Sensors are useful to read system parameters when doing simulations.
The sensor base circuit also has five control line outputs. You can read out each of these five parameters to used them in you control strategy. The temperature measurements are sampled every 600 seconds default. This value is adjustable by the user.
The five sensor outputs and their units are:
Sensor abbreviation | Sensor output parameter | Unit |
|---|---|---|
Tx | Supply temperature | °C |
V | Volume flow rate | m³/h |
Ty | Return temperature | °C |
dp | Pressure delta | Pa |
Q | Heat flow | W |
Tip: if you want to work with other units in the control strategy (e.g. l/s instead of m³/h for volume flow rate), you can easily convert the output signal by multiplying it with a conversion constant (e.g. divide by 3.6 to convert from m³/h to l/s).