Thermal Chain
Purpose
Thermal impedance implemented as RC chain
Library
Thermal
Description
This component implements a thermal RC chain of variable length. Using the elements of the vectors provided in the component parameters Thermal resistances and Thermal capacitances a subsystem is built as shown below. The thermal capacitor C1 is connected to the terminal marked with a dot.
Parameters
- Thermal resistances
- A vector containing the values of the thermal resistors R1 …Rn, in K/W.
- Thermal capacitances
- A vector containing the values of the thermal capacitors C1 …Cn, in J/K.
- Initial temperature
- A scalar value specifying the initial temperature of all thermal capacitors at simulation start, in kelvin (K). The default is 0.