Package Modelica.​Fluid.​Fittings.​Orifices
Flow models for orifices

Information

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Extends from Modelica.​Icons.​VariantsPackage (Icon for package containing variants).

Package Contents

NameDescription
ThickEdgedOrificeThicked edged orifice flow model

Model Modelica.​Fluid.​Fittings.​Orifices.​ThickEdgedOrifice
Thicked edged orifice flow model

Information

This component models a thick edged orifice with sharp corners in the overall flow regime for incompressible and single-phase fluid flow through an arbitrary shaped cross sectional area (square, circular, etc.) considering influence of surface roughness. It is expected that also compressible fluid flow can be handled up to about Ma = 0.3. It is assumed that neither mass nor energy is stored in this component. In the model basically a function is called to compute the mass flow rate as a function of pressure loss for a thick edged orifice. Also the inverse of this function is defined, and a tool might use this inverse function instead, in order to avoid the solution of a nonlinear equation.

The details of the model are described in the documentation of the underlying function.

Extends from Modelica.​Fluid.​Dissipation.​Utilities.​Icons.​PressureLoss.​Orifice_i (Icon for orifice) and Modelica.​Fluid.​Interfaces.​PartialPressureLoss (Base flow model for pressure loss functions with the same area at port_a and at port_b).

Parameters

TypeNameDefaultDescription
BooleanallowFlowReversalsystem.​allowFlowReversal= true to allow flow reversal, false restricts to design direction (port_a -> port_b)
AbsolutePressuredp_start0.01 * system.p_startGuess value of dp = port_a.p - port_b.p
MassFlowRatem_flow_startsystem.​m_flow_startGuess value of m_flow = port_a.m_flow
MassFlowRatem_flow_smallif system.use_eps_Re then system.eps_m_flow * system.m_flow_nominal else system.m_flow_smallSmall mass flow rate for regularization of zero flow
Booleanshow_Ttrue= true, if temperatures at port_a and port_b are computed
Booleanshow_V_flowtrue= true, if volume flow rate at inflowing port is computed
Geometrygeometry Geometry of thick edged orifice

Connectors

TypeNameDescription
FluidPort_aport_aFluid connector a (positive design flow direction is from port_a to port_b)
FluidPort_bport_bFluid connector b (positive design flow direction is from port_a to port_b)