modelDynamicPlateHeatExchanger

Dynamic plate heat exchanger

Extends from ThermoSysPro.Fluid.Interfaces.IconColors (Colors of the static, singular and dynamic model icons).

Information

## Copyright © EDF 2002 - 2026   
## ThermoSysPro Version 4.2   
This component model is documented in Sect. 9.6.1 of the ThermoSysPro book.

Parameters

Type	Name	Default	Description
Units.SI.ThermalConductivity	lambdam	15.0	Metal thermal conductivity
Units.SI.CoefficientOfHeatTransfer	p_hc	6000	Heat transfer coefficient for the hot side if not computed by the correlations
Units.SI.CoefficientOfHeatTransfer	p_hf	3000	Heat transfer coefficient for the cold side if not computed by the correlations
Real	p_Kc	100	Pressure loss coefficient for the hot side if not computed by the correlations
Real	p_Kf	100	Pressure loss coefficient for the cold side if not computed by the correlations
Units.SI.Volume	Vc	1	Hot side volume
Units.SI.Volume	Vf	1	Cold side volume
Units.SI.Thickness	emetal	0.0006	Wall thickness
Units.SI.Area	Sp	2	Plate area
Real	nbp	499	Number of plates
Real	c1	1.12647	Correction coefficient
Integer	Ns	10	Number of segments
Integer	heat_exchange_correlation	1	Correlation for the computation of the heat exchange coefficient - 0: no correlation. 1: SRI correlations
Integer	pressure_loss_correlation	1	Correlation for the computation of the pressure loss coefficient - 0: no correlation. 1: SRI correlations
Units.SI.MassFlowRate	gamma_diff_c	1e-4	Diffusion conductance for the hot fluid (active if diffusion=true in neighbouring volumes)
Units.SI.MassFlowRate	gamma_diff_f	1e-4	Diffusion conductance for the cold fluid (active if diffusion=true in neighbouring volumes)
Units.SI.AbsolutePressure	Pc0	1.e5	Hot fluid initial pressure (active if steady_state = false)
Units.SI.AbsolutePressure	Pf0	1.e5	Cold fluid initial pressure (active if steady_state = false)
Units.SI.Temperature[Ns]	Tc0	fill(290, Ns)	Initial hot fluid temperature (active if steady_state = false and option_temperature=true)
Units.SI.Temperature[Ns]	Tf0	fill(290, Ns)	Initial cold fluid temperature (active if steady_state = false and option_temperature=true)
Units.SI.SpecificEnthalpy[Ns]	hc0	fill(1e5, Ns)	Initial hot fluid specific enthalpy (active if steady_state = false and option_temperature=false)
Units.SI.SpecificEnthalpy[Ns]	hf0	fill(1e5, Ns)	Initial cold fluid specific enthalpy (active if steady_state = false and option_temperature=false)
Boolean	dynamic_energy_balance	true	true: dynamic energy balance equation - false: static energy balance equation
Boolean	steady_state	true	true: start from steady state - false: start from T0 (if option_temperature = true) or h0 (if option_temperature=false)(active if dynamic_energy_balance=true)
Boolean	option_temperature	true	true: initial temperature is fixed - false: initial specific enthalpy is fixed (active if steady_state=false)
Boolean	continuous_flow_reversal	false	true: continuous flow reversal - false: discontinuous flow reversal
Boolean	diffusion	false	true: energy balance equation with diffusion - false: energy balance equation without diffusion
Fluid › Fluid properties
Units.SI.Density	p_rhoc	0	If > 0, fixed fluid density for the hot fluid
Units.SI.Density	p_rhof	0	If > 0, fixed fluid density for the cold fluid
IF97Region	region_c	IF97Region.All_regions	Hot fluid IF97 region (active for IF97 water/steam only)
IF97Region	region_f	IF97Region.All_regions	Cold fluid IF97 region (active for IF97 water/steam only)

Connectors

Type	Name	Default	Description
Interfaces.Connectors.FluidInlet	Ec
Interfaces.Connectors.FluidInlet	Ef
Interfaces.Connectors.FluidOutlet	Sf
Interfaces.Connectors.FluidOutlet	Sc

Components

Type	Name	Default	Description
Units.SI.AbsolutePressure[N + 1]	Pc		Hot fluid pressure in node i
Units.SI.AbsolutePressure[N + 1]	Pf		Cold fluid pressure in node i
Units.SI.MassFlowRate[N]	Qc		Hot fluid mass flow rate in node i
Units.SI.MassFlowRate[N]	Qf		Cold fluid mass flow rate in node i
Units.SI.SpecificEnthalpy[N + 1]	hc		Hot fluid specific enthalpy in node i
Units.SI.SpecificEnthalpy[N + 1]	hf		Cold fluid specific enthalpy in node i
Units.SI.SpecificEnthalpy[N]	hbc		Hot fluid specific enthalpy at the boundary of node i
Units.SI.SpecificEnthalpy[N]	hbf		Cold fluid specific enthalpy at the boundary of node i
Units.SI.Density[N - 1]	rhoc1		Hot fluid density in thermal node i
Units.SI.Density[N - 1]	rhof1		Cold fluid density in thermal node i
Units.SI.Density[N]	rhoc2		Hot fluid density in hydraulic node i
Units.SI.Density[N]	rhof2		Cold fluid density in hydraulic node i
Units.SI.MassFlowRate[N - 1]	BQc		Right hand side of the mass balance equation for thermal node i for the hot fluid
Units.SI.MassFlowRate[N - 1]	BQf		Right hand side of the mass balance equation for thermal node i for the cold fluid
Units.SI.Power[N - 1]	BHc		Right hand side of the energy balance equation for thermal node i for the cold fluid
Units.SI.Power[N - 1]	BHf		Right hand side of the energy balance equation for thermal node i for the hot fluid
Units.SI.CoefficientOfHeatTransfer[N - 1]	hconv		Global heat transfer coefficient in thermal node i
Units.SI.CoefficientOfHeatTransfer[N - 1]	hconv_c		Hot fluid heat exchange coefficient in node i
Units.SI.CoefficientOfHeatTransfer[N - 1]	hconv_f		Cold fluid heat exchange coefficient in node i
Units.SI.ThermalConductivity[N - 1]	kc1		Hot fluid thermal conductivity in thermal node i
Units.SI.ThermalConductivity[N - 1]	kf1		Cold fluid thermal conductivity in thermal node i
Units.SI.ThermalConductivity[N]	kc2		Hot fluid thermal conductivity in hydraulic node i
Units.SI.ThermalConductivity[N]	kf2		Cold fluid thermal conductivity in hydraulic node i
Units.SI.DynamicViscosity[N - 1]	muc1		Hot fluid dynamic viscosity in thermal node i
Units.SI.DynamicViscosity[N - 1]	muf1		Cold fluid dynamic viscosity in thermal node i
Units.SI.DynamicViscosity[N]	muc2		Hot fluid dynamic viscosity in hydraulic node i
Units.SI.DynamicViscosity[N]	muf2		Cold fluid dynamic viscosity in hydraulic node i
Units.SI.SpecificHeatCapacity[N - 1]	cpc1		Hot fluid specific heat capacity in thermal node i
Units.SI.SpecificHeatCapacity[N - 1]	cpf1		Cold fluid specific heat capacity in thermal node i
Units.SI.SpecificHeatCapacity[N]	cpc2		Hot fluid specific heat capacity in hydraulic node i
Units.SI.SpecificHeatCapacity[N]	cpf2		Cold fluid specific heat capacity in hydraulic node i
Units.SI.ThermalConductivity[N - 1]	lambdac1		Hot fluid thermal conductivity in thermal node i
Units.SI.ThermalConductivity[N - 1]	lambdaf1		Cold fluid thermal conductivity in thermal node i
Units.SI.Temperature[N - 1]	Tc1		Hot fluid temperature in thermal node i
Units.SI.Temperature[N - 1]	Tf1		Cold fluid temperature in thermal node i
Units.SI.Temperature[N]	Tc2		Hot fluid temperature in hydraulic node i
Units.SI.Temperature[N]	Tf2		Cold fluid temperature in hydraulic node i
Units.SI.Area	dS		Heat exchange surface
Units.SI.Power[N - 1]	dW		Thermal power exchanged between the hot and cold sides in thermal node i
Real[N - 1]	qmc1
Real[N - 1]	qmf1
Real[N]	qmc2
Real[N]	qmf2
Real[N]	quc
Real[N]	quf
Real	M
ThermoSysPro.Units.SI.PressureDifference[N]	DPc		Pressure loss of the hot fluid in hydraulic node i
ThermoSysPro.Units.SI.PressureDifference[N]	DPf		Pressure loss of the cold fluid in hydraulic node i
Units.SI.Temperature	Tec		Fluid temperature at the hot inlet
Units.SI.Temperature	Tsc		Fluid temperature at the hot outlet
Units.SI.Temperature	Tef		Fluid temperature at the cold inlet
Units.SI.Temperature	Tsf		Fluid temperature at the cold outlet
FluidType	ftype_c		Hot fluid type
FluidType	ftype_f		Cold fluid type
Integer	fluid_c	Integer(ftype_c)	Hot fluid number
Integer	fluid_f	Integer(ftype_f)	Cold fluid number
ThermoSysPro.Units.SI.MassFraction	Xco2_c		Hot fluid CO2 mass fraction
ThermoSysPro.Units.SI.MassFraction	Xco2_f		Cold fluid CO2 mass fraction
ThermoSysPro.Units.SI.MassFraction	Xh2o_c		Hot fluid H2O mass fraction
ThermoSysPro.Units.SI.MassFraction	Xh2o_f		Cold fluid H2O mass fraction
ThermoSysPro.Units.SI.MassFraction	Xo2_c		Hot fluid O2 mass fraction
ThermoSysPro.Units.SI.MassFraction	Xo2_f		Cold fluid O2 mass fraction
ThermoSysPro.Units.SI.MassFraction	Xso2_c		Hot fluid SO2 mass fraction
ThermoSysPro.Units.SI.MassFraction	Xso2_f		Cold fluid SO2 mass fraction
Real[N]	diff_res_c		Diffusion resistance in hydraulic node i for the hot fluid
Real[N]	diff_res_f		Diffusion resistance in hydraulic node i for the cold fluid
Real	diff_res_t_c		Total diffusion resistance in the pipe for the hot fluid
Real	diff_res_t_f		Total diffusion resistance in the pipe for the cold fluid
Real[N - 1]	diff_res_e_c		Diffusion resistance at inlet of thermal node i for the hot fluid
Real[N - 1]	diff_res_e_f		Diffusion resistance at inlet of thermal node i for the cold fluid
Real[N - 1]	diff_res_s_c		Diffusion resistance at outlet of thermal node i for the hot fluid
Real[N - 1]	diff_res_s_f		Diffusion resistance at outlet of thermal node i for the cold fluid
Units.SI.MassFlowRate[N]	gamma_c		Total diffusion conductance in hydraulic node i for the hot fluid
Units.SI.MassFlowRate[N]	gamma_f		Total diffusion conductance in hydraulic node i for the cold fluid
Units.SI.MassFlowRate[N - 1]	gamma_e_c		Diffusion conductance at inlet of thermal node i for the hot fluid
Units.SI.MassFlowRate[N - 1]	gamma_e_f		Diffusion conductance at inlet of thermal node i for the cold fluid
Units.SI.MassFlowRate[N - 1]	gamma_s_c		Diffusion conductance at outlet of thermal node i for the hot fluid
Units.SI.MassFlowRate[N - 1]	gamma_s_f		Diffusion conductance at outlet of thermal node i for the cold fluid
Units.SI.Power[N - 1]	Je_c		Thermal power diffusion from inlet of thermal node i for the hot fluid
Units.SI.Power[N - 1]	Je_f		Thermal power diffusion from inlet of thermal node i for the cold fluid
Units.SI.Power[N - 1]	Js_c		Thermal power diffusion from outlet of thermal node i for the hot fluid
Units.SI.Power[N - 1]	Js_f		Thermal power diffusion from outlet of thermal node i for the cold fluid
Units.SI.Power[N - 1]	J_c		Total thermal power diffusion of thermal node i for the hot fluid
Units.SI.Power[N - 1]	J_f		Total thermal power diffusion of thermal node i for the cold fluid
Real[N - 1]	re_c		Value of r(Q/gamma) for inlet of thermal node i for the hot fluid
Real[N - 1]	re_f		Value of r(Q/gamma) for inlet of thermal node i for the cold fluid
Real[N - 1]	rs_c		Value of r(Q/gamma) for outlet of thermal node i for the hot fluid
Real[N - 1]	rs_f		Value of r(Q/gamma) for outlet of thermal node i for the cold fluid

Revisions

Authors  

Daniel Bouskela  
Baligh El Hefni