VariableHeatCapacitor

Lumped thermal element storing heat with variable capacity

    VariableHeatCapacitor

Library

Thermal/HeatTransfer

Description

This is a generic model for the heat capacity of a material. No specific geometry is assumed beyond a total volume with uniform temperature for the entire volume. The heat capacity is set by an input.

Parameters

VariableHeatCapacitor_0

NameLabelDescriptionData TypeValid Values

mo_C

C

C

Structure

mo_C/fixed

fixed

Cell of scalars

true
false

mo_C/start

start

Cell of scalars

mo_T

T

T

Structure

mo_T/fixed

fixed

Cell of scalars

true
false

mo_T/start

start

Cell of scalars

mo_der_T

der_T

der_T

Structure

mo_der_T/fixed

fixed

Cell of scalars

true
false

mo_der_T/start

start

Cell of scalars

Ports

NameTypeDescriptionIO TypeNumber

C

implicit

Variable thermal conductance

input

1

port

implicit

input

2