Summary for: CoolingChannelModel < ThermalModelElement

Class summary

CoolingChannelModel Convenience model for cooling channels.

The CoolingChannelModel is a composition of the BoundaryConnection class, intended for modelling heat conduction from the FE domain into a cooling channel, via a boundary. The connection is established between the specified boundary and the ambient temperature node by default.

By default, the model includes a thin layer of insulation on the channel boundary, as well as the heat transfer coefficient from the insulation surface into the coolant. The latter is computed from the characteristic length (4 * this.channel_perimeter / this.channel_area), coolant conductivity, and the Nusselt number. See this.calculate_channel_wall_heat_transfer_coefficient for implementation.

Alternatively, the net coefficient can be set manually by setting this.heat_transfer_coefficient_total.

Properties

.CoolingChannelModel/Nusselt_number is a property.

.CoolingChannelModel/channel_area is a property.

.CoolingChannelModel/channel_heat_transfer_coefficient is a property.

.CoolingChannelModel/channel_perimeter is a property.

.CoolingChannelModel/connection is a property.

.coolant_material Coolant material object.

A CoolantMaterialBase object. For now, properties are evaluated at 20.

If string or char, the material is set to SimpleCoolantMaterial.create(this.coolant_material) in this.initialize.

.correction_coefficient Not currently used.

.CoolingChannelModel/edges is a property.

.CoolingChannelModel/heat_transfer_coefficient_total is a property.

.CoolingChannelModel/magnetic_model is a property.

.CoolingChannelModel/surface_layer_thermal_conductivity is a property.

.CoolingChannelModel/surface_layer_thickness is a property.

.CoolingChannelModel/thermal_model is a property.

.CoolingChannelModel/wall_heat_transfer_coefficient is a property.

Methods

Class methods are listed below. Inherited methods are not included.

.CoolingChannelModel/calculate_and_set_net_heat_transfer_coefficient is a function.

calculate_and_set_net_heat_transfer_coefficient(this)

.CoolingChannelModel/calculate_channel_to_coolant_heat_transfer_coefficient is a function.

calculate_channel_to_coolant_heat_transfer_coefficient(this)

.CoolingChannelModel/calculate_channel_wall_heat_transfer_coefficient is a function.

calculate_channel_wall_heat_transfer_coefficient(this)

.CoolingChannelModel/initialize is a function.

initialize(this)

.CoolingChannelModel/initialize_from_domain is a function.

this = initialize_from_domain(this, thermal_model, component, domain_name)