Heat Flow Rate Sensor

Ideal heat flow meter

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Libraries:
Simscape / Foundation Library / Thermal / Thermal Sensors

Description

The Heat Flow Rate Sensor block represents an ideal heat flow meter, that is, a device that converts a heat flow passing through the meter into a control signal proportional to this flow.

Connect this sensor in series with the block where you want to measure the heat flow because heat flow is a Through variable (for the thermal domain). Connecting the sensor in parallel may affect the simulation results because it is analogous to adding a bypass connection line between the connection points. A series connection within an existing line does not affect the simulation results and provides an accurate measurement.

Connections A and B are thermal conserving ports. Port H is a physical signal port that outputs the heat flow value.

The block positive direction is from port A to port B.

Ports

Output

H — Heat flow rate measurement, W

physical signal

Physical signal output port for heat flow measurement.

Conserving

A — Sensor inlet

thermal

Thermal conserving port. The measurement is positive when the value at port A is greater than the value at port B.

B — Sensor outlet

thermal

Thermal conserving port. The measurement is positive when the value at port A is greater than the value at port B.

Extended Capabilities

C/C++ Code Generation
Generate C and C++ code using Simulink® Coder™.

Version History

Introduced in R2007b