Daniel E. Fisher

Professor

Publications

Journal Articles

Li, X.Q., Y. Chen, J.D. Spitler, and D. Fisher. 2009. Applicability of calculation methods for conduction transfer function of building constructions. International Journal of Thermal Sciences 48(7):1441-1451.

Chantrasrisalai, C., and D.E. Fisher. 2007. Lighting Heat Gain Parameters: Experimental Method. HVAC&R Research 13(2):283-304.

Chantrasrisalai, C., and D.E. Fisher. 2007. Lighting Heat Gain Parameters: Experimental Results. HVAC&R Research 13(2):305-324.

Iu, I., N. A. Weber, P. Bansal, and D.E. Fisher. 2007. Applying the Effectiveness - NTU Method to Elemental Heat Exchanger Models. ASHRAE Transactions 113(1):504-513.

Chantrasrisalai, C., and D.E. Fisher. 2006. An In Situ Experimental Method for the Development and Validation of Slat-Type Blind Models in Cooling Load Calculations. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering 128(2):189-198.

Fisher, D.E., S.J. Rees, S.K. Padhmanabhan, and A. Murugappan. 2006. Implementation and Validation of Ground-Source Heat Pump System Models in an Integrated Building and System Simulation Environment. HVAC&R Research 12(3a):693-710.

Iu, I., and D.E. Fisher. 2004. Application of conduction transfer functions and periodic response factors in cooling load calculation procedures. ASHRAE Transactions 110(2):783-795.

Chantrasrisalai, C., and D.E. Fisher, I. Iu, D. Eldridge. 2003. Experimental Validation of Design Cooling Load Procedures: The Heat Balance Method. ASHRAE Transactions 109(2):160-173.

Chantrasrisalai, C., V. Ghatti, D.E. Fisher, and D.G. Schaetzle. 2003. Experimental Validation of the EnergyPlus Low-Temperature Radiant Simulation. ASHRAE Transactions 109(2):614-623.

Eldridge, D.S., D.E. Fisher, I. Iu, and C. Chantrasrisalai. 2003. Experimental Validation of Design Cooling Load Procedures: Facility Design. ASHRAE Transactions 109(2):151-159.

Iu, I., D.E. Fisher, and C. Chantrasrisalai, D. Eldridge. 2003. Experimental Validation of Design Cooling Load Procedures: The Radiant Time Series Method. ASHRAE Transactions 109(2):139-150.

Pedersen, C.O.,  D.E. Fisher, R.J. Liesen, and R.K. Strand. 2003.  ASHRAE Toolkit for Building Load Calculations. ASHRAE Transactions 109(1):583-589.

Crawley, D. B., L. K. Lawrie, F. C. Winkelmann, W. F. Buhl, Y. Joe Huang, C. O.  Pedersen, R. K. Strand, R. J. Liesen, and D. E. Fisher, M.J. Witte, and J. Glazer. 2002.   EnergyPlus: creating a new-generation building energy simulation program. Energy and Buildings 33(4):319-331.

Strand, R.K, D.E. Fisher, R.J. Liesen, and C.O. Pedersen.  2002.  Modular HVAC Simulation and the Future Integration of Alternative Cooling System in a New Building Energy Simulation Program. ASHRAE Transactions 108(2):1107-1117.

Spitler, J.D., and D.E. Fisher. 1999. Development of Periodic Response Factors for Use with the Radiant Time Series Method. ASHRAE Transactions 105(2):491-509.

Spitler, J.D., and D. E. Fisher. 1999. On the Relationship between the Radiant Time Series and Transfer Function Methods for Design Cooling Load Calculations. HVAC&R Research 5(2):125-138.

Lindstrom, P.C., and D.E. Fisher, C.O. Pedersen. 1998.  Impact of Surface Characteristics on Radiant Panel Output. ASHRAE Transactions 104(1):1079-1089.

Fisher, D.E., and C.O. Pedersen, 1997. Convective Heat Transfer in Building Energy and Thermal Load Calculations. ASHRAE Transactions 103(2):137-148, (Winner of the ASHRAE “Best Technical Merit” Award).

Pedersen, C.O., D.E. Fisher, and R.J. Liesen. 1997. Development of a Heat Balance Procedure for Calculating Cooling Loads. ASHRAE Transactions 103(2):459-468.

Spitler, J.D., D. E. Fisher, and C.O. Pedersen.1997. The Radiant Time Series Cooling Load Calculation Procedure. ASHRAE Transactions 103(2):503-515.

Spitler, J.D., C.O. Pedersen, D.E. Fisher, P. Menne, and J. Cantillo. 1991. An Experimental Facility for Investigation of Interior Convective Heat. ASHRAE Transactions 97(1):497-504.

Spitler, J.D., C.O. Pedersen, and D.E. Fisher. 1991. Interior Convective Heat Transfer in Buildings with Large Ventilative Flow Rates. ASHRAE Transactions 97(1):505-515.

Conference Proceedings

Spitler, J., J. Cullin, M. Bernier, M. Kummert, P. Cui, X. Liu, E. Lee, and D. Fisher. 2009. Preliminary intermodel comparison of ground heat exchanger simulation models. Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Thermal Energy Storage; Effstock 2009, Stockholm, Sweden, June 14-17.

Padhmanabhan, S.K., L. Cremaschi, D. Fisher, and J. Knight. 2008. Comparison of Frost and Defrost Performance between Microchannel Coil and Fin-And-Tube Coil for Heat Pump Systems. International Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Conference at Purdue, West Lafayette, IN, July 14-17.

Li, X.Q., Y.M. Chen, J.D. Spitler, and D.E. Fisher. 2007. Relationship Between Accuracy of Heat Conduction Calculation and Material Properties of Building Slabs. Proceedings of Building Simulation 2007, September 3-7, Beijing, China, pp. 140-147.

Gentry, J.E., J.D. Spitler, D.E. Fisher, and X. Xu. 2006. Simulation of Hybrid Ground Source Heat Pump Systems and Experimental Validation. The 7th International Conference on System Simulation in Buildings, Liege, Belgium, Dec. 11-13.

Fisher, D.E., and S.J. Rees. 2005. Modeling Ground Source Heat Pump Systems in a Building Simulation Program (EnergyPlus). Proceedings of Building Simulation ‘05, August 2005, Vol. 2, pp. 311-318.

Chantrasrisalai, C. and D. E. Fisher. 2004. Comparative Analysis of One-Dimensional Slat-Type Blind Models. Proceedings of the SimBuild 2004 Conference, Boulder, Colorado, August 4-6.

Iu, I., P.K. Bansal, S.J. Rees, D.E. Fisher, N.A. Weber, and J.D. Spitler. 2003. Advanced Heat Pump Modelling Tools for Low Energy System Design. Proceedings of International Conference on Building Systems and Facilities Management, Singapore, Oct. 2003.

Khan, M.H., A. Varanasi, J.D. Spitler, D.E. Fisher, R.D. Delahoussaye. 2003. Hybrid Ground Source Heat Pump System Simulation Using Visual Modeling Tool For Hvacsim+. Proceedings of Building Simulation 2003. Eindhoven, Netherlands, August 11-14, pp.641-648.

Crawley, D.B., L.K. Lawrie, F.C. Winkelmann, W. F. Buhl, C.O. Pedersen, R.K. Strand, R.J. Liesen, D.E. Fisher, M.J. Witte, R.H. Henninger, J. Glazer, and D. Shirey. 2002. EnergyPlus: New, Capable, and Linked.  Proceedings of the 2002 International Green Building Conference, Austin, Texas, November 2002.

Strand, R.K., and D.E. Fisher. 2000. Developing Thermal Intuition using Building Thermal Simulations in the Classroom. Proceedings of the ACSA Technology Conference, Cambridge, MA. July 2000.

Strand, R.K., and D.E. Fisher. 2000.  EnergyPlus: A New-Generation Energy Analysis and Load Calculation Engine for Building Design.  Proceedings of the ACSA Technology Conference, Cambridge, MA, July 2000.

Crawley, D.B., L.K. Lawrie, C.O. Pedersen, R.J. Liesen, D.E. Fisher, R.K. Strand, R.D. Taylor, F.C. Winkelmann, W. F. Buhl, Y. J. Huang, and A.E. Erdem. 1999. ENERGYPLUS, A new generation Building Energy Simulation Program. Proceedings of Building Simulation '99, Vol. 1, pp 81-88.

Fisher, D. E., R. D. Taylor,F. Buhl, R.J. Liesen, and R.K. Strand. 1999. A Modular, Loop-Based Approach to HVAC Energy Simulation And Its Implementation in EnergyPlus. Proceedings of Building Simulation ‘99, Kyoto, Japan, September 1999.  IBPSA

Huang, Y.J., F.C. Winkelmann, W.F. Buhl, C.O. Pedersen, D.E. Fisher, R.J. Liesen, R.D. Taylor, R.K. Strand, D.B. Crawley, and L.K. Lawrie. 1999. Linking the COMIS Multi-Zone Airflow Model with the ENERGYPLUS Building Energy Simulation Program. Proceedings of Building Simulation '99, Vol. 2, pp 1065-1070.

Crawley, D.B., L.K. Lawrie, C.O. Pedersen, R.J. Liesen, D.E. Fisher, R.K. Strand, R.D. Taylor, F.C. Winkelmann, W. F. Buhl, Y. J. Huang, and A.E. Erdem. 1998. Beyond DOE-2 and BLAST: EnergyPlus, the New Generation Energy Simulation Program. Proceedings of the 1998 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Asilomar, Pacific Grove, California, August 1998, Vol. 3, pp. 3.89-3.104.

Crawley, D.B, L. K. Lawrie, C.O. Pedersen, R.J. Liesen, D.E. Fisher, F.C. Winkelmann, and W.F. Buhl. 1998. EnergyPlus:  The New Generation Energy Simulation Program beyond BLAST and DOE-2. ASES Passive Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 1998. 

Crawley, D.B., L.K. Lawrie, F.C. Winkelmann, W.F. Buhl, A.E. Erdem, C.O.  Pedersen,  R.J. Liesen, and D.E. Fisher. 1997.  The Next-Generation in Building Energy Simulation--A Glimpse of the Future.  Proceedings of Building Simulation ‘97,  Prague, Czech Republic, September 7-10, Volume II, pp. 395-402.

Crawley, D.B., L.K. Lawrie, F.C. Winkelmann, W.F. Buhl, A.E. Erdem, C.O. Pedersen, R.J. Liesen, and D.E. Fisher. 1997. What's Next for Building Energy Simulation—A Glimpse of the Future. Proceedings of the 22^nd National Passive Solar Conference, Washington, D. C., April 25-30, pp. 309-314.  

Pedersen, C.O., D.E. Fisher, R. J. Liesen, R.K. Strand, R.D. Taylor, W.F. Buhl, F.C. Winkelmann, L.K. Lawrie and D. B. Crawley.  1997. EnergyBase: The  Merger of BLAST and DOE-2. Proceedings of Building Simulation ‘97, Prague, Czech Republic, September 7-10, Volume III, pp. 1-8.

Crawley, D.B., L.K. Lawrie, F.C. Winkelmann, C. Pedersen, R. Liesen, and D. Fisher.  1996. Next Generation Building Energy Simulation Tools--A Vision of the Future. Proceedings of the ACEEE 1996 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Asilomar, Pacific Grove, California, August 25-31, Vol. 4, pp.4.69-4.76.

Taylor, R.D., C.O. Pedersen, D.E. Fisher, R. J. Liesen, L.L. Lawrie. 1991. Impact of Simultaneous Simulation of Buildings and Mechanical Systems in Heat Balance Based Energy Analysis Programs on System Response and Control. Conference Proceedings IBPSA Building Simulation '91, Nice, France, August 20-22.

Taylor, R.D., C.O. Pedersen, D.E. Fisher, R.J. Liesen, and L.K. Lawrie. 1990. Simultaneous Simulation of Buildings and Mechanical Systems in Heat Balance Based Energy Analysis Programs. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on System Simulation in Buildings, December 3-5. Liege, Belgium.

Spitler, J., D. Fisher, and D.C. Zietlow. 1989. A Primer on the Use of Influence Coefficients in Building Simulation. Building Simulation '89 Transactions, June 1989, pp 299-304.

Books

Pedersen, C.O., D.E. Fisher, R.J. Liesen, R.K. Strand, L. Dong, and P.G. Ellis. 2001. A Toolkit for Building Load Calculations (ISBN 1-883413-93-1). Atlanta: American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.

Pedersen, C.O., D.E. Fisher, R.J. Liesen, J.D. Spitler. 1998. Load Calculation Principles. Atlanta: American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.

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