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Shuttle Valve

Shuttle valve with pressure bias

Description

Connections

Parameters

Description

The Shuttle Valve component allows flow out of port C from either port A or port B, depending which pneumatic port has the higher pressure.

Based on the sonic conductance and critical pressure ratio, the pressure vs. mass flow rate relationship is calculated by the formulation used in the Orifice ISO 6358 component.

Connections

Name

Description

Modelica ID

Pneumatic port of left inlet

portA

Pneumatic port of right inlet

portB

Pneumatic port of bottom outlet

portC

Parameters

Fluid Medium Parameters

The Gas parameters used in the equations are properties defined in the Gas Model component used in the model.

Name

Default

Units

Description

Modelica ID

When true the default gas properties defined for Air will be used.

useDefaultMedium

When Use default medium is false this option gets turned on. The user can specify the name of the Gas model dragged into the canvas.

medium

Orifice Parameters

Name

Default

Units

Description

Modelica ID

 

Flow transition constant from turbulent to laminar zone

blamreg

 

True (checked) means flow restriction area can be given which will be converted to sonic conductance based on Gidlund's approximation

UseRestrictionArea

Valve Parameters

Name

Default

Units

Description

Modelica ID

Pressure at which valve is fully open from A to C (C = Copen)

popen

Exact

 

True (checked) means a first-order dyamics is used for the valve areas

Exact

Time constant

tc

Valve Sonic Conductance when closed (leakage)

Cmin

Valve Sonic Conductance when fully open

Cmax

Restriction Area when closed (leakage); used when  is true

Amin

Valve restriction area when fully open; used when  is true

Armax

 

Critical pressure ratio

bcr

See Also

Pneumatics Library

Valves

 


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