flowControllers.h

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/**
 *  @file flowControllers.h
 *
 *  Some flow devices derived from class FlowDevice.
 */

// Copyright 2001  California Institute of Technology

#ifndef CT_FLOWCONTR_H
#define CT_FLOWCONTR_H

#include "FlowDevice.h"
#include "ReactorBase.h"
#include "cantera/numerics/Func1.h"

namespace Cantera
{
/**
 * A class for mass flow controllers. The mass flow rate is constant or
 * specified as a function of time..
 */
class MassFlowController : public FlowDevice
{
public:
    MassFlowController() : FlowDevice() {
        m_type = MFC_Type;
    }

    virtual bool ready() {
        return FlowDevice::ready() && m_mdot >= 0.0;
    }

    /// 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.
    virtual void updateMassFlowRate(doublereal time) {
        if (m_func) {
            m_mdot = m_func->eval(time);
        }
        if (m_mdot < 0.0) {
            m_mdot = 0.0;
        }
    }
};

/**
 * A class for flow controllers where the flow rate is equal to the flow rate
 * of a "master" mass flow controller plus a correction proportional to the
 * pressure difference between the inlet and outlet.
 */
class PressureController : public FlowDevice
{
public:
    PressureController() : FlowDevice(), m_master(0) {
        m_type = PressureController_Type;
    }

    virtual bool ready() {
        return FlowDevice::ready() && m_master != 0;
    }

    void setMaster(FlowDevice* master) {
        m_master = master;
    }

    virtual void updateMassFlowRate(doublereal time) {
        doublereal master_mdot = m_master->massFlowRate(time);
        m_mdot = master_mdot + m_coeffs[0]*(in().pressure() -
                                            out().pressure());
        if (m_mdot < 0.0) {
            m_mdot = 0.0;
        }
    }

protected:
    FlowDevice* m_master;
};

//! Supply a mass flow rate that is a function of the pressure drop across the valve. 
/*!
 * The default behavior is a linearly proportional to the pressure difference.
 * Note that real valves do not have this behavior, so this class does not
 * model real, physical valves.
 */
class Valve : public FlowDevice
{
public:
    Valve() : FlowDevice() {
        m_type = Valve_Type;
    }

    virtual bool ready() {
        return FlowDevice::ready() && m_coeffs.size() >= 1;
    }

    /// Compute the currrent mass flow rate, based on the pressure difference.
    virtual void updateMassFlowRate(doublereal time) {
        double delta_P = in().pressure() - out().pressure();
        if (m_func) {
            m_mdot = m_func->eval(delta_P);
        } else {
            m_mdot = m_coeffs[0]*delta_P;
        }
        if (m_mdot < 0.0) {
            m_mdot = 0.0;
        }
    }
};

}
#endif