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Fixed Heat Flow

Fixed heat flow boundary condition

Modelica Standard Library

	Description
	The Fixed Heat Flow component generates a specified heat flow.

	Equations
	$Q_{{flow}_{port}} = - Q_{flow} (1 + α (T - T_{ref}))$

Connections

Name	Description	Modelica ID
$port$	HeatPort	port

Parameters

Name	Default	Units	Description	Modelica ID
$Q_{flow}$		$W$	Fixed heat flow rate at port	Q_flow
$T_{ref}$	$293.15$	$K$	Reference temperature	T_ref
$α$	$0$	$\frac{1}{K}$	Temperature coefficient of heat flow rate	alpha

	Modelica Standard Library
	The component described in this topic is from the Modelica Standard Library. To view the original documentation, which includes author and copyright information, click here.

See Also

Thermal Overview

Thermal Sources

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