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Standard EnergyPlus Conditions

Standard Temperature and Pressure

Several objects specify inputs at "standard temperature and pressure". Standard Temperature  is dry air at 20\(^{o}\) C drybulb. The program uses local barometric pressure to account for altitude using the equation for "standard atmospheric" pressure on p 6.1 of the ASHRAE 1997 HOF (SI edition) to initialize the air systems being simulated.

\[Stdpressure = 101325\cdot {\left( {1.0 - Z\cdot {{2.25577}^{ - 5}}} \right)^{5.2559}}\]

where

StdPressure = pressure {Pa}

Z = altitude/elevation {m}