functionnusseltHorizontalCavityReduced

Nusselt number for horizontal cavity, bottom surface colder than top surface

Extends from Modelica.Icons.Function (Icon for functions).

Information

Function for Nusselt number in horizontal window cavity. The computation is according to TARCOG 2006, except that this implementation computes the Nusselt number as a function that is differentiable in the temperatures.

References

TARCOG 2006: Carli, Inc., TARCOG: Mathematical models for calculation of thermal performance of glazing systems with our without shading devices, Technical Report, Oct. 17, 2006.

Inputs

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Buildings.HeatTransfer.Data.Gases.GenericgasThermophysical properties of gas fill
RealRaRayleigh number
Modelica.Units.SI.TemperatureT_mTemperature used for thermophysical properties
Modelica.Units.SI.TemperatureDifferencedTTemperature difference used to compute q_flow = h*dT
Modelica.Units.SI.Areah1.5Height of window
RealsinTilSine of window tilt
RealdeltaNu0.1Small value for Nusselt number, used for smoothing
RealdeltaRa1E3Small value for Rayleigh number, used for smoothing

Outputs

TypeNameDefaultDescription
RealNuNusselt number

Revisions

  • December 9, 2010, by Michael Wetter:
    First implementation.