.ThermofluidStream.Processes.ConductionElement .ThermofluidStream.Processes.ConductionElementThis model represents an element with a fixed volume (fig. 1). The mass inside the volume is assumed quasi-stationary, meaning it is computed statically using the volume and density, and the inlet mass flow is coupled to the outlet mass flow.
Because of this, the ConductionElement cannot be used as a loop breaker.
The advantage of this approach is that multiple ConductionElements can be connected in series without causing oscillations or fast eigenvalues between their masses. The ConductionElement implements conservation of mass and energy equations for the fluid contained within the component.
For further details, see the documentation of the base class Internal.PartialConductionElement.
The useHeatTransferPropertyInput option can be
selected to enable input connectors for the overall heat transfer
coefficient U or the thermal conductance k =
U*A. The resistanceFromAU checkbox determines
which quantity is activated:
useHeatTransferPropertyInput = true and
resistanceFromAU = true: enables the U
input (overall heat transfer coefficient)useHeatTransferPropertyInput = true and
resistanceFromAU = false: enables the k
input (thermal conductance)useHeatTransferPropertyInput = false and
resistanceFromAU = true: enables the U
parameter (overall heat transfer coefficient)useHeatTransferPropertyInput = false and
resistanceFromAU = false: enables the k
parameter (thermal conductance)