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Coupled Heat, Air, Moisture and Pollutant Simulation (CHAMPS)

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CHAMPS in Building Envelope Systems (CHAMPS-BES)


CHAMPS-BES is a software tool for free non-commercial use. Its user community includes research institutes and consulting companies.



The program is an outcome of a joint effort between
  • Building Energy and Environmental Systems Laboratory (BEESL) @ Syracuse University, U.S.A.
  • Institute for Building Climatology (IBK) @ University of Technology Dresden (TUD), Germany
    • The program is used for analysis and prediction of
  • Hygrothermal performance of building enclosures
  • Impact of outdoor climate and pollution on indoor environment
  • Impact of VOC emissions from building materials and indoor furnishings on indoor air quality
    • Research and developmental works include
  • A model of gaseous and adsorbed pollutant transport through building envelopes
  • A one-way coupled model of airflow effects on the heat, moisture and pollutant transport
  • A database of material properties for heat and moisture and for volatile organic compounds
  • Efficient solver for integration of ordinary differential equation systems (CVODE, LNLL)
  • Small-scale environmental chamber experiments to determine the material properties
  • Full-scale experiments, coupled indoor/outdoor environmental simulator (C-I/O-ES) for model validations

    • Research Areas

  • Long-term energy and indoor environmental quality of building envelope systems
  • Durability performance of building materials
  • Real-time predictive control of building environmental systems
  • Small and full-scale laboratory experiments, and field tests



    • Software Downloads

    Download here the installation packages for CHAMPS-BES software, climate data, material data and examples. User login and a password are reqired for downloading. If you are interested to test the CHAMPS software please contact Dr. John Grunewald for an account setup.

    Program CHAMPS-BES 1.5.0 beta (Jul-03-2007, 15 MB)
    Program CHAMPS-BES 1.4.4 beta (May-24-2007, 15 MB)

    Microsoft recently released two WindowXP updates with DLLs with conflicting base addresses. As a consequence, some programs using the hhctrl.ocx and user32.lib do not work correctly. Download here the Microsoft hotfix:

    WindowsXP-KB935448-x86-ENU.exe

    Related Information

  • CHAMPS-BES

    • 1. Link to CHAMPS HTML help website
    2. User help manual (pdf)
    3. Release notes (txt)
    4. Copyrights (txt)

  • Delphin 5 Salt transport model

    • Link to Delphin 5 website

  • DELPHIN4 simulation program

    • Link to DELPHIN4 website

    Spring Course Lectures 2007

  • Course Description
    •  0_Program.doc

  • PowerPoint Presentations by John Grunewald
    • 1_Intro_Governing_Equations.ppt (2 MB)
    2_Material_Properties.ppt (4 MB)
    31_Appl_Material_Development.ppt (19 MB)
    32_Appl_Brick_Masonry.ppt (19 MB)
    33_Appl_Moisture_Buffering.ppt (4 MB)
    34_Appl_Lightweight_Walls.ppt (5 MB)
    35_Appl_Vented_Roofs.ppt (7 MB)

  • Simulation Examples
    • Ex_FirstBrickWall.zip (2 MB)
    Ex_LabWaterUptake.zip (1 MB)

    Application examples

    Please download and install examples package to run the examples below.

  • Benchmarks




  • Laboratory




  • Lightweight assembly walls





    • For more information go to documentation file:     (htm) or (pdf)


  • Brick Masonry Insulation




    • For more information go to documentation file: (htm) or (pdf)

  • Brick Airgap Buoyancy






    • Upcoming Events




    Past Events

    7/2008: University of La Rochelle, France and Syracuse University jointly organized a Seminar on "Combined Heat, Air Moisture, and Pollutant Simulations", July 8-9, 2008 at University of La Rochelle.  Presentations at the workshop can be viewed here.

    3/2007:12th SYMPOSIUM FOR BUILDING PHYSICS in Dresden

    Date: Mar 29-31 2007

    In honour of the 80th birthday of Prof. Dr. sc. techn. Karl Petzold, Professor in ordinary for Building Climatology at Dresden University of Technology from 1971 to 1991 the Institute for Building Climatology at the Faculty of Architecture will be hosting the 12th SYMPOSIUM FOR BUILDING PHYSICS from March 29 th to 31 st 2007 in Dresden.. For more information go to the official symposium website.

  • TOKYO SYMPOSIUM on Conservation of Cultural Heritage

    • Date: Dec 2-10 2006

    Since 1999, there is a continuing co-operation between the National Research Institute of Cultural Properties, Tokyo and the Institute of Building Climatology, TU Dresden. BEESL, Syracuse University participates since 2006. Joint research comprises heat and moisture transfer in earthen walls as well as hygrothermal conditions in museums and around cultural properties. For more information go to the official     website of the National Research Institute of Cultural Properties, Tokyo.



    Experimental setup of historical earthen walls, comparison of measured and simulated moisture contents

  • 6th ANNUAL SYRACUSE SYMPOSIUM on Environmental and Energy Systems

    • Date: Oct 30-31 2006

    CHAMPS-BES Version 1 was first officially released for the Symposium. The program has been presented by CHAMPS Flyer & Poster. For download (pdf) click on icons below. For more information go to the official Symposium website.

      

    CHAMPS flyer and poster


    Acknowledgement

    The CHAMPS-BES program has been developed during 2004-2006 with funding support from research grants from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Energy, United State Department of Agriculture’s Forest Product Laboratory, Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems, EQS-STAR Center/New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research, and Syracuse University.

    Special thanks to all     CHAMPS beta testers who helped to improve the program by their useful hints and bug reports.

    Research Team


    CHAMPS lecture Oct-03-2006




    Core research team

  • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University
    • Dr. Jensen Zhang
    Dr. John Grunewald
    Andreas Nicolai
    Hui Li (Graduated)
    Marcin Pazera (Graduated)
    Shrinidhi Shetty (Graduated)
    Ernest Blaszczyk (Graduated)
    Beverly Bing Guo
    Zhi Gao
    Jing Xu
    Jingjing Pei
    Wenhao Chen
    Jianhua Zhao

  • Institute of Building Climatology, Dresden University of Technology
    • Dr. Rudolf Plagge
    Heiko Fechner
    Gregor Scheffler
    Ulrich Ruisinger
    Max Funk

    Other active collaborating faculty

    Dr. Ezzat H. Khalifa, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University
    Dr. Peter Haeupl, Professor, Institute of Building Climatology, Dresden University of Technology
    Dr. Mark Bomberg, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University
    Dr. Thong Dang, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University
    Dr. Goodarz Alhmadi, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Clarkson University

    Contact: Prof. Jianshun (Jensen) S. Zhang | ©2005 Syracuse University