modelCounterCurrentFEM

Counter-current heat transfer adaptor for 1D FEM heat exchangers

Extends from Icons.HeatFlow.

Information

This component can be used to model counter-current heat transfer. The temperature and flux vectors on one side are swapped with respect to the other side. This means that the temperature of node j on side 1 is equal to the temperature of note N-j+1 on side 2; heat fluxes behave correspondingly.

The swapping is performed if the counterCurrent parameter is true (default value).

Parameters

TypeNameDefaultDescription
IntegerN2Number of Nodes
BooleancounterCurrenttrueSwap temperature and flux vector order

Connectors

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Thermal.DHTNodesside1
Thermal.DHTNodesside2

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