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New Feature: Support for INCOMP binary mixtures
This pull request aims to implement minor changes to the backend processing of fluid properties so that mass-based binary mixtures included in CoolProp can be natively supported as network fluids. These fluids are crucial for simulation of low temperature applications such as ground-sourced energy.
The API is relatively straightforward. These mixtures should be included into the network just as any other, with a specified mass fraction and back end following the given syntax:
nw = Network(fluids=['INCOMP::MEG[0.2]', 'INCOMP::MPG[0.4]', 'water', ...], ...)
while these fluids can later be utilized as connection parameters like:
meg_in_hx.set_attr(fluid={'MEG[0.2]': 1, 'MPG[0.4]': 0, 'water': 0, ...}, ...).
No bugs appear to arise from this introduction and the regular operation appears not to be influenced in any way.
A simple demonstration of how these mixtures can be utilized is depicted in tutorials/binary_mixtures.py.
Hello @jelic1marko! Thanks for opening this PR. We checked the lines you've touched for PEP 8 issues, and found:
- In the file
tutorial/binary_mixtures.py:
Line 11:80: E501 line too long (87 > 79 characters)
Thank you very much for you suggestion :). Will look into it as soon as possible. We might need to set up one or two tests, and then we can include it with the next release.
