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Please visit Thermal Energy System Specialists' training page for TRNSYS training information and schedules.
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TESS routinely offers training courses either on site at a customer’s location or at TESS in Madison, Wisconsin. Training courses range in length
and can be designed to concentrate on a customer’s specific interests, needs or plans for TRNSYS. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you
might be interested in hosting such a session or if you are interested in finding out what other courses we might be giving in your geographical
area. We typically offer comprehensive TRNSYS training courses twice a year in Madison, Wisconsin. The course covers both basic and advanced TRNSYS features and techniques and is intended to be of interest to both the novice and experienced TRNSYS user. Additional time can be made available for discussing some of the lesser known TRNSYS capabilities; CONTAM, an air flow modeling program written by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology. CONTAM and TRNSYS can be easily linked to perform powerful combined thermal / air flow simulations. Participants are encouraged to attend the entire three day course but are welcome to attend only a portion of it as well. Course tuition discounts are given for multiple days, and for multiple attendees from a single company and for university students. Break snacks, breakfast and lunches are provided to all attendees. Local hotel discounts can also be arranged. Laptop Computers If at all possible, please plan to bring a laptop with you; we will install TRNSYS on it for use during the course. If you do not have access to a laptop, we can arrange to have one for you to use during the course. The Details: Teaching Staff: David Bradley - (MSME) David spent three years working as TRNSYS coordinator at the Solar Energy Lab, developing TRNSYS and coordinating the efforts of the other three TRNSYS developers. He joined TESS after spending the spring of 2001 working for the French TRNSYS developer in Nice and has taught TRNSYS courses many times in both English and French. Jeff Thornton - (MSME) Jeff has over 15 years experience using TRNSYS as a consulting tool. He was TRNSYS coordinator at the Solar Energy Laboratory (where TRNSYS is developed) from 1991 to 1993 and has extensive simulation experience in the fields of geothermal heat pumps, combined heating and cooling power systems and solar technologies including absorption cooling. |
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Private tuition (2 days) TRNSYS Course Costs |
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| Two Days | $US 1280 |
private tuition courses are typically custom tailored to address project specific issues. |
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Standard (3 day) TRNSYS Course Costs |
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| for a single attendee | for additional attendees | |
| One Day | $US 600 | $US 300 (per additional attendee) |
| Two Days | $US 960 | $US 480 (per additional attendee) |
| Three Days | $US 1200 |
$US 600 (per additional attendee) |
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Four Day TRNSYS and CONTAM Course Costs |
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| for a single attendee | for additional attendees | |
| Four Days | $US 1440 |
$US 720 (per additional attendee) |
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Course Outline |
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| Day 1 |
Basic TRNSYS Concepts (presentation) Basic Concepts Input Data Keywords The TRNSYS Solver Simulation Results Peripheral TRNSYS Tools Developing a First Project (hands-on session) Simulating Buildings in TRNSYS (presentation) Type56 Concepts |
| Day 2 |
Developing a Building Simulation (hands-on session) Creating New TRNSYS Components (presentation) Writing a New Component (hands-on session) |
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Creating Distributable TRNSYS Simulations with TRNSED (presentation) Developing a Distributable (hands-on session) Time Reserved for Discussing Topics of Interests and Specific Projects |
| Optional Day 4 |
Air Flow Modeling using CONTAM (presentation) Developing an Air Flow Simulation using CONTAM (hands-on session) Developing a Combined Air Flow - Thermal Simulation using CONTAM and TRNSYS (hands-on session) |