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Air Flow Sensor

Flow rate sensor of Air

  

 

Description

Equations

Variables

Connections

Parameters

See Also

Description

The Air Flow Sensor component monitors the mass flow rate and other properties. This component assumes an ideal situation; no energy is lost between the ports.

Equations

Monitor definitions:

mflow=`port_a.mflow`

hflow=actualStream`port_a.hflow`

ρ=actualStream`port_a.rho`

T=actualStream`port_a.T`

v=mflowactualStream`port_a.rho`A

Port's variable definitions:

`port_a.p`=`port_b.p`

`port_a.mflow`+`port_b.mflow`=0

`port_a.hflow`=inStream`port_b.hflow`

`port_b.hflow`=inStream`port_a.hflow`

`port_a.rho`=inStream`port_b.rho`

`port_b.rho`=inStream`port_a.rho`

`port_a.T`=inStream`port_b.T`

`port_b.T`=inStream`port_a.T`

 

Variables

Symbol

Units

Description

Modelica ID

mflow

kgs

Mass flow rate

mflow

v

ms

Velocity of flow

v

hflow

Jkg

Specific enthalpy

hflow

ρ

kgm3

Density

rho

T

K

Temperature

T

Connections

Name

Description

Modelica ID

port__a

Air Port

port_a

port__b

Air Port

port_b

mflow

Monitor port of Mass flow rate

mflow

ρ

Monitor port of Density

rho

hflow

Monitor port of Specific enthalpy

hflow

T

Monitor port of Temperature

T

v

Monitor port of Velocity

v

Parameters

Symbol

Default

Units

Description

Modelica ID

Airsimulationsettings 

AirSettings1

Specify a component of Air simulation settings

Settings

T unit

Kelvin

Select unit of Temperature output

T_UnitType

A

Pi400

m2

Flow area

A

See Also

Heat Transfer Library Overview

Air Overview

Air Sensors Overview