TY - GEN
T1 - The virtual energy laboratory (VEL) a didactic graphical simulator for thermal system design
AU - Perez-Blanco, Horacio
AU - Hinojosa, Luis
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 1999 by ASME.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - A teaching tool for thermal system design has been developed for use in standard personal computers. This tool, called the Virtual Energy Lab (VEL), is designed to facilitate the integration of energy conversion and transfer devices into systems that meet specified heating, cooling and power loads. The VEL has a modular configuration, allowing the designer to choose from a number of components to meet given design objectives. The output of some components can be used as inputs to others, and the user can exercise creativity in combining them. As the thermal system is assembled on the graphical interface, the relevant equations are selected automatically and solved as required by the particular design. The models for each VEL component are either based on basic performance equations for generic equipment or on performance charts of actual devices. The thermodynamic irreversibility is the figure of merit used for assessing each design.
AB - A teaching tool for thermal system design has been developed for use in standard personal computers. This tool, called the Virtual Energy Lab (VEL), is designed to facilitate the integration of energy conversion and transfer devices into systems that meet specified heating, cooling and power loads. The VEL has a modular configuration, allowing the designer to choose from a number of components to meet given design objectives. The output of some components can be used as inputs to others, and the user can exercise creativity in combining them. As the thermal system is assembled on the graphical interface, the relevant equations are selected automatically and solved as required by the particular design. The models for each VEL component are either based on basic performance equations for generic equipment or on performance charts of actual devices. The thermodynamic irreversibility is the figure of merit used for assessing each design.
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U2 - 10.1115/99-GT-083
DO - 10.1115/99-GT-083
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84928501114
T3 - Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo
BT - Heat Transfer; Electric Power; Industrial and Cogeneration
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
T2 - ASME 1999 International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exhibition, GT 1999
Y2 - 7 June 1999 through 10 June 1999
ER -