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An Ice Storage Tank Modelica Model: Implementation and Validation

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Author(s)

Guowen Li, Yangyang Fu, Amanda Pertzborn, Jin Wen, Zheng O'Neill

Abstract

Energy storage systems have been gaining attention as a means of load management in grid-interactive efficient buildings. This study investigated the physics of the ice storage tank (IST) and implemented an IST model in Modelica. The developed IST Modelica model was compared with a similar model in EnergyPlus and was validated against experimental data from a testbed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Three statistical performance metrics were used to quantify the accuracy of the IST model. Validation results (CV(RMSE) ≤ 10.20 %, NMBE ≤ 0.44 %) show that the proposed model has a good prediction accuracy according to ASHRAE Guideline 14.
Proceedings Title
Proceedings of 14th Modelica Conference 2021, Linköping, Sweden, September 20-24, 2021
Conference Dates
September 20-24, 2021
Conference Location
Linköping, SE
Conference Title
14 Modelica Conference

Keywords

Ice storage tank, Modelica modeling, model validation

Citation

Li, G. , Fu, Y. , Pertzborn, A. , Wen, J. and O'Neill, Z. (2021), An Ice Storage Tank Modelica Model: Implementation and Validation, Proceedings of 14th Modelica Conference 2021, Linköping, Sweden, September 20-24, 2021, Linköping, SE, [online], https://doi.org/10.3384/ecp21181177, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=932540 (Accessed April 25, 2024)
Created September 27, 2021, Updated November 29, 2022