[en] This paper presents the results of an on-going project to develop ThermoCycle, an open Modelica library for the simulation of low-capacity thermodynamic cycles and thermal systems. Special attention is paid to robustness and simulation speed since dynamic simulations are often limited by numerical constraints and failures, either during initialization or during integration. Furthermore, the use of complex equations of state (EOS) to compute thermodynamic properties significantly decreases the simulation speed. In this paper, the approach adopted in the library to overcome these challenges is presented and discussed.
Disciplines :
Energy
Author, co-author :
Quoilin, Sylvain ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Systèmes énergétiques
Desideri, Adriano ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Systèmes énergétiques
Wronski, Jorrit; Technical University of Denmark > Department of Mechanical Engineering
Bell, Ian ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Systèmes énergétiques
Lemort, Vincent ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Systèmes énergétiques
Language :
English
Title :
ThermoCycle: A Modelica library for the simulation of thermodynamic systems
Publication date :
2014
Event name :
10th International Modelica Conference
Event date :
from 10-03-2014 to 12-03-2014
Audience :
International
Main work title :
Proceedings of the 10th International Modelica Conference 2014