modelPartialEffectivenessNTU

Partial model for heat exchanger with effectiveness - NTU relation and no moisture condensation

Extends from AixLib.Fluid.HeatExchangers.BaseClasses.PartialEffectiveness.

Information

Partial model of a heat exchanger without humidity condensation. This model transfers heat in the amount of

Q = Qmax ε
ε = f(NTU, Z, flowRegime),

where Qmax is the maximum heat that can be transferred, ε is the heat transfer effectiveness, NTU is the Number of Transfer Units, Z is the ratio of minimum to maximum capacity flow rate and flowRegime is the heat exchanger flow regime. such as parallel flow, cross flow or counter flow.

The flow regimes depend on the heat exchanger configuration. All configurations defined in AixLib.Fluid.Types.HeatExchangerConfiguration are supported.

By default, the flow regime, such as counter flow or parallel flow, is kept constant based on the parameter value configuration. If a flow reverses direction, it is not changed, e.g., a heat exchanger does not change from counter flow to parallel flow if one flow changes direction. To dynamically change the flow regime, set the constant use_dynamicFlowRegime to true. However, use_dynamicFlowRegime=true can cause slower simulation due to events.

Models that extend from this partial model need to provide an assignment for UA.

Parameters

TypeNameDefaultDescription
AixLib.Fluid.Types.HeatExchangerConfigurationconfigurationHeat exchanger configuration
Booleanuse_dynamicFlowRegimefalseIf true, flow regime is determined using actual flow rates
Modelica.Units.SI.ThermalConductanceUA_nominalNominal UA value
RealNTU_nominalNominal number of transfer units
Nominal thermal performance
Booleanuse_Q_flow_nominaltrueSet to true to specify Q_flow_nominal and temperatures, or to false to specify effectiveness
Modelica.Units.SI.HeatFlowRateQ_flow_nominalNominal heat flow rate (positive for heat transfer from 1 to 2)
Modelica.Units.SI.TemperatureT_a1_nominalNominal temperature at port a1
Modelica.Units.SI.TemperatureT_a2_nominalNominal temperature at port a2
Realeps_nominalNominal heat transfer effectiveness

Components

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Modelica.Units.SI.ThermalConductanceUAUA value
RealepsHeat exchanger effectiveness

Revisions

  • February 7, 2025, by Jelger Jansen:
    Removed import statement. This is for IBPSA, #1961.
  • February 3, 2023, by Jianjun Hu:
    Added noEvent() in the assertion function to avoid Optimica to not converge.
    This is for issue 1690.
  • January 24, 2023, by Hongxiang Fu:
    Set flowRegime to be equal to flowRegime_nominal by default. Added an assertion warning to inform the user about how to change this behaviour if the flow direction does need to change.
    This is for issue 1682.
  • November 11, 2023, by Michael Wetter:
    Corrected wrong temperature in assignment of sta2_default.
    This is for Buildings, issue 3151.
  • February 25, 2021 by Baptiste Ravache:
    Added a warning for when Q_flow_nominal is specified with the wrong sign.
  • January 10, 2018 by Michael Wetter:
    Removed variable Z that is not used. This is for issue 1328.
  • January 10, 2018 by Filip Jorissen:
    Corrected an error where the value of NTU was assigned to Z. This is for issue 1328.
  • February 27, 2016 by Michael Wetter:
    Introduced sta1_default and sta2_default to enable translation under OpenModelica. Removed max=1 attribute for Z. This is needed as near zero flow, Z can be larger than one due to the regularization. As Z is not used in this model other than for reporting, this bound need not be enforced (and the calculation of eps is fine at these small flow rates). This is for issue 490.
  • April 29, 2014 by Michael Wetter:
    Changed assert statement to avoid comparing enumeration with an integer, which triggers a warning in Dymola 2015.
  • July 30, 2013 by Michael Wetter:
    Updated model to use new variable mWat_flow in the base class.
  • February 12, 2010, by Michael Wetter:
    First implementation.