Boots – shoes – and leggings
Patent
1992-10-09
1997-04-08
Ramirez, Ellis B.
Boots, shoes, and leggings
364495, G06F 1750
Patent
active
056194331
ABSTRACT:
A method and computer tool apparatus for determining the final state parameters of a power plant thermohydraulic system in which the thermohydraulic system is represented as a plurality of nodes having a flow regime map monitoring the thermodynamic system parameters. An equation set is provided including a first plurality of field equations including only one momentum equation, a drift equation for correlating the field equations with their variables, constitutive correlations and drift flux coefficients determined in response to the flow regime map so that there is closure between the field equations and the drift flux equation, and state equations for dependent thermodynamic variables. Final state parameters for the monitored thermohydraulic system are determined by solving the equation set in response to the sensed parameters by a momentum method and pressure search method, using a constant time step in the calculations. Real time methodologies used in the simulation field are combined with engineering analysis methodologies to provide the method and apparatus for engineering analysis and simulation of power plant thermohydraulic phenomena in a real-time environment.
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Lein Horngshyang
Wang Guan-Hwa
Wang Zen-Yow
General Physics International Engineering & Simulation, Inc.
Ramirez Ellis B.
Stamber Eric W.
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