TemplateMedium

Template for media models

Package Contents

BaseProperties

Base properties of medium

ThermodynamicState

A selection of variables that uniquely defines the thermodynamic state

dynamicViscosity

Return dynamic viscosity

thermalConductivity

Return thermal conductivity

specificEntropy

Return specific entropy

specificHeatCapacityCp

Return specific heat capacity at constant pressure

specificHeatCapacityCv

Return specific heat capacity at constant volume

isentropicExponent

Return isentropic exponent

velocityOfSound

Return velocity of sound

Package Constants (21)

ThermoStates

Value:

Type: IndependentVariables

Description: Enumeration type for independent variables

mediumName

Value: "NameOfMedium"

Type: String

Description: Name of the medium

substanceNames

Value: {mediumName}

Type: String[:]

Description: Names of the mixture substances. Set substanceNames={mediumName} if only one substance.

extraPropertiesNames

Value: fill("", 0)

Type: String[:]

Description: Names of the additional (extra) transported properties. Set extraPropertiesNames=fill("",0) if unused

singleState

Value: false

Type: Boolean

Description: = true, if u and d are not a function of pressure

reducedX

Value: true

Type: Boolean

Description: = true if medium contains the equation sum(X) = 1.0; set reducedX=true if only one substance (see docu for details)

fixedX

Value: true

Type: Boolean

Description: = true if medium contains the equation X = reference_X

reference_p

Value: 101325

Type: AbsolutePressure (Pa)

Description: Reference pressure of Medium: default 1 atmosphere

reference_T

Value: 298.15

Type: Temperature (K)

Description: Reference temperature of Medium: default 25 deg Celsius

reference_X

Value: fill(1 / nX, nX)

Type: MassFraction[nX] (kg/kg)

Description: Default mass fractions of medium

p_default

Value: 101325

Type: AbsolutePressure (Pa)

Description: Default value for pressure of medium (for initialization)

T_default

Value: Modelica.SIunits.Conversions.from_degC(20)

Type: Temperature (K)

Description: Default value for temperature of medium (for initialization)

h_default

Value: specificEnthalpy_pTX(p_default, T_default, X_default)

Type: SpecificEnthalpy (J/kg)

Description: Default value for specific enthalpy of medium (for initialization)

X_default

Value: reference_X

Type: MassFraction[nX] (kg/kg)

Description: Default value for mass fractions of medium (for initialization)

C_default

Value: fill(0, nC)

Type: ExtraProperty[nC]

Description: Default value for trace substances of medium (for initialization)

nS

Value: size(substanceNames, 1)

Type: Integer

Description: Number of substances

nX

Value: nS

Type: Integer

Description: Number of mass fractions

nXi

Value: if fixedX then 0 else if reducedX then nS - 1 else nS

Type: Integer

Description: Number of structurally independent mass fractions (see docu for details)

nC

Value: size(extraPropertiesNames, 1)

Type: Integer

Description: Number of extra (outside of standard mass-balance) transported properties

C_nominal

Value: 1.0e-6 * ones(nC)

Type: Real[nC]

Description: Default for the nominal values for the extra properties

cp_const

Value: 123456

Type: SpecificHeatCapacity (J/(kg·K))

Description: Constant specific heat capacity at constant pressure

Information

This information is part of the Modelica Standard Library maintained by the Modelica Association.

This package is a template for new medium models. For a new medium model just make a copy of this package, remove the "partial" keyword from the package and provide the information that is requested in the comments of the Modelica source.