IS REFINED TO

The IS_REFINED_TO statement is used to apply refinements to an already-declared variable or sub-model.

var [,var[,var...]] IS_REFINED_TO typename[(arg[,arg...])]

In other words, one or more variables followed by the IS_REFINED_TO keyword, followed by a type that is a refinement (see REFINES) of the type of the variables listed. If the refined type ('typename') is a Parametric type, then arguments are required following the typename.

We use this statement to change the type of each of the instances listed to the type type_name. The modeler has to have defined each member on the list of instances. The type_name has to be a type which refines the types of all the instances on the list.

An example of its use is as follows. First we define the parts called fl1, fl2 and fl3 which are of type flash.

fl1, fl2, fl3 IS_A flash;

Assume that there exists in the previously defined model definitions the type adiabatic_flash that is a refinement of flash. Then we can make fl1 and fl3 into more refined types by stating:

fl1, fl3 IS_REFINED_TO adiabatic_flash;

This reconstruction does not occur until the arguments to the type satisfy the definition type_name.

Using IS_REFINED_TO for example allows an array of similar objects to be declared:

a[1..4] IS_A steam_equipment;
a[1] IS_REFINED_TO pump;
a[2,3] IS_REFINED_TO pipe;
a[4] IS_REFINED_TO turbine;

It also allows looping constructs to be used to set up parametric models where the parameters are not identical for all members of the array.

See also SELECT, FOR.