Source code for RCAIDE.Library.Components.Thermal_Management.Batteries.Liquid_Cooled_Wavy_Channel
# RCAIDE/Library/Components/Thermal_Management/Batteries/Liquid_Cooled_Wavy_Channel.py
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# Created: Apr 2024 S. Shekar
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# RCAIDE imports
from RCAIDE.Framework.Core import Units
from RCAIDE.Library.Attributes.Coolants.Glycol_Water import Glycol_Water
from RCAIDE.Library.Components.Component import Component
from RCAIDE.Library.Attributes.Materials.Aluminum import Aluminum
from RCAIDE.Library.Components import Component
from RCAIDE.Library.Methods.Thermal_Management.Batteries.Liquid_Cooled_Wavy_Channel import wavy_channel_rating_model,append_wavy_channel_conditions,append_wavy_channel_segment_conditions
from RCAIDE.Library.Plots.Thermal_Management import plot_wavy_channel_conditions
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# Liquid_Cooled_Wavy_Channel_Heat_Acquisition_System
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class Liquid_Cooled_Wavy_Channel(Component):
'''
Wavy Channel Heat Acqusition System
'''
def __defaults__(self):
"""This sets the default values.
Assumptions:
The wavy channel heat Acquisition loops through the battery pack.
The coolant is assumed to be Glycol Water unless specified otherwise.
The geometry parameters are set based on nomrinal values to be further optmized.
Source:
None
"""
self.tag = 'wavy_channel_heat_acquisition'
self.heat_transfer_efficiency = 1
self.coolant = Glycol_Water()
self.coolant_Reynolds_number = 1.
self.coolant_velocity = 1.
self.coolant_flow_rate = 1
self.coolant_inlet_temperature = None
self.coolant_hydraulic_diameter = 1.
self.channel_side_thickness = 0.001 # Thickness of the Chanel through which condcution occurs
self.channel_top_thickness = 0.001 # Thickness of Channel on the top where no conduction occurs
self.channel_width = 0.005 # width of the channel
self.channel_height = 0.003 # height of the channel
self.channel_contact_angle = 47.5 * Units.degrees # Contact Arc angle in degrees
self.channel = Aluminum()
self.channel_aspect_ratio = 1.
self.channels_per_module = 1
self.battery_contact_area = 1.
self.contact_area_per_module = 1.
self.power_draw = 1.
self.single_side_contact = True
self.design_heat_removed = None
self.percent_operation = 1.0
self.type = 'Liquid'
return
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def __init__ (self, distributor=None):
"""This creates Reservoir and Heat Exchanger containers if it does not exist on
the coolant line as a liquid cooled system requires these and cannot operate without.
Assumptions:
None
Source:
None
"""
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def append_operating_conditions(self,segment,coolant_line):
append_wavy_channel_conditions(self,segment,coolant_line)
return
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def append_segment_conditions(self, segment,coolant_line, conditions):
append_wavy_channel_segment_conditions(self, segment,coolant_line, conditions)
return
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def plot_operating_conditions(self, results, coolant_line,save_filename, save_figure,show_legend,file_type , width, height):
plot_wavy_channel_conditions(self, results, coolant_line,save_filename,save_figure,show_legend,file_type , width, height)
return
