
modelReceiverSimpleStress
Extends from Interfaces.Models.ReceiverFluid.
Parameters
| Type | Name | Default | Description |
| SI.Stress | E | 165e9 | Young's Modulus receiver tube material |
| SI.LinearExpansionCoefficient | lambda | 18.5e-6 | Coefficient of linear thermal expansion receiver tube material |
| Real | poisson | 0.3 | Poisson ratio of receiver tube material |
| SI.CoefficientOfHeatTransfer | alpha | 30 | Convective heat transfer coefficient (Logie et al. 2015, Temperature and heat flux distributions in Sodium Receiver Tubes) |
| SI.Radius | a | D_tb/2 - t_tb | |
| SI.Radius | b | D_tb/2 | |
| Technical data |
| SI.Length | H_rcv | 1 | Receiver height |
| SI.Diameter | D_rcv | 1 | Receiver diameter |
| Integer | N_pa | 1 | Number of panels |
| SI.Diameter | D_tb | 1 | Tube outer diameter |
| SI.Thickness | t_tb | 1 | Tube wall thickness |
| SI.Efficiency | ab | 1 | Coating absortance |
| SI.Efficiency | em | 1 | Coating Emitance |
| SI.ThermalConductivity | k | 20 | Tube thermal conductivity |
| Integer | N_fl | 2 | Number of parallel flow-paths |
Components
| Type | Name | Default | Description |
| Medium.BaseProperties | medium | | |
| SI.SpecificEnthalpy | h_in | | |
| SI.SpecificEnthalpy | h_out | | |
| SI.HeatFlowRate | Q_loss | | |
| SI.HeatFlowRate | Q_rcv | | |
| SI.CoefficientOfHeatTransfer | alpha_ext | | Overall heat transfer coefficient (Eq. 1.9 Incropera, Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 6th ed) |
| SI.Efficiency | Bi1 | | |
| SI.Efficiency | Bi2 | | |
| SI.Efficiency | gp1 | | |
| SI.Efficiency | gg1 | | |
| SI.Efficiency | gp2 | | |
| SI.Efficiency | gg2 | | |
| SI.Stress | sigma_theta | | |
| SI.Stress | sigma_z | | |
| SI.Stress | sigma_eq | | |
| Real | sigma_eq_MPa | | |
| SI.TemperatureDifference | B1 | | |
| SI.TemperatureDifference | A1 | | |
| SI.TemperatureDifference | B2 | | |
| SI.TemperatureDifference | A2 | | |
| SI.TemperatureDifference | DT | | |
| Real | K2 | | |
| Real | K1 | | |
| Nusselt | nusselts | | |
| SI.Velocity | vs | | Mean velocity of fluid flow |
| SI.CoefficientOfHeatTransfer | alphas | | CoefficientOfHeatTransfer |
| Medium.ThermodynamicState | states | Medium.setState_pTX(medium.p, medium.T) | |
| Medium.Density | rhos | Medium.density(states) | Density |
| Medium.ThermalConductivity | lambdas | Medium.thermalConductivity(states) | Thermal conductivity |
| SI.Temperature | T_theta | | |
| Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealInput | Tamb | | |
Revisions
- Alberto de la Calle:
Released first version.
- Armando Fontalvo:
Introduce thermo-elastic aproximation.