modelControllerAirForBurner

Controller to control the mass flow of the air source for the burner

Extends from TransiEnt.Basics.Icons.Controller (Icon for controller).

Information

1. Purpose of model

This is a controller to control the air mass flow for given fuel mass flow rate and composition as well as air excess ratio.

2. Level of detail, physical effects considered, and physical insight

The composition and mass flow rate of the fuel are measured and the necessary air is calculated. For the mass fraction of oxygen in air, 0.233 is assumed.

3. Limits of validity

The validity is limited because the composition is measured ideally and continuously which is not possible in reality.

4. Interfaces

m_flow_fuel: input for the fuel mass flow rate in [kg/s]

xi: input for the mass fractions of the fuel [kg/kg]

m_flow_air_source: output for the air mass flow rate (negative sign) in [kg/s]

5. Nomenclature

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6. Governing Equations

The minimum oxygen mass flow for a stochiometric complete combustion is calculated according to the reactions of the components CO, H2, CH4, C2H6, C3H8, C4H10. The hyperstochiometric air mass flow is calculated by dividing the minimum oxygen mass flow by the mass fraction of oxygen in air and multiplying it with the excess air ratio.

7. Remarks for Usage

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8. Validation

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9. References

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10. Version History

Model created by Carsten Bode (c.bode@tuhh.de) on Tue Apr 05 2016

Parameters

TypeNameDefaultDescription
SI.MolarMassM_CH40.01604Molar mass of methane
SI.MolarMassM_C2H60.03007Molar mass of ethane
SI.MolarMassM_C3H80.04410Molar mass of propane
SI.MolarMassM_C4H100.05812Molar mass of butane
SI.MolarMassM_O20.03200Molar mass of oxygen
SI.MolarMassM_CO0.02801Molar mass of carbonmonoxide
SI.MolarMassM_H20.00202Molar mass of hydrogen
SI.MassFractionxi_O2_air0.233Mass fraction of oxygen in air (that consists only of n2 and o2)
TransiEnt.Basics.Media.Gases.VLE_VDIWA_NG7_SG_O2_varvle_ng7_sg_o2Medium to be used
Fundamental Definitions
Reallambda1.1Excess air ratio

Connectors

TypeNameDefaultDescription
TransiEnt.Basics.Interfaces.General.MassFractionIn[vle_ng7_sg_o2.nc]xiMass composition of the fuel in vle_ng7_sg_o2
TransiEnt.Basics.Interfaces.General.MassFlowRateInm_flow_fuelFuel mass flow rate
TransiEnt.Basics.Interfaces.General.MassFlowRateOutm_flow_air_sourceAir mass flow rate for given lambda, negative because it is an input for a mass flow source

Components

TypeNameDefaultDescription
TransiEnt.SimCentersimCenter
SI.MassFlowRatem_flow_o2_stochOxygen mass flow rate for stochiometric combustion
SI.MassFlowRatem_flow_air_stochAir mass flow rate for stochiometric combustion