User Guide - STANDALONE

The CF can also be used as STANDALONE. It were developed scripts with the main features of the CF that read data from excel files and provide routines the results to the user. You can check below to understand how it works.

from main_cf_standalone import CFModule

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# USER INTERACTION -> Create a folder inside "test" folder with your input data

# Initialize
cf = CFModule()

# Get files path
dhn_file_path = 'test_files/dhn_data.xlsx'
design_orc_file_path = 'test_files/orc_data.xlsx'
pinch_analysis_file_path = 'test_files/pinch_data.xlsx'

# Run
convert_sinks_results, convert_sources_results = cf.dhn_simulation(dhn_file_path,
                                                                   grid_supply_temperature=80,
                                                                   grid_return_temperature=40)
orc_data, orc_report = cf.design_orc(design_orc_file_path)
pinch_data, pinch_report = cf.pinch_analysis(pinch_analysis_file_path)

For each one of the simulations you can find an example for the INPUTS data and RESULTS in the “standalone” folder. Check here, for a more detailed code snippet.

Below, you can find a step-by-step for each simulation.

District Heating Network

INPUTS -> user provides excel file

  1. Sources characterization - Simple Characterization

  2. Sinks characterization - Simple Characterization, Building and Greenhouse

  3. Fuels data

RUN CODE

  1. Sinks Simulation - Convert Sinks

  2. Sources Simulation - Convert Sources

OUTPUT -> user can fetch the data

  1. User can get the outputs of the simulations (Convert Sources and Convert Sinks)

Pinch Analysis - Isolated Streams (QUICK INPUTS)

INPUTS -> user provides excel file

  1. Source and streams characterization

  2. Pinch analysis data

  3. Fuels data

RUN CODE

  1. Source simulation - Pinch Analysis - QUICK INPUTS -> get best pinch designs

OUTPUT -> user can fetch the data

  1. User can get the outputs of the simulation and the HTML report

Design ORC

INPUTS -> user provides excel file

  1. Source and streams characterization

  2. ORC design data

  3. Fuels data

RUN CODE

  1. Source simulation - Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) -> get best ORC designs

OUTPUT -> user can fetch the data

  1. User can get the outputs of the simulation and the HTML report