modelVariableCapacitor

Ideal linear electrical capacitor with variable capacitance

Extends from Modelica.Electrical.Analog.Interfaces.OnePort (Component with two electrical pins p and n and current i from p to n).

Information

The linear capacitor connects the branch voltage v with the branch current i by
i = dQ/dt with Q = C * v.
The capacitance C is given as input signal. It is required that C ≥ 0, otherwise an assertion is raised. To avoid a variable index system, C = Cmin, if 0 ≤ C < Cmin, where Cmin is a parameter with default value Modelica.Constants.eps.


Besides the Cmin parameter the capacitor model has got the two parameters IC and UIC that belong together. With the IC parameter the user can specify an initial value of the voltage over the capacitor, which is defined from positive pin p to negative pin n (v=p.v - n.v).


Hence the capacitor is charged at the beginning of the simulation. The other parameter UIC is of type Boolean. If UIC is true, the simulation tool uses


the IC value at the initial calculation by adding the equation v= IC. If UIC is false, the IC value can be used (but it does not need to!) to calculate the initial values in order to simplify the numerical algorithms of initial calculation.

Parameters

TypeNameDefaultDescription
SI.CapacitanceCminModelica.Constants.epsLower bound for variable capacitance
SI.VoltageIC0Initial Value
BooleanUICfalseDecision if initial value IC shall be used

Connectors

TypeNameDefaultDescription
PositivePinp (from TwoPin)Positive electrical pin
NegativePinn (from TwoPin)Negative electrical pin
Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealInputC

Components

TypeNameDefaultDescription
SI.Voltagev (from TwoPin)Voltage drop of the two pins (= p.v - n.v)
SI.Currenti (from OnePort)Current flowing from pin p to pin n
SI.ElectricChargeQ

Revisions

  • June 7, 2004 by Christoph Clauss
    changed, docu added
  • April 30, 2004 by Anton Haumer
    implemented.