modelAir_Top

Temperature of air in top compartment computed by static equation because of its small heat capacity

Information

This is a simplified model of the Air model. The top air zone has a very low capacity and is only modeled when the screen is drawn (i.e. mostly at night, to mitigate losses in the lack of short-wave radiation). For this reason, in this model the heat input from short-wave radiation is neglected.

The model has the same parameters than the Air model, considering that the height of the top air zone is equal to the mean greenhouse height minus the height of the thermal screen.

Parameters

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Modelica.Units.SI.SpecificHeatCapacityc_p1e3
Modelica.Units.SI.Lengthh_TopHeight of the top air compartment (mean greenhouse height minus thermal screen height)
Modelica.Units.SI.AreaAGreenhouse floor surface
Initialization
Modelica.Units.SI.TemperatureT_start298
Initialization › Initialization options
Booleansteadystatefalseif true, sets the derivative of T to zero during Initialization
BooleansteadystateVPtrueif true, sets the derivative of vapour pressure (VP) to zero during Initialization

Connectors

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Modelica.Thermal.HeatTransfer.Interfaces.HeatPort_aheatPortHeat port for sensible heat input
Interfaces.Vapour.WaterMassPort_amassPort

Components

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Modelica.Units.SI.HeatFlowRateQ_flowHeat flow rate from port_a -> port_b
Modelica.Units.SI.TemperatureT
Modelica.Units.SI.Densityrho
RealRHRelative humidity of the air
Modelica.Units.SI.VolumeV
Modelica.Units.SI.PressureP_atm101325Atmospheric pressure
RealR_a287Gas constant for dry air R_a = R_d (J/(kg.K))
RealR_s461.5
Modelica.Units.SI.MassFractionw_airAir humidity ratio (kg water / kg dry air)
BasicComponents.AirVPair