IfcCoil

IfcCoil

Definition from IAI: An IfcCoil is a device used to provide heat transfer between non-mixing media. This is typically used in conjunction with an AirHandler or PackagedACUnit and often will use a TubeBundle.

HISTORY: New entity in IFC R2x.
ISSUES: See issues and change log for changes made in IFC R2x.

Geometry Use Definitions

The geometric representation of IfcCoil is given by the IfcProductDefinitionShape, allowing multiple geometric representations. Included are:

Local Placement

The use of local placement is defined at the supertype IfcDistributionFlowElement.

Standard Geometric Representation

The use of Standard Geometric Representations is defined at the supertype IfcDistributionFlowElement.

EXPRESS specification:

ENTITY IfcCoil

SUBTYPE OF (

IfcFlowTerminal);

CoilType

IfcCoilTypeEnum;

BypassFactor

OPTIONAL IfcRatioMeasure;

FaceVelocity

OPTIONAL IfcLinearVelocityMeasure;

FlowArrangement

OPTIONAL IfcCoilFlowArrangementEnum;

END_ENTITY;

Attribute definitions:

CoilType	:	Defines typical types of coils (e.g., Cooling, Heating, etc.)
BypassFactor	:	Coil bypass factor
FaceVelocity	:	Air velocity through the coil.
FlowArrangement	:	Coil flow arrangement.

References (1):

Name

Type

Referred through

Express-G

IfcFlowTerminal

Entity

Subtype

Diagram 2

Inheritance graph

ENTITY IfcCoil;

ENTITY IfcRoot;

GlobalId

IfcGloballyUniqueId;

OwnerHistory

IfcOwnerHistory;

Name

OPTIONAL IfcLabel;

Description

OPTIONAL IfcText;

ENTITY IfcObject;

ObjectType

OPTIONAL IfcLabel;

INVERSE

IsDefinedBy

SET OF IfcRelDefines FOR RelatedObjects;

HasAssociations

SET OF IfcRelAssociates FOR RelatedObjects;

HasAssignments

SET OF IfcRelAssigns FOR RelatedObjects;

Decomposes

SET OF IfcRelDecomposes FOR RelatedObjects;

IsDecomposedBy

SET [0:1] OF IfcRelDecomposes FOR RelatingObject;

ENTITY IfcProduct;

ObjectPlacement

OPTIONAL IfcObjectPlacement;

Representation

OPTIONAL IfcProductRepresentation;

INVERSE

ReferencedBy

SET OF IfcRelAssignsToProduct FOR RelatingProduct;

ENTITY IfcElement;

Tag

OPTIONAL IfcIdentifier;

INVERSE

ConnectedTo

SET OF IfcRelConnectsElements FOR RelatingElement;

ConnectedFrom

SET OF IfcRelConnectsElements FOR RelatedElement;

ContainedInStructure

SET [0:1] OF IfcRelContainedInSpatialStructure FOR RelatedElements;

ENTITY IfcDistributionFlowElement;

FlowElementType

IfcDistributionFlowElementTypeEnum;

INVERSE

HasControlElements

SET [0:1] OF IfcRelFlowControlElements FOR RelatingFlowElement;

ENTITY IfcCoil;

CoilType

IfcCoilTypeEnum;

BypassFactor

OPTIONAL IfcRatioMeasure;

FaceVelocity

OPTIONAL IfcLinearVelocityMeasure;

FlowArrangement

OPTIONAL IfcCoilFlowArrangementEnum;

END_ENTITY;