📅 Agenda

Day 1

09:00-09:30
Social Welcome coffee
09:30-10:00
Intro Overview of the course
  • Short presentation of instructors and participants
  • Software installation and practical info
10:00-10:30
Lecture Session 1 / Introduction to system modeling
  • Systems, models and simulation
  • Building performance simulation tools
  • A first overview of Modelica
10:30-11:45
Lecture Sessions 2 / Dymola overview and workflow
  • Creating new models / Settings parameters
  • Dymola workflow: check, translate, simulate, plot
Exercise Develop and simulate your first model
11:45-12:45
Free Lunch
12:45-14:15
Lecture Session 3 / Modelica overview
  • Text editor
  • Variables and parameters
  • Equation-based components
Exercise “Hello World” in Modelica
Exercise Getting physical: Cooling an object with air
Exercise Pendulum
14:15-14:45
Free Break
14:45-16:00
Lecture Session 4 / Heat transfer in Modelica and Object-oriented features
  • 1D discretization of heat conduction (solving PDEs)
  • Object-oriented modeling: Packages and interfaces
Exercise Constructing a RC lumped model
Exercise Packaged and interfaces
16:00-17:00
Guest Lecture Session 5 / Modelica Buildings Library (by Michael Wetter)
  • Overview, organization and packages
  • Related projects that build on MBL
  • Discussion


Day 2

09:00-10:15
Hands-on training Session 6 / Modeling a simple house
  • Building envelope (walls and windows)
  • Weather boundary conditions
10:15-10:30
Free Break
10:30-11:45
Hands-on training Session 7 / Heating system
  • Radiator
  • Sensors and controls
11:45-12:45
Free Lunch
12:45-14:00
Hands-on training Session 8 / Air-based cooling system I
  • Thermal zone
  • Ventilation and fans and cooling machine
14:00-14:15
Free Break
14:15-16:00
Hands-on training Session 9 / Air-based cooling system II
  • Cooling machine
  • Control system
16:00-17:00
Guest Lecture Session 10 / Modelica in action: Real-world applications for district heating (by Rene Just Nielsen)
  • Process models used in district heating project
  • Control design for real-world implementation
  • Challenges and outlook


Day 3

09:00-10:15
Hands-on Training Session 11 / District heating system I
  • Heating demand profiles
  • Substations
10:15-10:30
Free Break
10:30-11:45
Hands-on training Session 12 / District heating system II
  • Central thermal plant
  • Piping distribution network
  • Ground heat losses
11:45-12:45
Free Lunch
12:45-14:00
Final assignment I Session 13
  • Presentation of the final assignment
  • Starting to work on the assignment in class
14:00-14:30
Social Sweet reflections: Cake and course feedback
  • Coffee and sweets 🍭
  • Q&A
  • Feedback from students
14:30-17:00
Final Assignment II Session 14
  • Continuing to work on the final assignment