Component 100: Fluid converter

Specifications

Line connections
1	Inlet
2	Outlet
3	Residue Outlet
4	Heat difference

General Displays Example

General

This component converts a stream of the universal fluid type into a simple fluid type. If the universal fluid (line 1) contains substances that cannot be contained in the provided main outlet line (line 2), these will be discharged via the residue outlet line (line3, which is of the type ‘universal fluid’). The outlet stream, line 2, can be of the stream types: air, flue gas, steam, water (liquid), crude gas, oil, coal, gas, 2-phase liquid, 2-phase gaseous, salt water, user defined, universal fluid, binary mixture, thermo liquid and humid air.

Due to the different material tables, a difference in enthalpy can occur. The respective heat quantity will be displayed on the logic line “Heat Difference”, so the user can decide on its further utilization.

Note:

Due to the expansion of the substances in the “classic“ fluids (Release 11), the fluid converter (Component 100) is now able to execute conversions for which this was not
possible in Release 10. This may lead to different results in existing models.

NCV for Fluid converter (Component 100)

Depending on the type of conversion, it may happen that libraries are involved that do not support a calculation of the NCV. To allow an NCV to be defined at the outlet anyway, the flag FSPECNCV permits the following variants:

FSPECNCV = 0: the NCV is calculated from the composition on all outlet lines. The NCV on the inlet line is irrelevant here,
FSPECNCV = 1: the NCV for the outlet lines if defined by the specification values NCV2, and in the case of Component 100 also NCV3.
FSPECNCV = 2: the NCV of the inlet line is transferred onto the outlet lines,
FSPECNCV = 3: this variant is required if an NCV is to be used that deviates from the NCV calculated from the composition, and when libraries with different NCV reference values are involved (like e.g. FDBR and NASA). Then the inlet line is checked as to how far the NCV specified on the line deviates from the one that would have been calculated from the composition. This difference is then added also on the outlet lines to the NCVs calculated from the composition there (see sample model Component_100.ebs).

Specification-Values

FSPECNCV

Method for outlet heating value specification

Like in Parent Profile (Sub profile option only)

Expression

=0: Calculate from composition
=1: Use specification values NCV2 and/or NCV3
=2: Copy from inlet
=3: Copy difference between actual and calculated (from composition) heating value

NCV2

Lower heating value main outlet

NCV3

Lower heating value residue outlet

Component Displays

Display Option 1

Example

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