modelmGSev

Evaporation

Extends from BondLib.Interfaces.ModTwoPort (Partial model invoking two bondgraphic connectors and one signal connector).

Information

Evaporation is modeled in this program using Teten's law [1,2], an experimental equation that avoids the need of using steam tables.

In the process of evaporation, sensible heat gets converted to latent heat.

Water vapor is at a higher energy level than liquid water. In order to evaporate, the activation energy must be overcome that is needed to provide the water molecules with the additional energy. This energy is taken out of the thermal domain.

In our model, humidity is used as an effort variable. It gets multiplied with a quantity that corresponds to the power converted in the process.

The humidity generated in the process of evaporation is proportional to the difference between the current humidity and the humidity at saturation vapor pressure, i.e., the humidity at the dew point.


Parameters:

  pao:  Atmospheric pressure (default value = 87.848 kPa)


References:

  1. Murray, F.W. (1967), "On the Computation of Saturation Vapor Pressure," L. Appl. Meteorol., 6, pp. 203-204.
  2. Otárola A., M. Holdaway, L.-Å. Nyman, S.J.E. Radford, and B.J. Butler (2005), "ALMA Memo #512 - Atmospheric Transparency at Chajnantor: 1973-2003," Atacama Large Millimeter Array Memos.

Parameters

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Realpao87.848Atmospheric pressure

Connectors

TypeNameDefaultDescription
BondLib.Interfaces.BondConBondCon1 (from ModTwoPort)Left bond graph connector
BondLib.Interfaces.BondConBondCon2 (from ModTwoPort)Right bond graph connector
Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealInputs (from ModTwoPort)Signal input

Components

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Reale1 (from ModTwoPort)Bondgraphic primary effort
Realf1 (from ModTwoPort)Bondgraphic primary flow
Reale2 (from ModTwoPort)Bondgraphic secondary effort
Realf2 (from ModTwoPort)Bondgraphic secondary flow
RealGBondgraphic evaporation conductance
RealsvpSaturation vapor pressure
RealhumHumidity ratio
RealPPower flow into evaporation