Thermal Module

Directory List

Brayton Demos/Brayton Demos/HeatTransfer
Demos/Rankine Demos/ThermalAnalysis Demos/ThermalControl
Demos/ThermalGraphics Demos/Tutorials HeatExchanger
HeatTransfer Rankine ThermalAnalysis
ThermalData ThermalGraphics ThermalProperties


Brayton

Design an axial turbine
Computes s/b - blade spacing divided by the chord
Compute stress on turbine blades.
Brayton Cycle
BraytonCycleComplex.jpgTwo-compressor cycle diagram
BraytonCycleComplexNoRecuperator.jpgCycle diagram without recuperator
Ideal Brayton cycle
Brayton Cycle with Recuperator
Designs a centrifugal compressor.
Brayton cycle design from temperature, pressure and efficiencies
For turbine blades going through the shell
NewBrayton.pngUpdated cycle diagram
OrbiterBraytonCycleInternalBFD.pngDiagrams for pipe layout
Designs the turbine and compressor for a Brayton cycle.

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Demos/Brayton

Brayton cycle heat engine design
Size 1 MW axial turbine
Analysis of an ideal Brayton cycle

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Demos/HeatTransfer

Study the heat exchanger between the plasma and the magnets
Total flux emitted to a surface through a layer of MLI
Shell analysis
Size the channels for heat transfer with He/Xe
Thermal capacity Nitrogen and CO2

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Demos/Rankine

Simple Rankine Cycle demo

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Demos/ThermalAnalysis

Isothermal satellite simulation
Demonstrates how to use the thermal modeling package
Demonstrate Thermnet.
Thermal equilibrium examples.
Demonstrate Thermnet with a three node model.

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Demos/ThermalControl

Design a linear quadratic temperature controller

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Demos/ThermalGraphics

Create a simple satellite with 6 panels for thermal analysis.

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Demos/Tutorials


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HeatExchanger

Computes the absolute viscosity.
Computes the laminar friction.
Designs a heat exchanger for a one sided heat flux
Implements a flat plate heat exchanger with radiation losses
Designs a heat exchanger for a one sided heat flux
Computes the Heat transfer coefficient.
HeatTransferCoeffTaylor Heat transfer coefficient based on Taylor
Computes the Kinematic viscosity from viscosity and density
Computes the Nusselt number for developing turbulent flow.
Computes the Nusselt number for laminar flow.
Computes the Nusselt number for fully developed turbulent flow.
Computes the Fanning friction factor for fully developed turbulent flow.
Computes the Prandtl Number.
Computes the channel pressure drop
Computes the Reynolds number from kinematic viscosity
Computes the thermal conductivity
Computes the thermal conductivity and viscosity

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HeatTransfer

Determine optimal Multi-layer Insulation (MLI) density
Computes temperatures on a radiation shield with MLI

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Rankine

Simple Rankine Cycle from turbine pressures
Enthalpy for superheated steam or compressed water.
Generate the TS curve for water and steam

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ThermalAnalysis

Aerodynamic heat flux.
Converts BTUs to Joules
Used by fmins from SolarPanelThermal to compute panel temperatures.
Aborptivity and emissivity of a gray body.
Model a spacecraft as an isothermal radiator.
Isothermal model in heliocentric orbit.
Model a spacecraft as an isothermal radiator in lunar orbit.
Converts Joules to BTUs
Lambert's cosine law.
Computes the temperatures of a panel from a CAD model.
Planck's law for a black body.
Compute aerodynamic heating.
Model a spacecraft as an isothermal radiator.
Radiation between equal area flat plates.
Radiation from an incremental area
Computes the radiation shape factor
Compute the front/back temperatures of a solar panel.
Draw spacecraft in orbit about a planet, as seen by an in-situ camera.
Compute the temperature and input flux for the spacecraft components.
Generates a color corresponding to a temperature.
Thermal equilibrium for a system with conduction and radiation
Model a thermal circuit from nodal masses

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ThermalData

BraytonCycle.pngCycle image for displaying Brayton design results
NewBraytonTransmission.pngUpdated cycle image for displaying results
RankineCycle.pngCycle image for displaying Rankine design results
Steam_Tables_Pressure.xlsxSteam tables as a function of pressure
Steam_Tables_Superheated.xlsxSteam tables for superheated steam
Steam_Tables_Temperature.xlsxSteam tables as a function of
ThermalCube.matCube CAD model with thermal network

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ThermalGraphics

Draw a thermal diagram.
Plots flux and temperature time histories.
Color a spacecraft or planet corresponding to a temperature.

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ThermalProperties

Absorbed radiation from an incremental area.
Aborptivity and emissivity of a black body.
Computes the emittance of plates in parallel.
Compute gas properties for a helium/xenon mixture
Computes the temperature at two surfaces of a flat plate
Values for heat shield coatings.
Liquid metal thermal properties
Values for radiator coatings.
Converts temperatures between units.
Temperature of a cylinder. Includes ends.
Temperature of a flat plate.
Temperature of a sphere.
Computes the peak black body wavelength as a function of temperature.

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