.IDEAS.Fluid.HeatExchangers.BaseClasses.PartialEffectivenessNTU

Information

Partial model of a heat exchanger without humidity condensation. This model transfers heat in the amount of

Q = Q_max ε
ε = f(NTU, Z, flowRegime),

where Q_max is the maximum heat that can be transferred, ε is the heat transfer effectiveness, NTU is the Number of Transfer Units, Z is the ratio of minimum to maximum capacity flow rate and flowRegime is the heat exchanger flow regime. such as parallel flow, cross flow or counter flow.

The flow regimes depend on the heat exchanger configuration. All configurations defined in IDEAS.Fluid.Types.HeatExchangerConfiguration are supported.

Models that extend from this partial model need to provide an assignment for UA.

Revisions

• February 25, 2021 by Baptiste Ravache:
  Added a warning for when Q_flow_nominal is specified with the wrong sign.
• January 10, 2018 by Michael Wetter:
  Removed variable Z that is not used. This is for issue 1328.
• January 10, 2018 by Filip Jorissen:
  Corrected an error where the value of NTU was assigned to Z. This is for issue 1328.
• February 27, 2016 by Michael Wetter:
  Introduced sta1_default and sta2_default to enable translation under OpenModelica. Removed max=1 attribute for Z. This is needed as near zero flow, Z can be larger than one due to the regularization. As Z is not used in this model other than for reporting, this bound need not be enforced (and the calculation of eps is fine at these small flow rates). This is for issue 490.
• April 29, 2014 by Michael Wetter:
  Changed assert statement to avoid comparing enumeration with an integer, which triggers a warning in Dymola 2015.
• July 30, 2013 by Michael Wetter:
  Updated model to use new variable mWat_flow in the base class.
• February 12, 2010, by Michael Wetter:
  First implementation.