Monday, August 31, 2009

Software : Combustion Analysis

This software is using for combustion analysis for many kind of substances and it can use SI or English units. The temperature can be set up for absolute or non-absolute units. It can analyze about 17 substances :
- Methane
- Ethylene
- Propylene
- Porpane
- 1-Butane
- N-Butane
- N-Pentane
- Benzene
- 1-Hexane
- N-Hexane
- Toluene
- 1-Heptane
- N-Heptane
- 1,4-Dimethylbenzene
- 1-Octane
- Normal Octane


Combustion system can be set up for open or close system and also control volume or constant volume.



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Sunday, August 30, 2009

Fundamentals Handbook : Fluid Flow, Fluid Mechanics

This module describes the relationship between the different types of energy in a fluid stream through the use of Bernoulli's equation. The module also discusses the causes of head loss in fluid systems and what factors affect head loss.

TOC :
Chapter 1 : CONTINUITY EQUATION
Introduction, Properties of Fluids, Buoyancy, Compressibility, Relationship Between Depth and Pressure, Pascal’s Law, Control Volume, Volumetric Flow Rate, Mass Flow Rate, Conservation of Mass, Steady-State Flow, Continuity Equation

Chapter 2 : LAMINAR AND TURBULENT FLOW
Flow Regimes, Laminar Flow, Turbulent Flow, Flow Velocity Profiles, Average (Bulk) Velocity, Viscosity, Ideal Fluid, Reynolds Number


Chapter 3 : BERNOULLI’S EQUATION
General Energy Equation,Simplified Bernoulli Equation, Head,Energy Conversions in Fluid Systems, Restrictions on the Simplified Bernoulli Equation, Extended Bernoulli, Application of Bernoulli’s Equation to a Venturi

Chapter 4 : HEAD LOSS
Head Loss, Friction Factor, Darcy’s Equation,Minor Losses, Equivalent Piping Length

Chapter 5 : NATURAL CIRCULATION
Forced and Natural Circulation, Thermal Driving Head, Conditions Required for Natural Circulation, Example of Natural Circulation Cooling, Flow Rate and Temperature Difference

Chapter 6 : TWO-PHASE FLUID FLOW
Two-Phase Fluid Flow, Flow Instability, Pipe Whip, Water Hammer, Pressure spike, Steam Hammer, Operational Considerations

Chapter 7 : CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS
Energy Conversion in a Centrifugal Pump, Operating Characteristics of a Centrifugal Pump, Cavitation, Net Positive Suction Head, Pump Laws, System Characteristic Curve,
System Operating Point, System Use of Multiple Centrifugal Pumps, Centrifugal Pumps in Parallel, Centrifugal Pumps in Series

Source : D O E

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Monday, August 24, 2009

Fundamentals Handbook : Heat Transfer

This module describes conduction, convection, and radiation heat transfer. The module also explains how specific parameters can affect the rate of heat transfer. And at the chapter 6-8 explain about Heat Transfer of Nuclear means.

Content :
Chapter 1 :HEAT TRANSFER TERMINOLOGY
Heat and Temperature, Heat and Work, Modes of Transferring Heat, Heat Flux, Thermal Conductivity, Log Mean Temperature Difference, Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient, Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient, Bulk Temperature

Chapter 2 : CONDUCTION HEAT TRANSFER
Conduction, Conduction-Rectangular Coordinates, Equivalent Resistance Method, Electrical Analogy, Conduction-Cylindrical Coordinates


Chapter 3 : CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER
Convection, Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient, Convection Heat Transfer

Chapter 4 : RADIANT HEAT TRANSFER
Thermal Radiation, Black Body Radiation, Emissivity, Radiation Configuration Factor

Chapter 5 : HEAT EXCHANGERS
Heat Exchangers, Parallel and Counter-Flow Designs, Non-Regenerative Heat Exchanger, Regenerative Heat Exchanger, Cooling Towers, Log Mean Temperature Difference, Application to Heat Exchangers, Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient

Chapter 6 : BOILING HEAT TRANSFER
Boiling, Nucleate Boiling, Bulk Boiling, Film Boiling, Departure from Nucleate Boiling and Critical Heat Flux,

Chapter 7 : HEAT GENERATION
Heat Generation, Flux Profiles, Thermal Limits, Average Linear Power Density, Maximum Local Linear Power Density, Temperature Profiles, Volumetric Thermal Source Strength, Fuel Changes During Reactor Operation

Chapter 8 : DECAY HEAT
Reactor Decay Heat Production, Calculation of Decay heat, Decay Heat Limits, Decay Heat Removal


Source : D O E

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Saturday, August 22, 2009

Software : Steam Table in SI or English Unit

This is a steam table program. This small program can help you to solve thermodynamics steam problems. You can select for SI or English system of units. You can choose 7 cases variation of known properties. Those are :

- P (saturation) and Quality
- P and T
- P and v

- P and s
- P and h
- T (saturation) and quality
- T and v

This program can identified the state of steam (liquid vapor. superheated etc.)



Platform : MSDOS / WINDOWS
Developed by : M. Boles
Requirements : All WINDOWS VERSION (support MSDOS Command)

Source : DOWNLOAD

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