Data Definitions

This section collects and defines all the data needed to build the instance models.

RefnameDD:waterMass
LabelMass of water
Symbol\({m_{\text{W}}}\)
Units\({\text{kg}}\)
Equation\[{m_{\text{W}}}={V_{\text{W}}}\,{ρ_{\text{W}}}\]
Description
  • \({m_{\text{W}}}\) is the mass of water (\({\text{kg}}\))
  • \({V_{\text{W}}}\) is the volume of water (\({\text{m}^{3}}\))
  • \({ρ_{\text{W}}}\) is the density of water (\(\frac{\text{kg}}{\text{m}^{3}}\))
Source
RefByFR:Find-Mass
RefnameDD:waterVolume.nopcm
LabelVolume of water
Symbol\({V_{\text{W}}}\)
Units\({\text{m}^{3}}\)
Equation\[{V_{\text{W}}}={V_{\text{tank}}}\]
Description
  • \({V_{\text{W}}}\) is the volume of water (\({\text{m}^{3}}\))
  • \({V_{\text{tank}}}\) is the volume of the cylindrical tank (\({\text{m}^{3}}\))
Notes
Source
RefByFR:Find-Mass
RefnameDD:tankVolume
LabelVolume of the cylindrical tank
Symbol\({V_{\text{tank}}}\)
Units\({\text{m}^{3}}\)
Equation\[{V_{\text{tank}}}=π\,\left(\frac{D}{2}\right)^{2}\,L\]
Description
  • \({V_{\text{tank}}}\) is the volume of the cylindrical tank (\({\text{m}^{3}}\))
  • \(π\) is the ratio of circumference to diameter for any circle (Unitless)
  • \(D\) is the diameter of tank (\({\text{m}}\))
  • \(L\) is the length of tank (\({\text{m}}\))
Source
RefByDD:waterVolume_nopcm and FR:Find-Mass
RefnameDD:balanceDecayRate
LabelODE parameter for water related to decay time
Symbol\({τ_{\text{W}}}\)
Units\({\text{s}}\)
Equation\[{τ_{\text{W}}}=\frac{{m_{\text{W}}}\,{C_{\text{W}}}}{{h_{\text{C}}}\,{A_{\text{C}}}}\]
Description
  • \({τ_{\text{W}}}\) is the ODE parameter for water related to decay time (\({\text{s}}\))
  • \({m_{\text{W}}}\) is the mass of water (\({\text{kg}}\))
  • \({C_{\text{W}}}\) is the specific heat capacity of water (\(\frac{\text{J}}{\text{kg}{}^{\circ}\text{C}}\))
  • \({h_{\text{C}}}\) is the convective heat transfer coefficient between coil and water (\(\frac{\text{W}}{\text{m}^{2}{}^{\circ}\text{C}}\))
  • \({A_{\text{C}}}\) is the heating coil surface area (\({\text{m}^{2}}\))
Sourcekoothoor2013
RefByIM:eBalanceOnWtr and FR:Output-Input-Derived-Values