Moist Air Properties (MA)
Global humid air properties for units connected to the humid air circuit.
Description
The Moist Air Properties (MA) block defines moist air properties that act as global parameters for all units connected to the circuit. A moist air mixture consists of dry air, water vapour and an optional impurity gas. By default, carbon dioxide is used as the impurity gas.
The dry air, water vapour and impurity gas are assumed to be semi-ideal gases. Pressure, temperature, and density obey the ideal gas law. The other properties are functions of temperature. You specify them as one-dimensional arrays corresponding to the Temperature vector.
A Moist Air Properties (MA) block may be connected to each topologically distinct moist air circuit in the diagram. If no such block is connected to a circuit, the blocks in that circuit use the moist air properties corresponding to the default values of the Moist Air Properties (MA) block parameters.
Ports
Non-directional
A - connection port
`moist air
The humid air port, connects the unit to the humid air circuit. You can connect it to any point on the circuit. When you connect a Moist Air Properties (MA) unit, Engee automatically identifies the moist air units connected to a particular circuit and passes the moist air properties to all units in the circuit.
Parameters
Dry Air
Dry air specific gas constant is the ratio of the universal gas constant to the molar mass of dry air
287.047 J/(K*kg) (by default)
The ratio of the universal gas constant to the molar mass of dry air.
Temperature vector - vector of temperature values
vector
A vector of temperature values used to find other properties as a function of temperature. The properties of dry air, water vapour and impurity gases have the same vector of temperature values .
The value by default is [-56.55, -50 : 10 : -10, -5 : 1 : 5, 10 : 10 : 350]
°C.
Dry air specific enthalpy vector - vector of specific enthalpy values
` vector
A vector of dry air specific enthalpy values used for a one-dimensional table search based on the corresponding temperature value. The size of the vector should be the same as the size of the vector of temperature values .
By default value: [342.416126230579, 349.005511058471, 359.063577249119, 369.119948684177, 379.175469465129, 389.230944678417, 394.258910928084, 395.264534937366, 396.27017101329, 397.275819932805, 398.281482472874, 399.287159410541, 400. 292851523015, 401.298559587728, 402.304284382408, 403.310026685143, 404.315787274435, 409.34489180313, 419.404921755863, 429.468036401264, 439.535033154839, 449.606720928652, 459.683919949603, 469.767460521911, 479.858181001348, 489. 956925196484, 500.064539372946, 510.181869006204, 520.309755403634, 530.449032296018, 540.60052248087, 550.765034584465, 560.943359995745, 571.136270013102, 581.344513234296, 591.568813210327, 601.809866375885, 612.068340261954, 622.344871990218, 632. 640067043998, 642.95449830646, 653.288705353699, 663.643193987949, 674.018435994423, 684.414869104228, 694.832897145098, 705.272890361557, 715.735185886199, 726.220088344236, 736.727870574087, 747.258774447567, 757.813011774199]
kJ/kg.
Dry air dynamic viscosity vector - vector of dynamic viscosity values
` vector
A vector of dry air dynamic viscosity values used for a one-dimensional table search based on the corresponding temperature value. The size of the vector must be the same as the size of the vector of temperature values .
By default value: [14.2568883320012, 14.6140127728333, 15.1517277055779, 15.6806860159119, 16.2012351072083, 16.7137043125028, 16.9670071730589, 17.017438062815, 17.0677930842452, 17.1180725309876, 17.1682766951315, 17.2184058672268, 17.2684603362935, 17.3184403898301, 17.3683463138234, 17.4181783927569, 17.4679369096204, 17.7156358640698, 18.2056751785154, 18.68879035749, 19.1652344664982, 19.6352478927873, 20.099059103658, 20.5568853601578, 21.0089333871663, 21. 4554000014051, 21.8964726992323, 22.3323302062775, 22.7631429910631, 23.1890737447833, 23.6102778293792, 24.0269036959922, 24.4390932757886, 24.8469823450548, 25.2507008663546, 25.6503733074314, 26.0461189394339, 26.4380521159325, 26.8262825340948, 27.2109154792923, 27.5920520543128, 27.969789394274, 28.3442208682439, 28.7154362685068, 29.0835219883356, 29.4485611890712, 29.8106339572472, 30.1698174524429, 30.5261860464955, 30.8798114546565, 31.2307628592324, 31.5791070262086]
s*uPa.
Dry air thermal conductivity vector - vector of thermal conductivity values
` vector
A vector of dry air thermal conductivity values to be used for a one-dimensional table search by the corresponding temperature value. The size of the vector must be the same as the size of the vector of temperature values .
By default value: [19.8808489374933, 20.4162454629695, 21.2248743590758, 22.0232452890903, 22.8117314495857, 23.5906913619588, 23.9767075412237, 24.053639990175, 24.1304826682191, 24.2072359051629, 24.2839000294007, 24.3604753679152, 24.4369622462801, 24.5133609886625, 24.5896719178249, 24.6658953551279, 24.7420316205333, 25.1214164701832, 25.8738283029331, 26.6180150229276, 27.3542674377332, 28.0828634735341, 28.8040686837224, 29.5181367785657, 30.2253101618423, 30. 9258204644224, 31.6198890677835, 32.3077276126633, 32.9895384896798, 33.6655153099498, 34.33584335461, 35.0007000027879, 35.6602551380254, 36.3146715334901, 36.9641052165342, 37.6087058133173, 38.248616874307, 38.8839761815308, 39.5149160384798, 40.1415635435708, 40.7640408480637, 41.3824653993118, 41.9969501701893, 42.6076038755117, 43.2145311762238, 43.8178328720941, 44.4176060836121, 45.013944423749, 45.6069381602018, 46.1966743687041, 46.783237077953, 47.3667074066625]
mW/(K*m).
Minimum valid pressure - the lowest valid pressure
1 kPa (By default)
The lowest valid pressure in a wet air network.
Maximum valid pressure - the highest valid pressure
inf MPa (By default)
.
The highest pressure allowed in a wet air network.
Minimum valid temperature - lowest valid temperature
-56.55 °C (By default)
.
The lowest temperature allowed in a humid air network.
Maximum valid temperature - the highest valid temperature
350 °C (By default)
.
The highest temperature allowed in a humid air network.
Atmospheric pressure - absolute ambient pressure
0.101325 MPa (by default)
Absolute ambient pressure.
Atmospheric temperature - absolute ambient temperature
20 °C (By default)
.
Absolute ambient temperature.
Water Vapor
Water vapor specific gas constant - universal gas constant divided by the molar mass of water vapour
461.523 J/(K*kg) (by default)
.
Universal gas constant divided by the molar mass of water vapour.
Water vapour saturation pressure vector - vector of water vapour saturation values
vector
A vector of water vapour saturation values as a function of as a function of temperature for use in one-dimensional tables.
Humid air becomes saturated when the partial pressure of water vapour equals the saturation pressure of water vapour. Therefore, condensation can occur. The size of the vector should be the same as the size of the vector of temperature values .
The properties of dry air, water vapour and impurity gases have the same vector of temperature values .
By default value: [1.71168953425982e-06, 3.93770601979424e-06, 1.28411717710344e-05, 3.80051394873809e-05, .00010323902900209, .000259873810798063, .000401741022116384, .000437454836117844, .000476040820618202, .000517704666185737, .000562664883741207, .000611212677444345, .000657088049117899, .000705987905898279, .000758082381149132, .000813549384183233, .000872574861129522, .00122818386934022, .0023392147667769, .00424668834054807, .00738442748706953, .0123512704340234, .0199458019246787, . 0312006356960619, .0474147199263783, .0701823607447713, .10141797792131, .143375967241115, .198665399739302, .270259606559999, .361500961984849, .476101381081492, .618139196722055, .792053183687694, 1.0026345688121, 1.25501792086105, 1.55467186826983, 1.90739066433297, 2.31928772772542, 2.79679245576864, 3.34665187151016, 3.97593907083533, 4.69207105435535, 5.5028394740883, 6.41645928168037, 7.4416425436169, 8.58770832955728, 9.86474556030261, 11.2838558865497, 12.8575218898034, 14.6001810568052, 16.5291642526045]
MPa.
Water specific enthalpy of vaporisation vector - vector of values of specific enthalpy of vaporisation
` vector
A vector of values of the difference between the specific enthalpy of saturated water vapour and the specific enthalpy of saturated liquid water as a function of temperature, used for a one-dimensional table search. The size of the vector should be the same as the size of the vector of temperature values . The properties of dry air, water vapour and impurity gases have the same vector of temperature values .
The value by default is [2836.88241275372, 2837.81392500514, 2838.63937175807, 2838.7309929628, 2838.06905313927, 2836.62597341095, 2835.60023952573, 2835.37006381376, 2835.13143158077, 2834.88429145066, 2834.62859062897, 2500.93420564316, 2498. 55329907119, 2496.17495082036, 2493.79885912205, 2491.42474723191, 2489.05236104642, 2477.20875029194, 2453.54955988604, 2429.83856603313, 2406.00136954922, 2381.97406342174, 2357.69101156389, 2333.08088387814, 2308.06565480412, 2282. 56034405021, 2256.47287422313, 2229.70428017508, 2202.14968030993, 2173.69998896199, 2144.24368406447, 2113.66758247452, 2081.85585110571, 2048.68725710494, 2014.03141249899, 1977.7449923284, 1939.66849592886, 1899.62342931686, 1857. 40930169838, 1812.79975416601, 1765.53721731251, 1715.32525772152, 1661.81700477787, 1604.59703745016, 1543.1534616334, 1476.83692476464, 1404.80240352424, 1325.92091736114, 1238.61667822208, 1140.5102987018, 1027.62017777647, 892.733785613825]
kJ/kg.
Water vapor specific enthalpy vector - vector of specific enthalpy values
` vector
A vector of water vapour specific enthalpy values used for one-dimensional table lookup based on the corresponding temperature value. The size of the vector should be the same as the size of the vector of temperature values . The properties of dry air, water vapour and impurity gases have the same vector of temperature values .
The value by default is [2396.55944251649, 2408.68643343608, 2427.1988031141, 2445.702165897, 2464.18429108356, 2482.62529466839, 2491.82135326629, 2493.6580151792, 2495.49372578218, 2497.32843835745, 2499.16210446923, 2500.99462758899, 2502. 83092214066, 2504.6665223621, 2506.50140563013, 2508.335548891, 2510.16892865793, 2519.32352241995, 2537.56068088674, 2555.67742615292, 2573.6403223998, 2591.4109179101, 2608.9455037701, 2626.19492016262, 2643.10444358428, 2659. 61377634497, 2675.58278696023, 2696.1846256545, 2716.49989553741, 2736.6235210957, 2756.61216047011, 2776.50561773853, 2796.33378922508, 2816.11979583049, 2835.88181423877, 2855.63430574511, 2875.38889327595, 2895.15500577172, 2914.94035964689, 2934. 75132290228, 2954.59319330244, 2974.47041285505, 2994.38673458964, 3014.34535328009, 3034.34900867103, 3054.40006755764, 3074.50058946898, 3094.65237953784, 3114.85703128106, 3135.11596137801, 3155.43043805905, 3175.80160435813]
kJ/kg.
Water vapor dynamic viscosity vector - vector of dynamic viscosity values
` vector
A vector of water vapour dynamic viscosity values used for a one-dimensional table search based on the corresponding temperature value. The size of the vector must be the same as the size of the vector of temperature values . The properties of dry air, water vapour and impurity gases have the same vector of temperature values .
By default value: [6.81365662228272, 7.04953750742707, 7.40970098298307, 7.76991278093907, 8.13017290129507, 8.49048134405107, 8.67065368632907, 8.70668960445667, 8.74272600580827, 8.77876289038387, 8.81480025818347, 8.85083810920707, 8.88687644345467, 8.92291526092627, 8.95895456162187, 8.99499434554147, 9.03103461268507, 9.21124319676307, 9.57169660671907, 9.93219833907507, 10.2927483938311, 10.6533467709871, 11.0139934705431, 11.3746884924991, 11.7354318368551, 12. 0962235036111, 12.4570634927671, 12.8179518043231, 13.1788884382791, 13.5398733946351, 13.9009066733911, 14.2619882745471, 14.6231181981031, 14.9842964440591, 15.3455230124151, 15.7067979031711, 16.0681211163271, 16.4294926518831, 16.7909125098391, 17.1523806901951, 17.5138971929511, 17.8754620181071, 18.2370751656631, 18.5987366356191, 18.9604464279751, 19.3222045427311, 19.6840109798871, 20.0458657394431, 20.4077688213991, 20.7697202257551, 21.1317199525111, 21.4937680016671]
s*uPa.
Water vapor thermal conductivity vector - vector of thermal conductivity values
` vector
A vector of water vapour thermal conductivity values used for one-dimensional table lookup based on the corresponding temperature value. The size of the vector must be the same as the size of the vector of temperature values . The properties of dry air, water vapour and impurity gases have the same vector of temperature values .
By default value: [11.46288215976, 11.941997488935, 12.676358586935, 13.414208884935, 14.155548382935, 14.900377080935, 15.274099879935, 15.348949115735, 15.423833243535, 15.498752263335, 15.573706175135, 15.648694978935, 15.723718674735, 15.798777262535, 15.873870742335, 15.948999114135, 16.024162377935, 16.400502076935, 17.155798374935, 17.914583872935, 18.676858570935, 19.442622468935, 20.211875566935, 20.984617864935, 21.760849362935, 22. 540570060935, 23.323779958935, 24.110479056935, 24.900667354935, 25.694344852935, 26.491511550935, 27.292167448935, 28.096312546935, 28.903946844935, 29.715070342935, 30.529683040935, 31.347784938935, 32.169376036935, 32.994456334935, 33.823025832935, 34.655084530935, 35.490632428935, 36.329669526935, 37.172195824935, 38.018211322935, 38.867716020935, 39.720709918935, 40.577193016935, 41.437165314935, 42.300626812935, 43.167577510935, 44.038017408935]
mW/(K*m).
Water vapor diffusivity in air - smoothing factor for return flows
25 mm2/s (by default)
.
Coefficient for water vapour diffusive flow in a humid air mixture due to water vapour concentration differences. When reversing the mixture flow, the mass flow rate of water vapour at the ports smoothly transitions from an upstream value to a downstream value based on the diffusion coefficient.
Trace Gas
Trace gas model - method of modelling impurity gases in the air mixture
None (By default)
| Track mass fraction only
| Track mass fraction and gas properties
Select how the unit models the amount of impurity gases in the air mixture:
-
None
- no gas impurities. A humid air mixture consists of only dry air and water vapour. Any non-zero impurity gas level values in the parameters and target variables of blocks connected to the circuit are ignored. All connections to impurity gas source blocks in the model are also ignored. Thus, you do not need to modify the model depending on your choice of impurity gas modelling. -
Track mass fraction only
- the level of impurity gases may be non-zero and may change during the modelling process. However, it is assumed that the amount of impurity gases is small enough to have negligible effect on the liquid properties of the moist air mixture. -
`Track mass fraction and gas properties' - the level of impurity gas may be non-zero and vary during the simulation. The liquid properties of a moist air mixture depend on the amount of impurity gas in the mixture.
*Trace gas specific gas constant` - the ratio of the universal gas constant to the molar mass of the impurity gas
188.923 J/(K*kg) (by default)
.
The ratio of the universal gas constant to the molar mass of the impurity gas.
Dependencies
Used when Trace gas model is set to Track mass fraction only
or Track mass fraction and gas properties
.
Trace gas specific enthalpy vector - vector of specific enthalpy values
vector
A vector of specific enthalpy values of impurity gases to be used for a one-dimensional table search based on the corresponding temperature value. The size of the vector should be the same as the size of the vector of temperature values . The properties of dry air, water vapour and impurity gases have the same vector of temperature values .
The value by default is [439.555216260064, 444.670268200251, 452.538618847003, 460.487124258496, 468.522588768941, 476.649415958793, 480.74798538725, 481.57054318762, 482.394052398751, 483.218514288831, 484.043930029015, 484.870300696555, 485. 697627277859, 486.525910671489, 487.355151691079, 488.185351068185, 489.016509455051, 493.186704139431, 501.599194953048, 510.107689961685, 518.711611080182, 527.410026793075, 536.201764778798, 545.085474203452, 554.059675505208, 563. 122805485367, 572.27325096919, 581.509373027928, 590.829525105886, 600.232066705818, 609.715373581392, 619.277845178105, 628.917909922924, 638.634028838794, 648.424697859328, 658.288449140109, 668.223851601449, 678.229510889093, 688.304068901113, 698. 44620299875, 708.654624994591, 718.928079991818, 729.265345132425, 739.665228299475, 750.126566808087, 760.648226111439, 771.229098541268, 781.868102096908, 792.564179292476, 803.316296068366, 814.123440770426, 824.984623198037]
kJ/kg.
Dependencies
Used when Trace gas model is set to Track mass fraction and gas properties
.
Trace gas dynamic viscosity vector - vector of dynamic viscosity values
vector
A vector of impurity gas dynamic viscosity values used for a one-dimensional table search based on the corresponding temperature value. The size of the vector should be the same as the size of the vector of temperature values . The properties of dry air, water vapour and impurity gases have the same vector of temperature values .
By default value: [10.8921054191698, 11.2215357085649, 11.7233300740382, 12.2234238147811, 12.7215124453467, 13.2173328890673, 13.4643203184773, 13.5136406274989, 13.562934752385, 13.6122025024997, 13.6614436900741, 13.7106581301692, 13.7598456406398, 13.8090060420983, 13.8581391578796, 13.9072448140062, 13.9563228391538, 14.2012926853717, 14.6890687376044, 15.1738428124161, 15.6554929043332, 16.1339159800463, 16.6090257998657, 17.0807510097148, 17.5490334645512, 18. 0138267508952, 18.4750948814453, 18.9328111390399, 19.3869570507278, 19.8375214755778, 20.2844997922255, 20.7278931741254, 21.1677079421287, 21.6039549853963, 22.036649242835, 22.4658092382469, 22.8914566632375, 23.3136160026627, 23.7323141980278, 24.1475803447965, 24.5594454200432, 24.9679420372927, 25.3731042257492, 25.774967231431, 26.1735673380029, 26.5689417053362, 26.9611282240413, 27.350165384404, 27.73609215832, 28.118947892972, 28.4987722151178, 28.8756049449796]
s*uPa.
Dependencies
Used when Trace gas model is set to Track mass fraction and gas properties
.
Trace gas thermal conductivity vector - vector of thermal conductivity values
vector
A vector of impurity gas thermal conductivity values to be used for a one-dimensional table search by the corresponding temperature value. The size of the vector should be the same as the size of the vector of temperature values . The properties of dry air, water vapour and impurity gases have the same vector of temperature values .
By default value: [10.489430678843, 10.9507672150864, 11.666197960308, 12.392559739764, 13.1299519771612, 13.8778409888416, 14.2554325416312, 14.3312274189707, 14.4071122346908, 14.4830860227061, 14.5591478179508, 14.6352966574703, 14.7115315815553, 14.787851634907, 14.8642558678259, 14.9407433374142, 15.0173131087819, 15.401364480906, 16.1751373988038, 16.9558134611595, 17.7432208682398, 18.5366976599676, 19.3360988502003, 20.1412225692689, 20.9517507672929, 21. 7672310558863, 22.5871115634685, 23.4107980865695, 24.2377021890869, 25.0672663781241, 25.8989689893876, 26.732318357514, 27.5668446164644, 28.4020933015927, 29.2376215872816, 30.0729965057542, 30.9077942826816, 31.7416001931033, 32.5740086297993, 33.4046232539953, 34.2330571812868, 35.0589331874899, 35.8818839295189, 36.701552179391, 37.5175910702657, 38.3296643536716, 39.1374466671854, 39.9406238119064, 40.7388930391313, 41.5319633456945, 42.3195557774861, 43.1014037407076]
mW/(K*m).
Dependencies
Used when Trace gas model is set to Track mass fraction and gas properties
.
Trace gas diffusivity in air - smoothing factor for reverse flows
16 mm2/s (by default)
.
Coefficient for diffusive flow of impurity gases in a humid air mixture due to differences in impurity gas concentration. When reversing the mixture flow, the mass flow rate of impurity gas at the ports smoothly transitions from an upstream value to a downstream value based on the diffusion coefficient.
Dependencies
Used when Trace gas model is set to Track mass fraction only
or Track mass fraction and gas properties
.