.ThermalSeparation.Media.IdealGasMixtures.BaseClasses.Common.SingleGasNasa

Medium model of an ideal gas based on NASA source

Information

This model calculates medium properties for an ideal gas of a single substance, or for an ideal gas consisting of several substances where the mass fractions are fixed. Independent variables are temperature T and pressure p. Only density is a function of T and p. All other quantities are solely a function of T. The properties are valid in the range:

   200 K ≤ T ≤ 6000 K

The following quantities are always computed:

Variable Unit Description
h J/kg specific enthalpy h = h(T)
u J/kg specific internal energy u = u(T)
d kg/m^3 density d = d(p,T)

For the other variables, see the functions in Modelica.Media.IdealGases.Common.SingleGasNasa. Note, dynamic viscosity and thermal conductivity are only provided for gases that use a data record from Modelica.Media.IdealGases.FluidData. Currently these are the following gases:

  Ar
  C2H2_vinylidene
  C2H4
  C2H5OH
  C2H6
  C3H6_propylene
  C3H7OH
  C3H8
  C4H8_1_butene
  C4H9OH
  C4H10_n_butane
  C5H10_1_pentene
  C5H12_n_pentane
  C6H6
  C6H12_1_hexene
  C6H14_n_heptane
  C7H14_1_heptene
  C8H10_ethylbenz
  CH3OH
  CH4
  CL2
  CO
  CO2
  F2
  H2
  H2O
  He
  N2
  N2O 
  NH3
  NO
  O2
  SO2
  SO3

Sources for model and literature:
Original Data: Computer program for calculation of complex chemical equilibrium compositions and applications. Part 1: Analysis Document ID: 19950013764 N (95N20180) File Series: NASA Technical Reports Report Number: NASA-RP-1311 E-8017 NAS 1.61:1311 Authors: Gordon, Sanford (NASA Lewis Research Center) Mcbride, Bonnie J. (NASA Lewis Research Center) Published: Oct 01, 1994.

Known limits of validity:
The data is valid for temperatures between 200K and 6000K. A few of the data sets for monatomic gases have a discontinuous 1st derivative at 1000K, but this never caused problems so far.

This model has been copied from the ThermoFluid library and adapted to the Modelica.Media package.

Contents

NameDescription
ThermodynamicStatethermodynamic state variables for ideal gases
FluidConstantsExtended fluid constants
BasePropertiesBase properties of ideal gas medium
setState_pTXReturn thermodynamic state as function of p, T and composition X
setState_phXReturn thermodynamic state as function of p, h and composition X
setState_psXReturn thermodynamic state as function of p, s and composition X
setState_dTXReturn thermodynamic state as function of d, T and composition X
pressurereturn pressure of ideal gas
temperaturereturn temperature of ideal gas
densityreturn density of ideal gas
specificEnthalpyReturn specific enthalpy
specificInternalEnergyReturn specific internal energy
specificEntropyReturn specific entropy
specificGibbsEnergyReturn specific Gibbs energy
specificHelmholtzEnergyReturn specific Helmholtz energy
specificHeatCapacityCpReturn specific heat capacity at constant pressure
specificHeatCapacityCvCompute specific heat capacity at constant volume from temperature and gas data
isentropicExponentReturn isentropic exponent
velocityOfSoundReturn velocity of sound
isentropicEnthalpyApproximationapproximate method of calculating h_is from upstream properties and downstream pressure
isentropicEnthalpyReturn isentropic enthalpy
isobaricExpansionCoefficientReturns overall the isobaric expansion coefficient beta
isothermalCompressibilityReturns overall the isothermal compressibility factor
density_derp_TReturns the partial derivative of density with respect to pressure at constant temperature
density_derT_pReturns the partial derivative of density with respect to temperature at constant pressure
density_derXReturns the partial derivative of density with respect to mass fractions at constant pressure and temperature
cp_TCompute specific heat capacity at constant pressure from temperature and gas data
cp_TlowCompute specific heat capacity at constant pressure, low T region
cp_Tlow_derCompute specific heat capacity at constant pressure, low T region
h_TCompute specific enthalpy from temperature and gas data; reference is decided by the refChoice input, or by the referenceChoice package constant by default
h_T_derderivative function for h_T
h_TlowCompute specific enthalpy, low T region; reference is decided by the refChoice input, or by the referenceChoice package constant by default
h_Tlow_derCompute specific enthalpy, low T region; reference is decided by the refChoice input, or by the referenceChoice package constant by default
s0_TCompute specific entropy from temperature and gas data
s0_TlowCompute specific entropy, low T region
dynamicViscosityLowPressureDynamic viscosity of low pressure gases
dynamicViscositydynamic viscosity
thermalConductivityEstimateThermal conductivity of polyatomic gases(Eucken and Modified Eucken correlation)
thermalConductivitythermal conductivity of gas
molarMassreturn the molar mass of the medium
T_hCompute temperature from specific enthalpy
T_psCompute temperature from pressure and specific entropy

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