SSCAR-Steady State Cycle AnalyseR

SSCAR-Steady State Cycle AnalyseR

This report describes the Steady-State Cycle AnalyseR (SCCAR), a solution engine that enables the steady state evaluation of thermodynamical cycles. SCCAR can be used to parametrically define thermodynamic cycles using a library of predefined building blocks, such as compressors, turbines, heat exchangers, and other user defined components. Steady state performance of a cycle is evaluated such that energy, mass flow rate and thermodynamic properties around the cycle are balanced.

To allow accurate off-design analysis the component library in SCCAR includes components that incorporate accurate physics or map based performance characteristics. Using these characteristics allows the accurate analysis of changes in the operating point and overall efficiency as external parameters are altered.

This reports summarises the underlying theory and modelling approach for the tool and also describes the theory that is implemented for the different building blocks. This is followed by a example section illustrating the usage of the code by analysing a number of validations cases.

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