Create an active heater controller

You can start with either a simulation file or a FEM file in which the analysis type is set to Thermal or Coupled Thermal-Flow.

1. Open the Modeling Objects Manager dialog box in one of these ways:Choose Home tab→Properties group→Modeling Objects . In the Thermal Loads dialog box, in the Heater Control group, select Modeling Objects Manager.

2. Select Active Heater Controller and click Create.

3. In the Active Heater Controller dialog box, specify a name for the modeling object.

4. From the Temperature Sensor list, specify how the temperature sensor is defined.For a Selected temperature sensor type, select an object using the Select Object option to locate the temperature sensor, or select the Group Reference check box to apply the temperature sensor to a selected group of elements.For a Non-Geometric Element temperature sensor type, select a non-geometric element modeling object from the Non-Geometric Element list, or click Create Modeling Object to create a non-geometric element.

5. Select a Type.

6. Specify the operation of the Active Heater Controller depending on the Type you specified:For a Proportional type controller, specify values for Cut-in Temperature and Cut-off Temperature.For a PID Controller type controller, specify values for Set Point Temperature, Gain, Integral Term Constant, Derivative Term Constant, and Bias.

7. Click OK.

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