Empirical validation of the thermal model of a passive solar cell test

Thierry A. Mara (1) , François Garde (1) , Harry Boyer (1) , Malik Mamode (1)

1 PIMENT - Physique et Ingénierie Mathématique pour l'Énergie, l'environnemeNt et le bâtimenT

The paper deals with an empirical validation of a building thermal model. We put the emphasis on sensitivity analysis and on research of inputs/residual correlation to improve our model. In this article, we apply a sensitivity analysis technique in the frequency domain to point out the more important parameters of the model. Then, we compare measured and predicted data of indoor dry-air temperature. When the model is not accurate enough, recourse to time-frequency analysis is of great help to identify the inputs responsible for the major part of error. In our approach, two samples of experimental data are required. The first one is used to calibrate our model the second one to really validate the optimized model

Mots clés: Building thermal simulation; Model validation; Calibration; Sensitivity analysis; Spectral analysis; Time-frequency analysis

Domaines: Thermique [physics.class-ph]; Thermique [physics.class-ph]

Thierry A. Mara, François Garde, Harry Boyer, Malik Mamode. Empirical validation of the thermal model of a passive solar cell test. Energy and Buildings, 2001, 33 (6), pp.589-599. ⟨hal-00765776⟩