Input
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13. ems Engineering Inc 3 3 Window Gas Properties The Window Gas Properties tab allows you to define window gas properties based on the thickness between window glazing layers BE TSe Glz Tools Help Exit Window Glass Layer Window Glass Layer Alt Input Window Gas Properties Gas Mixture Window Shade Window Blind Window Construction Window Gas Names E DataSet Display Units 51 KRYPTON 3MM AIR 3MM ARGON 3MM AIR 6MM AIR 8MM Properties ARGON 3MM ARGON EMM Name XENON 3MM ARGON 13MM C Ar KRYPTON 3MM KRYPTON 6MM C Argon Gas Type C Krypton KRYPTON 13MM F Snn XENON 3MM A XENON EMM ger XENON 8MM XENON 13MM Thickness 0 003200 meters Conductivity Coefficient A 3 000000 W mK Conductivity Coefficient B 3 000000 W mK 2 Viscosity Coefficient A 3 000000 kg m s Viscosity Coefficient B 2 000000 kg m s K Specific Heat Coefficient A 3 000000 UAkgK Specific Heat Coefficient B 3 000000 J kaK 2 Molecular Weight 40 000000 20 200 Reference EnergyPlus Data Sets Store As sl Units WindowGas IDF Figure 7 Window Gas Properties Tab 3 3 1 Window Gas Names On the left side of the Window Gas Names window a listing displays of each type of window gas name you have created 3 3 2 Properties For an indepth description of the Properties fields reference EnergyPlus InputOutputReference pdf Group Surface Construction Elements Material WindowGas Gas Type The Ga
14. ive label for the subcategory you are creating e Next to the SubCategory field click the Add a SubCategory command button 2 Inthe Construction panel click on the lt subcategory gt to which you are assigning the window construction 3 Inthe E DataSets panel select the preferred window construction dataset or continue to Step 4 4 Inthe Glazing Material Layers panel select all of the materials required for the window construction you are defining The maximum number of layers permitted is 10 Note To select materials for a window construction simply click on the preferred material in the Glazing Materials panel and click on the appropriate layer field inside of the Glazing Material Layers panel Remember to select the materials from the outside layer to the inside layer This procedure copies the selected material and places it in the appropriate layer field See Figure 13 below MATERIAL WindowGlass layer 1 MATERIAL WindowGas layer 2 MATERIAL WindowGlass layer 3 MATERIAL WindowShade layer 44 Outside e Inside Figure 13 Window Construction Outside to Inside Layer Example 21 TSe Glz Taylor Systems Engineering Inc 5 Inthe Properties panel in the Name field enter a short definitive label for the window construction you are creating 6 Next to the Name field click the Add a Window Construction to the database command button when you are finished To edit a window construction 1
15. managers worldwide since 1974 We are specialists in complex mechanical heating ventilation and air conditioning HVAC systems for corporate industrial laboratory and biotech facilities We apply quality control and techniques gained from our experience in the following areas Mechanical HVAC Systems Design and Analysis Temperature and Building Control Energy Conservation Efficiency Commissioning Project Management Operation Maintenance Consulting Facilities Operation Training Fire and Life Safety TSe is a suite of applications under development by TSE to enhance the user side data managem ent for EnergyPlus inputs The TSe suite consists of a number of smaller modules each addressing a specific group sub group of data required by EnergyPlus The development stage of TSe is yet pre release TSe Mat Alpha1 0 was the first module to be developed and TSe Glz Alpha 1 0 is the next Each module at this time functions independently though future efforts may unite them under a single unified interface Similar in approach to its predecessor module TSe Mat TSe Glz addresses the window glazing material properties and construction TSe Glz Taylor Systems Engineering Inc 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview TSe Glz is designed to support the user side management of the glazing gas shade and blind data associated wih window construction It allows for the creation of new materials and the use of the existing dataset library included in the
16. materials to a file glass idffound in the TSe Glz folder This file can then used as a base or to copy paste the materials input for EnergyPlus Add and review glass materials gt gt 0 040000 E Export lt lt Save glass to IDF E REF A TINT LO 6MM Glass name Spectral verage Optical data type 0 Figure 14 Exporting to E section This procedure can be repeated for all the tabs The properties selected will be appended to the glass material properties selected and exported in the previous tab to the g ass idffile Be sure to first select and add the main glass gas shade properties before adding on the construction Use the glass idf file to cut and paste the relevant portions into the main input file 23
17. n into the fields in the Properties panel TE TSe Glz iol x Tools Help Exit Window Glass Layer Window Glass Layer Alt Input Window Gas Properties Gas Mixture Window Shade Window Blind Window Construction Glass Layer Names E DataSet Display Units S 4 Blue CLEAR 2 5MM H Bronze e 1 Clear Properties H Green Category TAN Name LOW IRON 4MM 8 Tint Optical Data Type Spectralaverage Thickness 0 004000 Meters Solar Transmittance at Normal Incidence 0 894000 0 lt 1 Solar Reflectance at Normal Incidence Front Side 0 073000 0 lt 1 REF A CLEAR ida E REF A CLEAR Solar Reflectance at Normal Incidence Back Side 0 079000 0 lt 1 ae A rl Visible Transmittance at Normal Incidence os 1000 0 LOW IRON 5MM BLUE 6MM lt 1 i Bee AT MEA Visible Reflectance at Normal Incidence Front Side 0 082000 0 lt 1 REF AR LO 6MM Visible Reflectance at Normal Incidence Back Side 0 082000 0 lt 1 REF B CLEAR HI 6MM i REF B TINT LO 6MM IR Transmittance at Normal Incidence 0 000000 D lt 1 HEE f TINT Mi B MM IR Hemispherical Emissivity Front Side 0 840000 p0 lt 1 E GMM IR Hemispherical Emissivity Back Side 0 840000 b0 lt 1 REF C CLEAR HI 6MM O J REE M TINT LN Ghdhd lsl Conductivity 0 300000 W mK Reference EnergyPlus Data Sets WindowGlassMaterials IDF Store As fst Units Figure 5 Window Glass Layer Tab 3 1 1 Glass
18. ou wish to delete 2 Next to the Name field click the 1 Delete a Window Shade from the database command button when you are finished 17 TSe Glz Taylor Systems Engineering Inc 3 6 Window Blind The Window Blind tab allows you to define a customized window blind deployment This is where you define how much or how little light heat cold etc enters into a specified space The properties are based on blinds with equally spaced slats TE TSe Glz a BLIND WITH MEDIUM REFLECTIVITY SLA BLIND WITH HIGH REFLECTIVITY SLATS BLIND WITH HIGH REFLECTIVITY SLATS BLIND WITH MEDIUM REFLECTIVITY SLA BLIND WITH LOW REFLECTIVITY SLATS BLIND WITH LOW RE Sl Horizonal 0 0250 0 0187 0 0010 45 0000 0 9000 0 0000 0 2000 0 2000 0 0000 0 2000 0 2000 0 0000 0 2000 0 2000 0 0000 0 2000 0 2000 0 0000 0 9000 0 9000 0 0500 0 5000 0 5000 0 5000 0 5000 0 0000 0 0000 gt gt Figure 11 Window Blind Tab 3 6 1 Window Blind Names On the left side of the Window Blind Names panel a listing displays each type of window blind deployment you have created 3 6 2 Properties For an indepth description of the Properties fields reference EnergyPlus InputOutputReference pdf Group Surface Construction Elements Material WindowBlind 18 TSe Glz Taylor Systems Engineering Inc To add a window blind 1 In the Window Blind Names panel click anywhere to enable the Name field in the Pro
19. perties panel 2 Inthe E DataSets panel select the preferred window blind dataset or manually enter data into the fields in the Properties panel 3 Next to the Name field click the Add a Window Blind to the database command button when you are finished To edit a window blind 1 In the Window Blind Names panel click on the lt window blind gt you wish to modify 2 Inthe E DataSets panel select the preferred dataset or manually enter data into the fields in the Properties panel 3 Next to the Name field click the Edit a Window Blind in the database command button when you are finished To delete a window blind 1 In the Window Blind Names panel click on the lt window blind gt you wish to delete 2 Next to the Name field click the 1 Delete a Window Blind from the database command button when you are finished 19 TSe Glz Taylor Systems Engineering Inc 3 7 Window Construction The Window Construction tab allows you to create customized window construction assemblies WETSe Glz iol x Tools Help Exit Window Glass Layer Window Glass Layer Alt Input Window Gas Properties Gas Mixture Window Shade Window Blind Window Construction Construction Glazing Materials E DataSets Glass Layers DOUBLE PANE TINTED WINDOW 2 Glass Layers Alt Gas Properties Properties Gas Mixture Window Shade Category Fist 4 8
20. re and Percentage Allocation To add a window gas mixture 1 In the Window Gas Mixture Names panel click anywhere to enable the Name field in the Properties panel 2 Inthe Properties panel do the following e Inthe Name field enter a unique short definitive label for the gas mixture Note Do not click the Add a Window Gas Mixture to the database command button until you have entered all of the data into the fields in the Properties panel e Manually enter data into the fields See Properties section above 3 Next to the Name field click the Add a Window Gas Mixture to the database command button when you are finished To edit a window gas mixture 1 In the Window Gas Mixture Names panel click on the lt gas mixture gt you wish to modify 2 Inthe Properties panel make the desired modifications 3 Next to the Name field click the Edit a Window Gas Mixture in the database command button when you are finished To delete a window gas mixture 1 In the Window Gas Mixture Names panel click on the lt gas mixture gt you wish to delete 2 Next to the Name field click the 1 Delete a Window Gas Mixture from the database command button when you are finished 15 TSe Glz 3 5 Window Shade The Window Shade tab allows you to define a shading surface based on what type of shading you are using i e drapes blinds etc WE TSe Glz HIGH REFLECT LOW TRANS SHADE VENETIAN BLINDS LIGHT HI
21. s Type selection determines which fields are displayed in the Properties panel e Air Argon Krypton and Xenon Data is defined by Thickness e Custom Data is defined by Conductivity Viscosity Specific Heat and Molecular Weight To add a window gas material 12 TSe Glz Taylor Systems Engineering Inc 1 Inthe Window Gas Names panel click anywhere to enable the Name field in the Properties panel 2 Inthe E DataSets panel s elect the preferred window gas dataset or manually enter data into the fields in the Properties panel 3 Next to the Name field click the Add a Window Gas Material to the database command button when you are finished To edit a window gas material 1 In the Window Gas Names panel click on the lt window gas material gt you wish to modify 2 Inthe E DataSets panel select the preferred dataset or manually enter data into the fields in the Properties panel 3 Next to the Name field click the Edit a Window Gas Material in the database command button when you are finished To delete a window gas material 1 In the Window Gas Namespanel click on the lt window gas material gt you wish to delete 2 Next to the Name field click the 1 Delete a Window Gas Material from the database command button when you are finished 13 TSe Glz Taylor Systems Engineering Inc 3 4 Gas Mixture The Gas Mixture tab allows you to create customized gas mixtures for use between window glazing
22. tion and transmittance at normal incidence to reflectances The equations only apply to uncoated glass These equations can be used to convert either spectral average solar properties or spectral average visible properties The index of refraction and transmittance at normal incidence should be different for solar and visible The front and back reflectances are the same Index of Refraction Transmittance at Normal Incidence 0 635000 X Cancel Calculate Figure 3 Conversion of Glass Optical Properties Calculation Window TSe Glz Taylor Systems Engineering Inc 2 2 Category Fields Within each tab window a set of command buttons displays to control the Category and Name assignments within the Properties panel They are Add Delete Edit Note The categories in TSe are created solely for the purpose of user saved materials They have no implication on the EnergyPlus input data To add a category 1 Inthe lt tab windows click on the first item listed in the tree panel on the left side of the window This will enable the Category field in the Properties panel 2 Inthe Category field type a short label for the type of lt material gt you are creating 3 Next to the Category field click the Add a Category command button to add the category to the listing in the tree panel To edit a category 1 In the lt tab windows click on the category in the tree panel that you wish to modify
23. totally voluntary TSE will not be responsible for any loss or damages of any kind incurred due to the use of these tools TSe Glz Taylor Systems Engineering Inc 2 Navigating the TSe Glazing Library 2 1 E DataSets The E DataSets panel contains a lis ting of dataset files included in the EnergyPlus program The TSe program reads the Glazing Materials Shading and Window Construction dataset files and allows the user to copy the information into the program database 2 1 1 Setting up E Dataset Tools Help Exit Use lt Tools gt then lt E DataSet Dir gt to set the directory where EnergyPlus is installed on your computer and point to the DataSet sub directory TEE Find EnergyPlus DataSet Directory mfe x This program needs to know the location of the DataSets directory that EnergyPlus generates during its installation The location of this directory is something like the following depending on the name of the EnergyPlus directory that you chose when EnergyPlus was installed on your system C EnergyPlus D ataS ets To find this location click on the directory button This will open up a open file dialog Click on one of the datasets IDF files You can also click on the directory button on the top tool bar to get this open file directory Whenever a new version of EnergyPlus is installed you will need to update this location by clicking on the directory button The location of the DataSets directory is stored
24. yPlus InputOutputReference pdf Group Surface Construction Elements Material WindowGlass Altinput 10 TSe Glz Taylor Systems Engineering Inc To add a window glass layer material 1 Inthe Glass Layer Names panel click on the lt category gt for which you are defining a window glass layer 5 Inthe Properties panel do the following e Inthe Name field enter a unique short definitive label for the window glass layer material Note Do not click the Add a Window Glass Layer Material to the database command button until you have entered all of the data into the fields in the Properties panel e Manually enter data into the fields See Properties section above 2 Next to the Name field click the Add a Window Glass Layer Material to the database command button when you are finished To edit a window glass layer material 1 Inthe Glass Layer Names panel click on the lt window glass layer material gt you wish to modify 2 Inthe Properties panel make the desired modifications 3 Next to the Name field click the Edit a Window Glass Layer Material in the database command button when you are finished To delete a window glass layer material 1 In the Glass Layer Names panel click on the lt window glass layer material gt you wish to delete 2 Next to the Name field click the 1 Delete a Window Glass Layer Material from the database command button when you are finished 11 TSe Glz Taylor Syst
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