absorptionlib 1.0.14

A package for substance properties for absorption systems

Package Description

This package contains thermophysical property data for the following solutions used in absorption:

• NaOH-water
• LiBr-water
• LiCl-water
• CaCl2-water

If you want to use this package, please cite:

Höffner et al. 2025 - Potentials of absorption thermal energy storage systems in seasonal application

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18462/iir.tptpr2025.1130

Installation and Unsage

pip install absorptionlib

# Import
from absorptionlib import NaOH, LiBr, LiCl, CaCl2

# Example Usage
p = 100000 # [Pa]
x = 0.4    # [%]  = [kgNaOH / kgSolution]
t_sat = NaOH.saturation_temperature(x, p)
print(t_sat)

Output

129.75

Quick documentation

Each of the submodules have their own "in-line" documentation, which can be called by the "documentation"-method. Each thermophysical property function has a separate docstring, which can be called by the "explain"-method.

# How to get quick documentation on the modules
NaOH.documentation() # or
LiBr.documentation() # or
LiCl.documentation() # or
CaCl2.documentation()

# How to get quick documentation for functions
NaOH.explain("enthalpy")    # returns docstring for NaOH.enthalpy
LiCl.explain("pTDiagram")   # returns docstring for LiCl.pTDiagram

Available Property-Functions

Function Name	Description
saturation_temperature	Calculate the boiling point temperature of solution.
enthalpy	Calculate the enthalpy of the solution at a given temperature and concentration.
differential_enthalpy_AD	Calculates the differential enthalpy of the solution.
saturation_pressure	Calculate the equilibrium pressure of the solution.
saturation_concentration	Calculates the saturation concentration of the solution based on the temperature and pressure.
density	Calculate the density of a the solution.
specific_heat_capacity	Calculate the specific heat capacity of the solution.
dynamic_viscosity	Calculate the dynamic viscosity of the solution.
diffusion_coefficient	Computes the diffusion coefficient of the solution.
solubility_temperature	Calculate the crystallization temperature based on concentration.
hxDiagram	Plots the enthalpy-concentration diagram for the respective solution.
pTDiagram	Plots the pressure-temperature diagram the respective solutions.
crystallization_curve	Plots the crystallization curve for the solution

Diagrams

As stated before, you can construct diagrams (pT-Diagram, hx-Diagram, crystallization-curve) with the package. For example:

NaOH.pTDiagram()

Note: The plots can be styled with usual matplotlib syntax. If the plot should be editable, use NaOH.pTDiagram(editablePlot=True). To reproduce the same-looking plot, set up matplotlib using:

# matplotlib font to geogia
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.rcParams['font.family'] = 'Georgia'
plt.rcParams['mathtext.fontset'] = 'custom'
plt.rcParams['mathtext.rm'] = 'Georgia'
plt.rcParams['mathtext.it'] = 'Georgia:italic'