modelSteamPipe

Extends from Models.SteamPipe (Detailed thermal advection model with thermal expansion effects using IF97 water vapour).

Information

After the initial transient has settled down, the step change of the specific enthalpy at the inlet is propagated to the outlet at a velocity roughly equal to that of the fluid. The outlet specific enthalpy is approximately equal to the inlet enthalpy delayed by the ratio tau between the total mass and the mass flow rate. There is a significant effect of numerical diffusion even for large values of N.

Parameters

TypeNameDefaultDescription
IntegerN (from SteamPipe)10Number of nodes
SI.VolumeVtot (from SteamPipe)1Total volume
Realw_nom (from SteamPipe)2Nominal mass flow rate
Realdp_nom (from SteamPipe)1e5Nominal total pressure loss at full flow rate
Realp_nom (from SteamPipe)10e5Nominal pressure at outlet
Realh_nom (from SteamPipe)3.1e6Nominal specific enthalpy
SI.Pressurep_start (from SteamPipe)p_nomInitial value of pressure states
SI.SpecificEnthalpyh_start (from SteamPipe)h_nomInitial value of enthalpy states
Realkf (from SteamPipe)w_nom/(dp_nom/N)Friction coefficient
SI.VolumeV (from SteamPipe)Vtot/NTotal volume
SI.Densityrho_av (from SteamPipe)Medium.density_ph(p_nom + dp_nom/2, h_nom)Average density
SI.Timetau (from SteamPipe)Vtot*rho_av/w_nomEstimated transport delay at nominal conditions

Components

TypeNameDefaultDescription
SI.MassFlowRatew_in_pipe (from SteamPipe)0 + (if time > 1 then w_nom else 0)Inlet mass flow rate
SI.SpecificEnthalpyh_in_pipe (from SteamPipe)h_nom + (if time > 10 then 5000 else 0)Inlet specific enthalpy
SI.Mass[N]M (from SteamPipe)Fluid mass within each volume
SI.Energy[N]E (from SteamPipe)Fluid internal energy within each volume
SI.MassFlowRate[N]w_in (from SteamPipe)Inlet flow rate of each volume
SI.MassFlowRate[N]w_out (from SteamPipe)Outlet flow rate of each volume
SI.Pressure[N]p (from SteamPipe)Pressure states
SI.SpecificEnthalpy[N]h (from SteamPipe)Specific enthalpy states
SI.SpecificEnthalpy[N]h_in (from SteamPipe)Inlet specific enthalpy of each volume
SI.SpecificEnthalpy[N]h_out (from SteamPipe)Outlet specific enthalpy of each volume
SI.Density[N]rho (from SteamPipe)Volume density
Medium.ThermodynamicState[N]state (from SteamPipe)Volume thermodynamic state
SI.Pressurep_in_pipe (from SteamPipe)Inlet pressure
SI.Pressurep_out_pipe (from SteamPipe)Outlet pressure
SI.MassFlowRatew_out_pipe (from SteamPipe)Inlet flow rate
SI.SpecificEnthalpyh_out_pipe (from SteamPipe) Outlet flow rate
Medium.SpecificEnthalpyh_out_pipe_thdelay(h_in_pipe, tau)