The Heat Capacitor component models a generic ideal heat capacity, where no geometry is assumed beyond the volume and the temperature is uniform for the entire mass. The heat capacity is assumed to be constant, that is, independent of the temperature.

$C\stackrel{\.}{T}\=Q_{\mathrm{flow}}$

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