modelFourPortHeatMassExchanger

Information

This component transports two fluid streams between four ports. It provides the basic model for implementing a dynamic heat exchanger.

The model can be used as-is, although there will be no heat or mass transfer between the two fluid streams. To add heat transfer, heat flow can be added to the heat port of the two volumes. See for example Buildings.Fluid.Chillers.Carnot_y. To add moisture input into (or moisture output from) volume vol2, the model can be replaced with Buildings.Fluid.MixingVolumes.MixingVolumeMoistAir.

Implementation

The variable names follow the conventions used in Modelica.Fluid.Examples.HeatExchanger.BaseClasses.BasicHX.

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Revisions

• June 17, 2026, by Michael Wetter:
  Updated implementation to allow a flow coefficient n that is different from 2. This allows use of the model for not fully turbulent flow.
  This is for Buildings, #4620.
• March 3, 2022, by Michael Wetter:
  Removed massDynamics.
  This is for issue 1542.
• April 14, 2020, by Michael Wetter:
  Changed homotopyInitialization to a constant.
  This is for IBPSA, #1341.
• October 23, 2017, by Michael Wetter:
  Made volume vol1 replaceable. This is required for Buildings, issue 1013.
• December 1, 2016, by Michael Wetter:
  Updated model as use_dh is no longer a parameter in the pressure drop model.
  This is for #480.
• April 11, 2016 by Michael Wetter:
  Corrected wrong hyperlink in documentation for issue 450.
• January 26, 2016, by Michael Wetter:
  Set quantity attributes.
• November 13, 2015, by Michael Wetter:
  Changed assignments of start values in extends statement. This is for issue #299.
• June 2, 2015, by Filip Jorissen:
  Removed final modifier from mSenFac in vol1 and vol2. This is for issue #258.
• May 6, 2015, by Michael Wetter:
  Added missing propagation of allowFlowReversal to instances vol1 and vol2. This is for issue #412.
• October 6, 2014, by Michael Wetter:
  Changed medium declaration in pressure drop elements to be final.
• May 28, 2014, by Michael Wetter:
  Removed annotation(Evaluate=true) for parameters tau1 and tau2. This is needed to allow changing the time constant after translation.
• November 12, 2013, by Michael Wetter:
  Removed import Modelica.Constants statement.
• October 8, 2013, by Michael Wetter:
  Removed parameter show_V_flow.
• September 26, 2013, by Michael Wetter:
  Removed unrequired sum operator.
• February 6, 2012, by Michael Wetter:
  Updated documentation.
• February 3, 2012, by Michael Wetter:
  Removed assignment of m_flow_small as it is no longer used in its base class.
• July 29, 2011, by Michael Wetter:
  • Changed values of h_outflow_a1_start, h_outflow_b1_start, h_outflow_a2_start and h_outflow_b2_start, and declared them as final.
  • Set nominal values for vol1.C and vol2.C.
• July 11, 2011, by Michael Wetter:
  Changed parameterization of fluid volume so that steady-state balance is used when tau = 0.
• March 25, 2011, by Michael Wetter:
  Added homotopy operator.
• April 13, 2009, by Michael Wetter:
  Added model to compute flow friction.
• September 10, 2008 by Michael Wetter:
  Added stateSelect=StateSelect.always for temperature of volume 1.
• Changed temperature sensor from Celsius to Kelvin. Unit conversion should be made during output processing.
• August 5, 2008, by Michael Wetter:
  Replaced instances of Delays.DelayFirstOrder with instances of MixingVolumes.MixingVolume. This allows to extract liquid for a condensing cooling coil model.
• March 25, 2008, by Michael Wetter:
  First implementation.