Supply a mass flow rate that is a function of the pressure drop across the valve. More...

#include <flowControllers.h>

Inheritance diagram for Valve:

Detailed Description

Supply a mass flow rate that is a function of the pressure drop across the valve.

The default behavior is a linearly proportional to the pressure difference. Note that real valves do not have this behavior, so this class does not model real, physical valves.

The device coefficient c sets the proportionality constant between pressure drop and mass flow rate and has units of kg/s/Pa. The mass flow rate is computed as:

\[\dot{m} = c g(t) f(\Delta P) \]

where g and f are functions of time and pressure drop that are set by setTimeFunction and setPressureFunction, respectively. If no functions are specified, the mass flow rate defaults to:

\[\dot{m} = c \Delta P \]

Definition at line 151 of file flowControllers.h.

Public Member Functions
string	type () const override
	String indicating the connector implemented.

void	setValveCoeff (double c)
	Set the proportionality constant between pressure drop and mass flow rate.

double	getValveCoeff ()
	Get the valve coefficient.

void	updateMassFlowRate (double time) override
	Compute the current mass flow rate, based on the pressure difference.

	FlowDevice (shared_ptr< ReactorBase > r0, shared_ptr< ReactorBase > r1, const string &name="(none)")

Public Member Functions inherited from FlowDevice
	FlowDevice (shared_ptr< ReactorBase > r0, shared_ptr< ReactorBase > r1, const string &name="(none)")

string	type () const override
	String indicating the connector implemented.

double	massFlowRate ()
	Mass flow rate (kg/s).

virtual void	updateMassFlowRate (double time)
	Update the mass flow rate at time 'time'.

virtual void	setMassFlowRate (double mdot)
	Set the fixed mass flow rate (kg/s) through a flow device.

double	deviceCoefficient () const
	Get the device coefficient (defined by derived class).

void	setDeviceCoefficient (double c)
	Set the device coefficient (defined by derived class).

virtual void	setPrimary (shared_ptr< ConnectorNode > primary)
	Set the primary mass flow controller.

double	outletSpeciesMassFlowRate (size_t k)
	Mass flow rate (kg/s) of outlet species k.

double	enthalpy_mass ()
	specific enthalpy

bool	install (ReactorBase &in, ReactorBase &out)
	Install a flow device between two reactors.

virtual bool	ready ()

ReactorBase &	in () const
	Return a reference to the upstream reactor.

const ReactorBase &	out () const
	Return a const reference to the downstream reactor.

ReactorBase &	out ()
	Return a mutable reference to the downstream reactor.

double	evalPressureFunction ()
	Return current value of the pressure function.

virtual void	setPressureFunction (Func1 *f)
	Set a function of pressure that is used in determining the mass flow rate through the device.

virtual void	setPressureFunction (shared_ptr< Func1 > f)
	Set a function of pressure to modify the pressure response.

double	evalTimeFunction ()
	Return current value of the time function.

virtual void	setTimeFunction (Func1 *g)
	Set a function of time that is used in determining the mass flow rate through the device.

virtual void	setTimeFunction (shared_ptr< Func1 > g)
	Set a function of time to modulate the mass flow rate.

void	setSimTime (double time)
	Set current reactor network time.

	ConnectorNode (const string &name="(none)")
	Transitional constructor.

	ConnectorNode (shared_ptr< ReactorBase > r0, shared_ptr< ReactorBase > r1, const string &name="(none)")
	Instantiate a ConnectorNode object with associated ReactorBase objects.

	ConnectorNode (const ConnectorNode &)=delete

Public Member Functions inherited from ConnectorNode
	ConnectorNode (const string &name="(none)")
	Transitional constructor.

	ConnectorNode (shared_ptr< ReactorBase > r0, shared_ptr< ReactorBase > r1, const string &name="(none)")
	Instantiate a ConnectorNode object with associated ReactorBase objects.

	ConnectorNode (const ConnectorNode &)=delete

ConnectorNode &	operator= (const ConnectorNode &)=delete

virtual string	type () const
	String indicating the connector implemented.

string	name () const
	Retrieve connector name.

void	setName (const string &name)
	Set connector name.

void	setDefaultName (map< string, int > &counts)
	Set the default name of a connector. Returns `false` if it was previously set.

Additional Inherited Members
Protected Attributes inherited from FlowDevice
double	m_mdot = Undef

Func1 *	m_pfunc = nullptr
	Function set by setPressureFunction; used by updateMassFlowRate.

Func1 *	m_tfunc = nullptr
	Function set by setTimeFunction; used by updateMassFlowRate.

double	m_coeff = 1.0
	Coefficient set by derived classes; used by updateMassFlowRate.

double	m_time = 0.
	Current reactor network time.

Protected Attributes inherited from ConnectorNode
pair< shared_ptr< ReactorBase >, shared_ptr< ReactorBase > >	m_nodes
	Pair of reactors forming end points of the connector.

string	m_name
	ConnectorNode name.

bool	m_defaultNameSet = false
	`true` if default name has been previously set.

Member Function Documentation

◆ type()

string type ( ) const

inlineoverridevirtual

String indicating the connector implemented.

Usually corresponds to the name of the derived class.

Reimplemented from FlowDevice.

Definition at line 156 of file flowControllers.h.

◆ setValveCoeff()

void setValveCoeff ( double c )

inline

Set the proportionality constant between pressure drop and mass flow rate.

Definition at line 161 of file flowControllers.h.

◆ getValveCoeff()

double getValveCoeff ( )

inline

Get the valve coefficient.

Definition at line 166 of file flowControllers.h.

◆ updateMassFlowRate()

void updateMassFlowRate ( double time )

overridevirtual

Compute the current mass flow rate, based on the pressure difference.

Reimplemented from FlowDevice.

Definition at line 63 of file flowControllers.cpp.

◆ FlowDevice()

FlowDevice	(	shared_ptr< ReactorBase >	r0,
		shared_ptr< ReactorBase >	r1,
		const string &	name = `"(none)"`
	)

Definition at line 27 of file FlowDevice.cpp.

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