heat exchangers in simscape part 1: LMTD

Version 1.0.0.1 (35.5 KB) by Andreas
LMTD approach to calculate temperatures and heat transfer. Based on pipe blocks.
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Updated 9 Jan 2020

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For steady state considerations, you can often use the LMTD approach to calculate temperatures and heat transfer for heat exchangers.
Instead of writing a new simscape block, I used the standard block from thermal_liquid, overrode the internal heat transfer and calculated the LMTD.
for use:
- heat exchanger dimensioning & quick'n'dirty check in overall plant

please note:
- not working for flow reversal and highly dynamic simulation

potential for optimization:
- heat transfer coefficient from lookup-table
- maybe replacing LMTD with NTU approach

Cite As

Andreas (2026). heat exchangers in simscape part 1: LMTD (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/53831-heat-exchangers-in-simscape-part-1-lmtd), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Created with R2019b
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1.0.0.1

Added R2019b version (different naming for units)

1.0.0.0