This link extends GunnsThermalSource and is used to model the thermal aspect of an electrical heater, distributing heat to multiple nodes. It is almost identical to the thermal source link. The only difference is it adds an "mPowerElectrical" term as its input from an electrical model, and its internal demanded flux term is set equal to the input electrical power term.

This is a variable port link like GunnsThermalSource, and is connected to nodes in the same way. The following illustrates how we typically set up and connect the various aspects for a model of an electrical heater:

Port Connection Rules (These are limitations on the port connection to nodes that the link enforces in run-time):

• Same as GunnsThermalSource.

Other Rules (These are extra rules you should always try to follow):

• Same as GunnsThermalSource.

Configuration Data Parameters:

• tuningScalar: Same as GunnsThermalSource.
• fluxDistributionFractions: Same as GunnsThermalSource.

Input Data Parameters:

• malfBlockageFlag: Same as GunnsThermalSource.
• malfBlockageValue: Same as GunnsThermalSource.
• demandedFlux: Same as GunnsThermalSource.
• malfFluxOverrideFlag: Same as GunnsThermalSource.
• malfFluxOverrideValue: Same as GunnsThermalSource.

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