Convection
Lumped thermal element for heat convection
Description
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Variables
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Modelica Standard Library
The Convection component models a linear heat convection between solid geometries and fluid flow over the solid using a convective thermal conductance controlled by an input signal.
Qflow=Qflowsolid=−Qflowfluid=Gc⁢ΔT
ΔT=Tsolid−Tfluid
Name
Units
Modelica ID
Qflow
W
Heat flow rate from solid -> fluid
Q_flow
ΔT
K
= solid.T - fluid.T
dT
Gc
Real input; convective thermal conductance in WK
solid
HeatPort for solid
fluid
HeatPort for fluid
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See Also
Heat Transfer Components
Thermal Overview
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