PressureController Class Reference

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. More...

#include <flowControllers.h>

Inheritance diagram for PressureController:

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Public Member Functions
virtual bool	ready ()
void	setMaster (FlowDevice *master)
virtual void	updateMassFlowRate (doublereal time)
	Update the mass flow rate at time 'time'. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from FlowDevice
int	type ()
	Return an integer indicating the type of flow device. More...
doublereal	massFlowRate (double time=-999.0)
doublereal	outletSpeciesMassFlowRate (size_t k)
doublereal	enthalpy_mass ()
	specific enthalpy More...
bool	install (ReactorBase &in, ReactorBase &out)
	Install a flow device between two reactors. More...
ReactorBase &	in () const
	Return a reference to the upstream reactor. More...
const ReactorBase &	out () const
	Return a const reference to the downstream reactor. More...
virtual void	setParameters (int n, doublereal *coeffs)
	set parameters More...
void	setFunction (Cantera::Func1 *f)
	Set a function of a single variable that is used in determining the mass flow rate through the device. More...
void	setMassFlowRate (doublereal mdot)
	Set the fixed mass flow rate (kg/s) through the flow device. More...

Protected Attributes
FlowDevice *	m_master
Protected Attributes inherited from FlowDevice
doublereal	m_mdot
Cantera::Func1 *	m_func
vector_fp	m_coeffs
int	m_type

Detailed Description

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.

Definition at line 49 of file flowControllers.h.

Member Function Documentation

virtual void updateMassFlowRate ( doublereal  time )

inlinevirtual

Update the mass flow rate at time 'time'.

This must be overloaded in subclassess to update m_mdot.

Reimplemented from FlowDevice.

Definition at line 64 of file flowControllers.h.

References FlowDevice::in(), FlowDevice::massFlowRate(), FlowDevice::out(), and ReactorBase::pressure().

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

• flowControllers.h