Convective Resistor

Lumped thermal element for heat convection

 Description The Convective Resistor component models a linear heat convection between solid geometries and fluid flow over the solid using a convective thermal resistance controlled by an input signal.
 Equations ${Q}_{\mathrm{flow}}={Q}_{{\mathrm{flow}}_{\mathrm{solid}}}=-{Q}_{{\mathrm{flow}}_{\mathrm{fluid}}}$ $\Delta T={T}_{\mathrm{solid}}-{T}_{\mathrm{fluid}}={R}_{c}{Q}_{\mathrm{flow}}$

Variables

 Name Units Description Modelica ID ${Q}_{\mathrm{flow}}$ $W$ Heat flow rate from solid to fluid Q_flow $\mathrm{dT}$ $K$ Temperature difference between ports dT

Connections

 Name Description Modelica ID ${R}_{c}$ Real input; convective thermal resistance in $\frac{K}{W}$ Rc $\mathrm{solid}$ HeatPort for solid solid $\mathrm{fluid}$ HeatPort for fluid fluid

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