Module `huracan.components.power`

Engine power plants

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2024 Antonio López Rivera <antonlopezr99@gmail.com>
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0

"""
Engine power plants
-------------------
"""


class plant:
    """
    Plant
    -----

    Engine power plant class. From it all children power plant 
    classes inherit the Q_min method, which returns the 
    heat required to power the rotary components of the engine.
    """
    def Q_min(self, downstream):
        """
        Obtain the heat required by all downstream turbines.

        Assumptions:
        - A single combustion chamber is used to power all
          downstream turbines, without secondary combustion
          chambers in any of the affluent streams.
          If this is the case, the combustion chambers will
          provide the heat required by each of their common
          turbines (and so twice the amount needed).
          For now, it is wise to ensure any secondary combustion
          chambers do not have shared turbines with the main one.

        :type downstream: list of stream

        :return: Heat required by all downstream turbines.
        """
        Qr = []
        for stream in downstream:
            for c in stream.components:
                if c.__class__.__name__ == 'turbine':
                    Qr.append(c.w_r())
        return sum(Qr)

Sub-modules

huracan.components.power.combustion: Combustion power plants
huracan.components.power.electrical: Electrical power plants
huracan.components.power.hydrogen: Hydrogen power plants
huracan.components.power.sinks: System power sinks

Classes

class plant

Plant

Engine power plant class. From it all children power plant classes inherit the Q_min method, which returns the heat required to power the rotary components of the engine.

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class plant:
    """
    Plant
    -----

    Engine power plant class. From it all children power plant 
    classes inherit the Q_min method, which returns the 
    heat required to power the rotary components of the engine.
    """
    def Q_min(self, downstream):
        """
        Obtain the heat required by all downstream turbines.

        Assumptions:
        - A single combustion chamber is used to power all
          downstream turbines, without secondary combustion
          chambers in any of the affluent streams.
          If this is the case, the combustion chambers will
          provide the heat required by each of their common
          turbines (and so twice the amount needed).
          For now, it is wise to ensure any secondary combustion
          chambers do not have shared turbines with the main one.

        :type downstream: list of stream

        :return: Heat required by all downstream turbines.
        """
        Qr = []
        for stream in downstream:
            for c in stream.components:
                if c.__class__.__name__ == 'turbine':
                    Qr.append(c.w_r())
        return sum(Qr)

Subclasses

combustion_chamber

Methods

def Q_min(self, downstream)

Obtain the heat required by all downstream turbines.

Assumptions: - A single combustion chamber is used to power all downstream turbines, without secondary combustion chambers in any of the affluent streams. If this is the case, the combustion chambers will provide the heat required by each of their common turbines (and so twice the amount needed). For now, it is wise to ensure any secondary combustion chambers do not have shared turbines with the main one.

:type downstream: list of stream

:return: Heat required by all downstream turbines.

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def Q_min(self, downstream):
    """
    Obtain the heat required by all downstream turbines.

    Assumptions:
    - A single combustion chamber is used to power all
      downstream turbines, without secondary combustion
      chambers in any of the affluent streams.
      If this is the case, the combustion chambers will
      provide the heat required by each of their common
      turbines (and so twice the amount needed).
      For now, it is wise to ensure any secondary combustion
      chambers do not have shared turbines with the main one.

    :type downstream: list of stream

    :return: Heat required by all downstream turbines.
    """
    Qr = []
    for stream in downstream:
        for c in stream.components:
            if c.__class__.__name__ == 'turbine':
                Qr.append(c.w_r())
    return sum(Qr)