Heat storage in building components

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Heat storage in building components

Post by catodiaz » Tue Oct 11, 2016 1:01 pm -1100

Hi:

I want to estimate the heat stored in building components to see the difference between walls with influence and no influence of rainfall, in WUFI Plus.
A way I can think of is using the formula of change in energy content during a time interval (hourly in this case),something like ΔQ*Δt=ρ*A*Δx/2*cp*(Ti+1-Ti) for boundaries and ΔQ*Δt=ρ*A*Δx*cp*(Ti+1-Ti) for interior nodes. However this does not include the energy contained in the water and I wonder if can estimate this part using the results of water content.

Can you please tell if what I am thinking is correct or if there is a simpler way to get this information? I am particularly worried about a tedious calculation for results of a whole year.

Your help will be appreciated.

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