| Real | pi | Modelica.Constants.pi | |
| Integer | N | 2 | Number of cells per collector |
| Integer | Ns | 1 | Number of Collector in series |
| Integer | Nt | 1 | Number of collectors in parallel |
| Modelica.SIunits.MassFlowRate | Mdotnom | | Total nominal Mass flow |
| Modelica.SIunits.Temperature | Tstart_inlet_collector | ThermoCycle.Functions.Solar.T_start_inlet(T_start_inlet = Tstart_inlet, T_start_outlet = Tstart_outlet, Ns = Ns) | |
| Modelica.SIunits.Temperature | Tstart_outlet_collector | ThermoCycle.Functions.Solar.T_start_outlet(T_start_inlet = Tstart_inlet, T_start_outlet = Tstart_outlet, Ns = Ns) | |
| ThermoCycle.Components.HeatFlow.Walls.SolarAbsorber.Geometry.Schott_SopoNova.BaseGeometry | CollectorGeometry | | |
| General › Heat transfer |
| Modelica.SIunits.CoefficientOfHeatTransfer | Unom_l | 300 | if HTtype = LiqVap: heat transfer coefficient, liquid zone |
| Modelica.SIunits.CoefficientOfHeatTransfer | Unom_tp | 700 | if HTtype = LiqVap: heat transfer coefficient, two-phase zone |
| Modelica.SIunits.CoefficientOfHeatTransfer | Unom_v | 400 | if HTtype = LiqVap: heat transfer coefficient, vapor zone |
| Initialization |
| Modelica.SIunits.Temperature | Tstart_inlet | | Temperature of the fluid at the inlet of the collector |
| Modelica.SIunits.Temperature | Tstart_outlet | | Temperature of the fluid at the outlet of the collector |
| Modelica.SIunits.Pressure | pstart | | Temperature of the fluid at the inlet of the collector |
| Initialization › Intialization options |
| Boolean | steadystate_T_fl | false | if true, sets the derivative of the fluid Temperature in each cell to zero during Initialization |
| Numerical options |
| Discretizations | Discretization | ThermoCycle.Functions.Enumerations.Discretizations.centr_diff | Selection of the spatial discretization scheme |
| Boolean | Mdotconst | false | Set to yes to assume constant mass flow rate of primary fluid at each node (easier convergence) |
| Boolean | max_der | false | Set to yes to limit the density derivative of primary fluid during phase transitions |
| Boolean | filter_dMdt | false | Set to yes to filter dMdt of primary fluid with a first-order filter |
| Real | max_drhodt | 100 | Maximum value for the density derivative of primary fluid |
| Modelica.SIunits.Time | TT | 1 | Integration time of the first-order filter |
FluidHeatTransferModel