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HeaTSSPy (Heat Transport System Simulation for Python)
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Overview
HeaTSSPy is a thermal management system (TMS) concept design package. Written within Python utilizing the OpenMDAO framework, HeaTSSPy seeks to give engineers a useful tool to estimate size, weight, and drag of a liquid and air based TMS. The package is modular and gives access to all the building blocks required of a liquid or specific types of air cooling systems. These components include heat exchangers, heat sinks, tubes, inlets, nozzles, heat loads, and pumps. It also contains a method of populating flow characteristics and utilizes several methods of characterization including using table, and the open source package CoolProp. Because the module is built within OpenMDAO, design optimization can be utilized to determine the dimensions of heat exchangers, tubing diameters, pump sizes, and system architectures.