Building Qualitative Models of Thermodynamic Processes

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  • John W. Collins
  • Kenneth D. Forbus
چکیده

This paper describes a qualitative domain theory for core phenomena in engineering thermodynamics, expressed in Qualitative Process theory . It represents many of the best features of domain models developed by our group over the past five years . It focuses on supporting system-level qualitative analyses of typical fluid and thermal systems, such as refrigerators and power plants . We use explicit modeling assumptions [3] to control the level of detail used in building models of specific scenarios. We begin by outlining the primitives of the specific QP modeling language . The bulk of the paper describes the domain model itself, highlighting our design choices, simplifications, and use of modeling assumptions . Next we demonstrate how this domain model can be used to build models of a variety of specific scenarios, including simplified versions of a refrigerator, a steam plant, and a thermal control system . Finally, we describe some planned extensions to the model .

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تاریخ انتشار 1989