modelStaticPlateHeatExchanger

Static 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. 9.6.2 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.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	exchanger_type	1	Exchanger type - 1: counter-current. 2: co-current
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)
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	IF97 region for the hot fluid (active for IF97 water/steam only)
IF97Region	region_f	IF97Region.All_regions	IF97 region for the cold fluid (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.Power	W		Thermal power exchanged between the two sides
ThermoSysPro.Units.SI.PressureDifference	DPc		Pressure loss of the hot fluid
ThermoSysPro.Units.SI.PressureDifference	DPf		Pressure loss of the cold fluid
Units.SI.CoefficientOfHeatTransfer	hc		Heat transfer coefficient of the hot fluid
Units.SI.CoefficientOfHeatTransfer	hf		Heat transfer coefficient of the cold fluid
Units.SI.CoefficientOfHeatTransfer	K		Global heat transfer coefficient
Units.SI.Area	S		Heat exchange surface
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
ThermoSysPro.Units.SI.TemperatureDifference	DTm		Difference in average temperature
ThermoSysPro.Units.SI.TemperatureDifference	DT1		Temperature difference at the inlet of the exchanger
ThermoSysPro.Units.SI.TemperatureDifference	DT2		Temperature difference at the outlet of the exchanger
Real	DT12		DT1/DT2 (s.u.)
Units.SI.MassFlowRate	Qc		Mass flow rate of the hot fluid
Units.SI.MassFlowRate	Qf		Mass flow rate of the cold fluid
Real	qmc
Real	qmf
Real	quc
Real	quf
Real	N
Units.SI.Density	rhoc		Hot fluid density
Units.SI.Density	rhof		Cold fluid density
Units.SI.DynamicViscosity	muc		Hot fluid dynamic viscosity
Units.SI.DynamicViscosity	muf		Cold fluid dynamic viscosity
Units.SI.ThermalConductivity	lambdac		Hot fluid thermal conductivity
Units.SI.ThermalConductivity	lambdaf		Cold fluid thermal conductivity
Units.SI.Temperature	Tmc		Hot fluid average temperature
Units.SI.Temperature	Tmf		Cold fluid average temperature
Units.SI.AbsolutePressure	Pmc		Hot fluid average pressure
Units.SI.AbsolutePressure	Pmf		Cold fluid average pressure
Units.SI.SpecificEnthalpy	Hmc		Hot fluid average specific enthalpy
Units.SI.SpecificEnthalpy	Hmf		Cold fluid average specific enthalpy
FluidType	ftype_c		Fluid type for the hot fluid
Integer	fluid_c	Integer(ftype_c)	Fluid number for the hot fluid
FluidType	ftype_f		Fluid type for the cold fluid
Integer	fluid_f	Integer(ftype_f)	Fluid number for the cold fluid
ThermoSysPro.Properties.WaterSteam.Common.ThermoProperties_ph	proce
ThermoSysPro.Properties.WaterSteam.Common.ThermoProperties_ph	procs
ThermoSysPro.Properties.WaterSteam.Common.ThermoProperties_ph	profe
ThermoSysPro.Properties.WaterSteam.Common.ThermoProperties_ph	profs
ThermoSysPro.Properties.WaterSteam.Common.ThermoProperties_ph	proc
ThermoSysPro.Properties.WaterSteam.Common.ThermoProperties_ph	prof

Revisions

Author  

Daniel Bouskela