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Mass Flow Sensor

Mass flow sensor

 

Description

Equations

Variables

Connections

Parameters

Modelica Standard Library

Description

The Mass Flow Sensor component is a two-port thermal-fluid component that generates a real signal proportional to the mass flow rate from flowPorta to flowPortb.

Equations

y=ρmediumVflow

Δp=0

Qflow=0

Variables

Name

Units

Description

Modelica ID

Δp

Pa

Pressure drop a->b

dp

Qflow

W

Heat exchange with ambient

Q_flow

Connections

Name

Description

Modelica ID

flowPorta

Thermal-Fluid FlowPort

flowPort_a

flowPortb

Thermal-Fluid FlowPort

flowPort_b

y

Real output; mass flow in kgs

y

Parameters

Name

Default

Units

Description

Modelica ID

medium

fluidMedium

 

Thermal-Fluid Media

medium

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 Sensors