Modeling Refrigeration Systems with Simscape
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This course focuses on modeling refrigeration thermal management systems in Simulink® using Simscape Fluids™.
Topics include:
- Modeling thermal fluid systems
- Designing a refrigeration cycle
- Modeling refrigeration components
- Integrating components into a system-level model
- Implementing a digital controller
- Increasing model fidelity
- Estimating parameters based on experimental data
Day 1 of 1
Modeling Fluid Cooling Systems
Objective: Develop a thermal liquid model to simulate and analyze the performance of a fluid cooling system.
- Modeling a thermal fluid system
- Setting and visualizing fluid properties
- Adding and removing heat from fluids
- Solving fluid networks
Designing a Refrigeration Cycle
Objective: Design a two-phase fluid refrigeration cycle that meets specific design objectives.
- Reviewing common two-phase fluid properties
- Determining two-phase fluid properties
- Visualizing points and cycles using a pressure-enthalpy diagam
- Designing a refrigeration cycle
Modeling Refrigeration Components
Objective: Use harness models to individually model and test each component of the refrigeration system.
- Introducing model fidelity
- Creating harness models
- Modeling the chiller
- Modeling the compressor
Modeling the Refrigeration System
Objective: Combine refrigeration components into a system-level model and implement a digital controller for customizable thermal management.
- Building the open-loop model
- Closing the loop
- Designing a digital controller
- Troubleshooting refrigeration models
- Preparing for hardware-in-the-loop testing
Adding Model Fidelity
Objective: Improve the accuracy of a refrigeration component model by considering its geometric properties and estimating relevant parameters.
- Modeling the condenser geometry
- Comparing simulation results
- Estimating physical parameters
- Validating estimated parameters
