modelPartialDXCoolingCoil
Partial model for DX cooling coil
Extends from Buildings.Fluid.DXSystems.Cooling.BaseClasses.PartialDXCoil (Partial model for air or water cooled DX cooling coil).
Information
This partial model is the base class for Buildings.Fluid.DXSystems.Cooling.AirSource.SingleSpeed, Buildings.Fluid.DXSystems.Cooling.AirSource.MultiStage and Buildings.Fluid.DXSystems.Cooling.AirSource.VariableSpeed.
Parameters
| Type | Name | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buildings.Fluid.DXSystems.Cooling.AirSource.Data.Generic.DXCoil | datCoi (from EssentialParameters) | Performance data | |
| Boolean | homotopyInitialization (from TwoPortHeatMassExchanger) | true | = true, use homotopy method |
| Boolean | use_mCon_flow (from PartialDXCoil) | Set to true to enable connector for the condenser mass flow rate | |
| Assumptions | |||
| Boolean | allowFlowReversal (from PartialTwoPort) | true | = false to simplify equations, assuming, but not enforcing, no flow reversal |
| Nominal condition | |||
| Modelica.Units.SI.MassFlowRate | m_flow_nominal (from PartialTwoPortInterface) | Nominal mass flow rate | |
| Modelica.Units.SI.PressureDifference | dp_nominal (from TwoPortFlowResistanceParameters) | Pressure difference | |
| Advanced | |||
| Modelica.Units.SI.MassFlowRate | m_flow_small (from PartialTwoPortInterface) | 1E-4*abs(m_flow_nominal) | Small mass flow rate for regularization of zero flow |
| Advanced › Diagnostics | |||
| Boolean | show_T (from PartialTwoPortInterface) | false | = true, if actual temperature at port is computed |
| Flow resistance | |||
| Boolean | computeFlowResistance (from TwoPortFlowResistanceParameters) | true | =true, compute flow resistance. Set to false to assume no friction |
| Boolean | from_dp (from TwoPortFlowResistanceParameters) | false | = true, use m_flow = f(dp) else dp = f(m_flow) |
| Real | n (from TwoPortFlowResistanceParameters) | 2 | Flow exponent, n=1 for laminar, n=2 for turbulent |
| Boolean | linearizeFlowResistance (from TwoPortFlowResistanceParameters) | false | = true, use linear relation between m_flow and dp for any flow rate |
| Real | deltaM (from TwoPortFlowResistanceParameters) | 0.1 | Fraction of nominal flow rate where flow transitions to laminar |
| Dynamics › Nominal condition | |||
| Modelica.Units.SI.Time | tau (from TwoPortHeatMassExchanger) | 30 | Time constant at nominal flow (if energyDynamics <> SteadyState) |
| Dynamics › Conservation equations | |||
| Modelica.Fluid.Types.Dynamics | energyDynamics (from TwoPortHeatMassExchanger) | Modelica.Fluid.Types.Dynamics.DynamicFreeInitial | Type of energy balance: dynamic (3 initialization options) or steady state |
| Initialization | |||
| Medium.AbsolutePressure | p_start (from TwoPortHeatMassExchanger) | Medium.p_default | Start value of pressure |
| Medium.Temperature | T_start (from TwoPortHeatMassExchanger) | Medium.T_default | Start value of temperature |
| Medium.MassFraction[Medium.nX] | X_start (from TwoPortHeatMassExchanger) | Medium.X_default | Start value of mass fractions m_i/m |
| Medium.ExtraProperty[Medium.nC] | C_start (from TwoPortHeatMassExchanger) | fill(0, Medium.nC) | Start value of trace substances |
| Dynamics › Moisture balance | |||
| Boolean | computeReevaporation (from PartialDXCoil) | true | Set to true to compute reevaporation of water that accumulated on coil |
Connectors
| Type | Name | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modelica.Fluid.Interfaces.FluidPort_a | port_a (from PartialTwoPort) | Fluid connector a (positive design flow direction is from port_a to port_b) | |
| Modelica.Fluid.Interfaces.FluidPort_b | port_b (from PartialTwoPort) | Fluid connector b (positive design flow direction is from port_a to port_b) | |
| Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealInput | TOut (from PartialDXCoil) | Outside air dry bulb temperature for an air cooled condenser or wetbulb temperature for an evaporative cooled condenser | |
| Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealInput | mCon_flow (from PartialDXCoil) | Water mass flow rate for condenser | |
| Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealOutput | P (from PartialDXCoil) | Electrical power consumed by the unit | |
| Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealOutput | QSen_flow (from PartialDXCoil) | Sensible heat flow rate | |
| Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealOutput | QLat_flow | Latent heat flow rate |
Components
| Type | Name | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modelica.Units.SI.MassFlowRate | m_flow (from PartialTwoPortInterface) | port_a.m_flow | Mass flow rate from port_a to port_b (m_flow > 0 is design flow direction) |
| Modelica.Units.SI.PressureDifference | dp (from PartialTwoPortInterface) | port_a.p - port_b.p | Pressure difference between port_a and port_b |
| Medium.ThermodynamicState | sta_a (from PartialTwoPortInterface) | if allowFlowReversal then Medium.setState_phX(port_a.p, noEvent(actualStream(port_a.h_outflow)), noEvent(actualStream(port_a.Xi_outflow))) else Medium.setState_phX(port_a.p, noEvent(inStream(port_a.h_outflow)), noEvent(inStream(port_a.Xi_outflow))) | Medium properties in port_a |
| Medium.ThermodynamicState | sta_b (from PartialTwoPortInterface) | if allowFlowReversal then Medium.setState_phX(port_b.p, noEvent(actualStream(port_b.h_outflow)), noEvent(actualStream(port_b.Xi_outflow))) else Medium.setState_phX(port_b.p, noEvent(port_b.h_outflow), noEvent(port_b.Xi_outflow)) | Medium properties in port_b |
| Buildings.Fluid.MixingVolumes.MixingVolume | vol (from TwoPortHeatMassExchanger) | ||
| Buildings.Fluid.FixedResistances.PressureDrop | preDro (from TwoPortHeatMassExchanger) | Flow resistance | |
| Buildings.Fluid.DXSystems.Cooling.BaseClasses.PartialCoilInterface | dxCoi (from PartialDXCoil) | ||
| Buildings.Fluid.DXSystems.Cooling.BaseClasses.Evaporation | watVapEva | Model that computes evaporation of water that accumulated on the coil surface |
Revisions
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November 26, 2025, by Michael Wetter:
Updated redeclare and replaceable statements.
This is for issue 4421. -
March 19, 2023 by Xing Lu and Karthik Devaprasad:
First implementation.