Sylvain Quoilin
University of Liège, Energy Systems Research Unit, Liège, Belgium
Adriano Desideri
University of Liège, Energy Systems Research Unit, Liège, Belgium
Jorrit Wronski
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Ian Bell
University of Liège, Energy Systems Research Unit, Liège, Belgium
Vincent Lemort
University of Liège, Energy Systems Research Unit, Liège, Belgium
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/ecp14096683Published in: Proceedings of the 10th International Modelica Conference; March 10-12; 2014; Lund; Sweden
Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 96:72, p. 683-692
This paper presents the results of an on-going project to develop ThermoCycle; an open Modelica library for the simulation of low-capacity thermodynamic cycles and thermal systems. Special attention is paid to robustness and simulation speed since dynamic simulations are often limited by numerical constraints and failures; either during initialization or during integration. Furthermore; the use of complex equations of state (EOS) to compute thermodynamic properties significantly decreases the simulation speed. In this paper;
the approach adopted in the library to overcome these challenges is presented and discussed.
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