Hi all
Welcome to the new ASCEND Users mailing list. We will be using this list
to discuss end-user issues with ASCEND, as well as a place to discuss
possible new features and so on. This is an open list that anyone can
access, and its contents will be archived online via SF.net as well as
Gmane.
For reference, the ASCEND wiki is at
<http://ascendwiki.cheme.cmu.edu/>http://ascendwiki.cheme.cmu.edu/.
You will need to register separately for that wiki if you wish to edit it.
Cheers
JP
--
John Pye
Dept of Engineering
Australian National University
Hi John:
I have been exploring ASCEND for the past few days to see if it can
address some of my needs to integrate features of chemical process
modeling as well as fluid dynamics. It appears from first blush it
might be capable of doing just that. I have developed a 2-phase heat
rejection system consisting of evaporator (heat source), radiator
(sink), pump and accumulator using Python. I was able to integrate
Fortran code from NIST's Refprop database for thermodynamics of the
fluids I am interested in. In this manner, I was able to integrate
the rigorous thermodynamic models with the fluid dynamic models and
conduct trades for performance of the 2-phase vs single phase thermal
loops for lunar habitats. Since the geometry was simple, I was able
to get away with using Python. I can see the problem will become more
involved if I have multiple branches, etc and I feel ASCEND will be
more suitable in such situations. Given than I have a few questions:
1. Can one include fortran code easily (via wrappers if needed) into
ASCEND to do the thermodynamics (or anything else for that matter). I
see you do have capabilities of including external libraries, but I
wasn't able to follow the documentation well enough to feel confident.
2. How much commitment does the ASCEND community have to make
advances in development. Is there continuous on-going activity or is
it done when someone has some time.
Thanks for your help,
gani --
Dr. Gani B. Ganapathi
Technical Group Supervisor, Thermal Hardware and Fluids Systems
Engineering Group (3547)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4800 Oak Grove Drive Mail Stop 125-224
Pasadena, Ca. 91109-8099
Telephone: 818-354-7449 Cell: (818)-625-5282
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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