📅 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 / Modelon Impact overview and workflow I
  • Creating new models / Settings parameters
  • Workflow: Simulate and plot
Exercise Building, simulating and analyzing a physical system
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
14:15-14:45
Free Break
14:45-16:00
Lecture Session 4 / Modelon Impact overview and workflow II
  • Library packages
  • Parameter interface
  • Documentation and Icon
Exercise Component design
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
  • Thermal zone
  • Ventilation and fans and cooling machine
  • Control system
14:00-14:30
Free Break
14:30-15:30
Guest Lecture Session 9 / 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
15:30-17:00
Guest Lecture Session 10 / Platform-Based Design for Energy Systems I (by Matthias Sulzer and Michael Wetter)
  • What is Platform-Based Design?
  • Optimization of energy systems
Exercise Optimizing a district heating plant


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 Session 13
  • Presentation of the final assignment
  • Starting to work on the assignment in class
14:00-14:30
Free Break
14:30-16:30
Guest lecture Session 14 / Platform-Based Design for Energy Systems II (by Matthias Sulzer and Michael Wetter)
  • The role of Modelica in Platform-Based Design workflows
Exercise District heating Modelica template
16:30-17:00
Social Sweet reflections: Cake and course feedback
  • Coffee and sweets 🍭
  • Q&A
  • Feedback from students