Modelling and simulation of heat exchangers in Modelica with Finite Element Methods
Francesco Casella, Francesco Schiavo · Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha) · 2003
The complete development of a Modelica model for 1-D heat exchangers is presented. The numerical method, termed Finite Element Method, is briefly reviewed and its application to heat exchangers partial differential equations is presented. Implementation issues are tackled as well, and the component developed is validated through simulation within the framework of ThermoPower, a recently released Modelica library for thermal power plants modelling, simulation and control. The component is included into such library which is publicly available through the Web [1].