modelReceiverSimpleStress

Extends from Interfaces.Models.ReceiverFluid.

Information

Parameters

TypeNameDefaultDescription
SI.StressE165e9Young's Modulus receiver tube material
SI.LinearExpansionCoefficientlambda18.5e-6Coefficient of linear thermal expansion receiver tube material
Realpoisson0.3Poisson ratio of receiver tube material
SI.CoefficientOfHeatTransferalpha30Convective heat transfer coefficient (Logie et al. 2015, Temperature and heat flux distributions in Sodium Receiver Tubes)
SI.RadiusaD_tb/2 - t_tb
SI.RadiusbD_tb/2
Technical data
SI.LengthH_rcv1Receiver height
SI.DiameterD_rcv1Receiver diameter
IntegerN_pa1Number of panels
SI.DiameterD_tb1Tube outer diameter
SI.Thicknesst_tb1Tube wall thickness
SI.Efficiencyab1Coating absortance
SI.Efficiencyem1Coating Emitance
SI.ThermalConductivityk20Tube thermal conductivity
IntegerN_fl2Number of parallel flow-paths

Components

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Medium.BasePropertiesmedium
SI.SpecificEnthalpyh_in
SI.SpecificEnthalpyh_out
SI.HeatFlowRateQ_loss
SI.HeatFlowRateQ_rcv
SI.CoefficientOfHeatTransferalpha_extOverall heat transfer coefficient (Eq. 1.9 Incropera, Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 6th ed)
SI.EfficiencyBi1
SI.EfficiencyBi2
SI.Efficiencygp1
SI.Efficiencygg1
SI.Efficiencygp2
SI.Efficiencygg2
SI.Stresssigma_theta
SI.Stresssigma_z
SI.Stresssigma_eq
Realsigma_eq_MPa
SI.TemperatureDifferenceB1
SI.TemperatureDifferenceA1
SI.TemperatureDifferenceB2
SI.TemperatureDifferenceA2
SI.TemperatureDifferenceDT
RealK2
RealK1
Nusseltnusselts
SI.VelocityvsMean velocity of fluid flow
SI.CoefficientOfHeatTransferalphasCoefficientOfHeatTransfer
Medium.ThermodynamicStatestatesMedium.setState_pTX(medium.p, medium.T)
Medium.DensityrhosMedium.density(states)Density
Medium.ThermalConductivitylambdasMedium.thermalConductivity(states)Thermal conductivity
SI.TemperatureT_theta
Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealInputTamb

Contents

NameDescription
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Revisions

  • Alberto de la Calle:
    Released first version.
  • Armando Fontalvo:
    Introduce thermo-elastic aproximation.