A class for mass flow controllers. More...

#include <flowControllers.h>

Inheritance diagram for MassFlowController:

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Public Member Functions
virtual bool	ready ()

virtual void	updateMassFlowRate (doublereal time)
	If a function of time has been specified for mdot, then update the stored mass flow rate.

int	type ()

doublereal	massFlowRate (double time=-999.0)
	Mass flow rate (kg/s).

doublereal	outletSpeciesMassFlowRate (size_t k)
	Mass flow rate of outlet species k.

doublereal	enthalpy_mass ()

bool	install (ReactorBase &in, ReactorBase &out)
	Setpoint.

ReactorBase &	in () const
	Return a reference to the upstream reactor.

const ReactorBase &	out () const
	Return a const reference to the downstream reactor.

virtual void	setParameters (int n, doublereal *coeffs)
	set parameters

void	setFunction (Cantera::Func1 *f)

void	setMassFlowRate (doublereal mdot)

Protected Attributes
doublereal	m_mdot

Cantera::Func1 *	m_func

vector_fp	m_coeffs

int	m_type

Detailed Description

A class for mass flow controllers.

The mass flow rate is constant, independent of any other parameters.

Definition at line 23 of file flowControllers.h.

Member Function Documentation

virtual void updateMassFlowRate ( doublereal time )

inlinevirtual

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 41 of file flowControllers.h.

References Func1::eval().

doublereal massFlowRate ( double time = -999.0 )

inlineinherited

Mass flow rate (kg/s).

Definition at line 65 of file FlowDevice.h.

doublereal outletSpeciesMassFlowRate ( size_t k )

inherited

Mass flow rate of outlet species k.

Returns zero if this species is not present in the upstream mixture.

Definition at line 56 of file FlowDevice.cpp.

References Cantera::npos.

bool install	(	ReactorBase &	in,
		ReactorBase &	out
	)

inherited

Setpoint.

Default = 0.0. Set the setpoint. May be changed at any time. By default, this does nothing. Set the controller gains. Returns false if the number of gains is too small, or if an illegal value is specified. Get the controller gains. Returns false if the 'gains' array is too small. Maximum difference between input and setpoint since last call to 'reset'. Install a flow device between two reactors.

Parameters