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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear TRNSYS users,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am modelling a solar collector with hot water storage tank (Type60c). I connected the collector outlets to the tank inlets2, the tank outlets2 to the collector inlets, and I set the tank flow rate at outlet2 to “-2” (constant tank volume).
On the other side of the tank, I connected a load (mass flow rate) to the tank inlet1, and I expected that the same mass flow rate will come out of the tank outlet1. However, the flow rate at outlet1 is 0 throughout the entire simulation, and the load mass
flow rate connected to the tank inlet1 is added to the mass flow rate at outlet2 (collector side) instead of outlet1.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In equations format:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">MassFlowRateOut2 = MassFlowRateIn2 + MassFlowRateIn1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">MassFlowRateOut1 = 0<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It should be:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">MassFlowRateOut2 = MassFlowRateIn2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">MassFlowRateOut1 = MassFlowRateIn1<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any help how to fix this is highly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sleiman<span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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