Conduit Forge

This project is destinated to offer a flexible structure to model piping systems in Python. This library uses classes to represent some common piping components, such as: Pipes, joints, elbows, connectors and etc.

Scope/Limitations of the Project

This library is limited to model the piping systems under the conditions bellow:

* Non-compressible flow;
* Single phase flow;
* Single Chemical Species;
* Isotermic flow;
* Adiabatic flow;

Documentation

Main Classes and Piping systems Objects

Port Class

This class, is the responsible for storing the size, shape and position of the extremities of some piping component. In the example of the inlet Port of a Pipe:

import conduitforge as cf

pipe_1 = cf.Pipe(internal_diam = 3, length = 12)

print(f'\n{type(pipe.component_input_port[0]) = }')
print(f'\n{pipe_1.component_input_port[0].geometry = }') #
print(f'\n{pipe_1.component_input_port[0].characteristic_length = }')

>>>type(pipe_1.component_input_port[0]) = <class__Port__>
>>>pipe_1.component_input_port[0].geometry = 'cilyndrical
>>>pipe_1.component_input_port[0].characteristic_length = 3

Component Class

This class is where all the basic propperties (and behaviour) of all the components of a piping/pumping system are declared. It isn't meant to be used directly by the user, for it was created to increase modularity and further maintenance of the code.

• Pipe: A child-class of Component, represents a cilyndrical Pipe.
• Duct: A child-class of Pipe, used for square or rectangular ducts.
• Custom_Connector: A child-class of Component, allows the user to create Custom connectors.

Current Class

This class stores the hidraulic and thermodynamic properties of some stream of fluid, such as mass flow, chemical composition, pressure, temperature, density viscosity and etc.

Mosaic Class

This class maintains a list of joints made between currents, components and other objects.