Conference article

Interfacing Models for Thermal Separation Processes with Fluid Property Data from External Sources

Kai Wellner
Hamburg University of Technology, Institute of Thermo-Fluid Dynamics, Hamburg, Germany

Carsten Trapp
Delft University of Technology, Propulsion and Power, Delft, The Netherlands

Gerhard Schmitz
Hamburg University of Technology, Institute of Thermo-Fluid Dynamics, Hamburg, Germany

Francesco Casella
Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Milano, Italy

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Published in: Proceedings of the 10th International Modelica Conference; March 10-12; 2014; Lund; Sweden

Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 96:70, p. 667-674

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Published: 2014-03-10

ISBN: 978-91-7519-380-9

ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)

Abstract

So far; when modelling processes that demand for multi-phase and multi-component fluid property data; the user has to implement the required media models in the Modelica language as these types of fluids are not supported by Modelica.Media. This paper presents a first approach on how to implement fluid property data in process models from external sources and highlights which problems have to be overcome. Furthermore; it provides recommendations for the design of an efficient and user-friendly interface to external media packages.

Keywords

Thermal separation; two-phase; multicomponent mixture; external fluid property data; transient simulation

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