modelBuffer
Buffer tank
Extends from Buildings.Fluid.Interfaces.PartialTwoPortInterface (Partial model with two ports and declaration of quantities that are used by many models).
Information
Model of a buffer tank based on the instantaneously mixed volume model Buildings.Fluid.MixingVolumes.MixingVolume. Manufacturers recommend tank designs that promote mixing (e.g., with inside baffle plates) because a fully mixed tank yields an effective buffer time greater than a stratified tank. The validation model Buildings.Templates.Components.Validation.Tanks shows that achieving the supply temperature at the tank outlet requires circulating a fluid volume several times greater than the tank's actual volume.
Parameters
| Type | Name | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modelica.Units.SI.Volume | V | Volume | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Configuration | |||
| Boolean | have_tan | true | Set to true for tank, false for direct pass through |
| Dynamics › Conservation equations | |||
| Modelica.Fluid.Types.Dynamics | energyDynamics | Modelica.Fluid.Types.Dynamics.DynamicFreeInitial | Type of energy balance: dynamic (3 initialization options) or steady state |
| Graphics | |||
| Buildings.Templates.Components.Types.IntegrationPoint | icon_pipe | Buildings.Templates.Components.Types.IntegrationPoint.None | Pipe symbol |
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) |
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 | Tank | |
| Buildings.Templates.Components.Routing.PassThroughFluid | pas | Direct pass through |