MassFlowController Class Reference

A class for mass flow controllers. More...

#include <flowControllers.h>

Inheritance diagram for MassFlowController:

Detailed Description

A class for mass flow controllers.

The mass flow rate is constant or specified as a function of time.

Definition at line 20 of file flowControllers.h.

Public Member Functions
string	type () const override
	String indicating the flow device implemented.
void	setMassFlowRate (double mdot)
	Set the fixed mass flow rate (kg/s) through the mass flow controller.
void	setMassFlowCoeff (double m)
	Set the mass flow coefficient.
double	getMassFlowCoeff ()
	Get the mass flow coefficient.
void	setPressureFunction (Func1 *f) override
	Set a function of pressure that is used in determining the mass flow rate through the device.
void	updateMassFlowRate (double time) override
	If a function of time has been specified for mdot, then update the stored mass flow rate.
Public Member Functions inherited from FlowDevice
	FlowDevice (const FlowDevice &)=delete
FlowDevice &	operator= (const FlowDevice &)=delete
virtual string	type () const
	String indicating the flow device implemented.
double	massFlowRate ()
	Mass flow rate (kg/s).
virtual void	updateMassFlowRate (double time)
	Update the mass flow rate at time 'time'.
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.
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.
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.
void	setSimTime (double time)
	Set current reactor network time.

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.

Member Function Documentation

type()

string type ( ) const

inlineoverridevirtual

String indicating the flow device implemented.

Usually corresponds to the name of the derived class.

Reimplemented from FlowDevice.

Definition at line 25 of file flowControllers.h.

setMassFlowRate()

void setMassFlowRate

(

double

mdot

)

Set the fixed mass flow rate (kg/s) through the mass flow controller.

Definition at line 13 of file flowControllers.cpp.

setMassFlowCoeff()

void setMassFlowCoeff ( double  m )

inline

Set the mass flow coefficient.

m has units of kg/s. The mass flow rate is computed as:

\[\dot{m} = m g(t) \]

where g is a function of time that is set by setTimeFunction. If no function is specified, the mass flow rate defaults to:

\[\dot{m} = m \]

Definition at line 40 of file flowControllers.h.

getMassFlowCoeff()

double getMassFlowCoeff ( )

inline

Get the mass flow coefficient.

Definition at line 45 of file flowControllers.h.

setPressureFunction()

void setPressureFunction ( Func1 *  f )

inlineoverridevirtual

Set a function of pressure that is used in determining the mass flow rate through the device.

The evaluation of mass flow depends on the derived flow device class.

Reimplemented from FlowDevice.

Definition at line 49 of file flowControllers.h.

updateMassFlowRate()

void updateMassFlowRate ( double  time )

overridevirtual

If a function of time has been specified for mdot, then update the stored mass flow rate.

Otherwise, mdot is a constant, and does not need updating.

Reimplemented from FlowDevice.

Definition at line 21 of file flowControllers.cpp.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• flowControllers.h
• flowControllers.cpp