ThermoPyle.ThermoFluid¶

class ThermoPyle.ThermoFluid(fluid='Water', xvar='T', yvar='P', zvar='S', numPoints=[217, 217], colorMap='viridis')[source]¶

A class that will contain the data requested. Call the class with these arguments

Parameters:	fluid (str) – CoolProp Fluid type to use xvar (str) – x variable yvar (str) – y variable zvar (str) – z var (generated by code), normally S, U numPoints (Union[List[int],int]) – number of Points for linspaces colorMap (str) – What color map to use

xvar¶

What variable is on the x-axis

Type:	str

yvar¶

What variable is on the y-axis

Type:	str

zvar¶

What variable is on the z-axis, also, what variable is generated by CoolProp

Type:	str

colorMap¶

What ColorMap Matplotlib uses to make its plot

Type:	str

vars¶

a list of xvar, yvar, zvar

Type:	List[Text]

fluid¶

What fluid is being modeled

Type:	str

data¶

The data for the given fluid

Type:	pandas.DataFrame

units¶

the units for xvar, yvar, zvar, in that order.

Type:	List[Text]

numPoints¶

the x-resolution and y-resolution, in that order.

Type:	List[int]

M¶

the molar mass of the fluid for the system.

Type:	float

meta¶

a PMap containing metadata related to the current fluid.

Type:	pyrsistent._pmap.PMap

add_column(variables)[source]¶

Adds a column to the dataframe

Paramaters:

variable (Union[List[Text],Text]): What variable(s) to add

Return type:	None

clean()[source]¶

Re-cleans data

Return type:	None

copy()[source]¶

Returns a copy of itself

Return type:	~ThermoFluid

make_meta()[source]¶

(Re)make the metadata object

Return type:	None

make_units()[source]¶

(Re)make the units list

Return type:	None

refresh()[source]¶

Refreshes the object, remakes meta, cleans data, remakes units.

Return type:	None

write_data(path='./data/', filename='', mode='default')[source]¶

Does what it says on the tin. Makes a CSV and JSON files and saves them to path given.

Parameters:	path (str) – path where file should be saved filename (str) – what to name the file mode (str) – How to name the file: - default: FluidName_X-xpoints_Y-ypoints_Z; - custom: fully custom name; - dual: default + custom.
Return type:	None