A Methodology to Compare Different Co-simulation Interfaces: A Thermal Engineering Case Study

Georg Engel, Ajay S. Chakkaravarthy, Gerald Schweiger

2017

Abstract

A method is presented to compare different co-simulation interfaces and applied to a case study of thermal engineering. Different interfaces providing loose and strong coupling based on the Functional Mockup Interface (FMI), the Building Controls Virtual Test Bed (BCVTB) and a Component Object Model (COM) are compared with respect to user-friendliness and flexibility, computational costs and accuracy. The case study considered includes a compact thermal energy storage modelled in Trnsys and a heat sink modelled in Simulink. The implemented strong coupling scheme is a factor of 10 more accurate while a factor of almost 100 computationally more demanding than the loose coupling one.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Engel G., Chakkaravarthy A. and Schweiger G. (2017). A Methodology to Compare Different Co-simulation Interfaces: A Thermal Engineering Case Study . In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH, ISBN 978-989-758-265-3, pages 410-415. DOI: 10.5220/0006480204100415

in Bibtex Style

@conference{simultech17,
author={Georg Engel and Ajay S. Chakkaravarthy and Gerald Schweiger},
title={A Methodology to Compare Different Co-simulation Interfaces: A Thermal Engineering Case Study},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH,},
year={2017},
pages={410-415},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006480204100415},
isbn={978-989-758-265-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH,
TI - A Methodology to Compare Different Co-simulation Interfaces: A Thermal Engineering Case Study
SN - 978-989-758-265-3
AU - Engel G.
AU - Chakkaravarthy A.
AU - Schweiger G.
PY - 2017
SP - 410
EP - 415
DO - 10.5220/0006480204100415