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Re: [TRNSYS-users] Type31: Capacity of pipe - timestep of simulation



Nick,
Keeping a short time step is really the only way to make sure that you get numerical stability. As I think you have done, make sure that volume of the pipes is greater than the volume of fluid that the pump can transfer in one time step.
Kind regards,
 David


On 7/23/2014 12:30, Nikos Androulakis wrote:
Hi all,

In a simulation of a closed loop system comprised of two pipes (type31 or type709), a solar collector and a pump, with constant flow rate and known (and unchangeable) length of pipes, is the time step of the simulation the only changeable parameter, so as not to have convergence problems, warnings or other problems? In this simulation there is a mass flow rate such that the time step is equal to 60 seconds, so the calculations for the completion of the simulation are time consuming. I am using trnsys 16.
Thank you in advance.

Nick Androulakis.
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