Temperature units
Apr 11, 2020
03:10 PM
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Apr 11, 2020
03:10 PM
Temperature units
Hi everyone.
I am doing a simple calculation, but I have problems in the temperature units, which generates erroneous results.
A quick solution in this case would be to work the temperature without units. However, is there a way to work with units in this type of equations without getting wrong results?
Thanks for the help
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Apr 11, 2020
04:37 PM
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Apr 11, 2020
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Apr 11, 2020
03:39 PM
I haven't got Mathcad available at the moment to check, but Mathcad internally stores temperatures as kelvin. Consequently, your T2+Tperd will be about 338 K + 278 K = 616 K, giving deltaT = 333 K (which is about 60 deg C).
You need to take this into account. There is a ways of dealing with this in unit, but I can't remember what it is ... look it up in help?
Stuart
You need to take this into account. There is a ways of dealing with this in unit, but I can't remember what it is ... look it up in help?
Stuart
Apr 11, 2020
04:07 PM
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Apr 11, 2020
04:07 PM
Yes, you have to use the delta C unit to represent temperature differences.
https://support.ptc.com/help/mathcad/r6.0/en/index.html#page/PTC_Mathcad_Help%2Fexample_working_with_temperatures.html%23wwID0EK5ZDB
https://support.ptc.com/help/mathcad/r6.0/en/index.html#page/PTC_Mathcad_Help%2Fexample_working_with_temperatures.html%23wwID0EK5ZDB
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Apr 11, 2020
04:37 PM
Here's a confirmatory worksheet ...
Stuart
Apr 11, 2020
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Apr 11, 2020
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Great. Thank you very much Stuart.
Apr 11, 2020
10:14 PM
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