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The default option for the Boundary Heat Source node is Solid, which specifies that the heat source Qb is defined in the material frame. Because the heat transfer variables and equations are defined in the spatial frame, the inputs are internally converted to the spatial frame. See Conversion Between Material and Spatial Frames for details.
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The From material option uses the option selected in the Material type list of the Material Properties section of the material applied on the domain on which the node is active.
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For General source (default) enter a value for the boundary heat source Qb when the default option, User defined, is selected.
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A positive Qb corresponds to heating and a negative Qb corresponds to cooling. For the general boundary heat source Qb, there are predefined heat sources available when simulating heat transfer together with electrical or electromagnetic interfaces. Such sources represent, for example, ohmic heating and induction heating
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When User defined is selected for General source, if the expression contains a variable that is discontinuous across that boundary (a thin resistive layer, for example), its value is the average of the value on the “up” and “down” sides of the boundary. You can use the up and down operators to get the value on either side of the boundary (see up and down).
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For Heat rate enter the heat rate Pb. In this case Qb = Pb ⁄A, where A is the total area of the selected boundaries.
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To define the boundary heat source Qb as a function of the temperature, use the local temperature variable on the selected boundary, ht.bhs1.Tvar, that corresponds to the appropriate variable (upside, downside, or average temperature of a layer, wall temperature with turbulence modeling), depending on the model configurations. See Boundary Wall Temperature for a thorough description of the boundary temperature variables.
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You can specify the source to be a harmonic perturbation in a frequency domain analysis. To mark the source as being a harmonic perturbation, right-click the node and choose Harmonic Perturbation. Note that this updates the node’s icon. See Theory for Harmonic Heat Transfer for more details.
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Upside and downside settings can be visualized by plotting the global normal vector (nx, ny, nz), that always points from downside to upside. Note that the normal vector (ht.nx, ht.ny, ht.nz) may be oriented differently.
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Evaporative Cooling of Water: Application Library path Heat_Transfer_Module/Phase_Change/evaporative_cooling
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When Line Heat Flux is applied on a pair, the flux is only applied on the edge adjacent to the source boundary which is in contact with the destination boundary. Consider adding another pair with opposite source and destination boundaries to apply a flux on the edge adjacent to the destination boundary and in contact with the source boundary.
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