.Buildings.Fluid.Actuators.Valves.ThreeWayTable

Information

Three way valve with table-specified opening characteristics. A separate characteristic for each flow path is used.

Each flow path uses an instance of the model Buildings.Fluid.Actuators.Valves.TwoWayTable. Therefore, this model needs to be parameterized the same way as Buildings.Fluid.Actuators.Valves.TwoWayTable. Specifically, the mass flow rate for the fully open valve is determined based on the value of the parameter CvData. For the different valve positions y ∈ [0, 1], this nominal flow rate is scaled by the values of the parameter flowCharacteristics1 and flowCharacteristics3, respectively. These parameters declare a table of the form

where l = K_v(y=0)/K_v(y=1) > 0 is the valve leakage. The first row is the valve opening, and the second row is the mass flow rate, relative to the mass flow rate of the fully open valve, under the assumption of a constant pressure difference across the valve. A suggested value for the valve leakage is l=0.0001. If l = 0, then this model will replace it with l = 10^-8 for numerical reasons. For example, if a valve has K_v=0.5 [m³/h/bar^1/2] and a linear opening characteristics and a valve leakage of l=0.0001, then one would set

 CvData=Buildings.Fluid.Types.CvTypes.Kv
 Kv = 0.5
 flowCharacteristics1(y={0,1}, phi={0.0001,1})
 flowCharacteristics3(y={0,1}, phi={0.0001,1})

Note, however, that Buildings.Fluid.Actuators.Valves.ThreeWayLinear provides a more efficient implementation for this simple case.

The parameters flowCharacteristics1 and flowCharacteristics3 must meet the following requirements, otherwise the model stops with an error:

• Their arrays y and phi must be strictly monotonic increasing.
• The first value must satisfy y[1]=0, and phi[1] must be equal to the leakage flow rate, which must be bigger than zero. Otherwise, a default value of 1E-8 is used.
• The last values must satisfy y[end]=1 and phi[end]=1.

This model is based on the partial valve model Buildings.Fluid.Actuators.BaseClasses.PartialTwoWayValve. Check this model for more information, such as the regularization near the origin.

For an example that specifies an opening characteristics, see Buildings.Fluid.Actuators.Valves.Examples.TwoWayValveTable.

Revisions

• March 7, 2022, by Michael Wetter:
  Set final massDynamics=energyDynamics.
  This is for #1542.
• June 10, 2021, by Michael Wetter:
  Changed implementation of the filter and changed the parameter order to a constant as most users need not change this value.
  This is for #1498.
• November 28, 2019, by Michael Wetter:
  Revised implementation.
• November 15, 2019, by Alexander Kümpel:
  First implementation.