Heat Connector

The ‘HeatConnector’ class links components by transferring heat power between them.

class connector.heat_connector.HeatConnector[source]

A class to handle transfer of heat power.

Attributes:

Q_dotfloat, optional

Heat power in W.

T_hotfloat, optional

Hot temperature in K.

T_coldfloat, optional

Cold temperature in K.

variables_inputlist of lists

A list of the variables used to define the heat connector. Each entry is a list of [variable_name, value].

Methods:

__init__(self):

Initializes the HeatConnector object with.

set_Q_dot(self, value):

Sets the heat power and updates the list of known variables.

set_T_hot(self, value):

Sets the hot temperature of the heat transfer and updates the list of known variables.

set_T_cold(self, value):

Sets the cold temperature of the heat transfer and updates the list of known variables.

print_resume(self):

Print a summary of the heat connector properties.