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Filling In the Energy Balance Heat Exchanger Tab

The Heat Exchanger tab contains the selection of output Attributes for the heat exchangers in the model. These Attributes hold the values for the reconciled energy measurement and tolerance, as well as statistical results, such as Solvability and Imbalance. The selected values and tolerances are the outputs from the Sigmafine Reconciliation engine.Figure 344: Energy Balance Configuration - Heat Exchanger tab

Note that the output values you use for the parameters listed in the following table must be valid ones specified in the Element templates.

Heat Exchanger Tab

ParameterDescriptionSideDefault Attribute Name
Initial ImbalanceQuantity difference between the sum of measured flows into a balance Element and the sum of measured flows out.TubeReconciledMassTubeImbalance
ShellReconciledMassShellImbalance
VarianceVariance calculated from the uncertainties of input and output flows of the balance point.TubeReconciledMassTubeVariance
ShellReconciledMassShellVariance
Test 3Imbalance Ratio. Division of balance error by the balance variance and is a measure of the magnitude of the imbalance.TubeReconciledMassTubeTest3
ShellReconciledMassShellTest3
Test 4Test 4, based on Test3, except normalized by the Balance Test Critical Value.TubeReconciledMassTubeTest4
ShellReconciledMassShellTest4
Reconciled ResidualThe Reconciled Residual is the difference between the sum of the reconciled of all inputs and the sum of the reconciled of all outputs for balance elements.TubeReconciledTubeResidual
ShellReconciledShellResidual