Customized submodels

customized submodel example in thermal hydraulic library

An example of a very simple level of customization of submodels is in the Thermal Hydraulic library.

Figure 1: Thermal Hydraulic library

The thermal-hydraulic fluid properties submodels TFFD3 and TFFD04 are generic submodels. TTFD3 is associated with 47 customized versions:

Figure 2: TFFD3 has 47 customized versions

The following figure shows the generic submodel TFFD3 in Parameter mode.

Figure 3: Generic submodel TFFD3 in Parameter mode

A customized version is shown below.

Figure 4: Customized version in Parameter mode

Note the pulldown menu with which you can switch between the generic submodel and the 47 customized versions in Parameter mode. This does not involve any recompilation and can be done in Simcenter Amesim Run as well as Simcenter Amesim. Note also the parameter list is shorter and simpler for the customized submodels.

This level of customization is very light but it is powerful and very valuable especially in Simcenter Amesim Run. In each customized version, 2 parameters of the generic submodel are hidden. One of them is fixed to the name of a data file which supplies the information on the fluid concerned.