thermopt 0.2.1

A Python tool for the analysis and optimization of thermodynamic cycles.

ThermoOpt

ThermoOpt is a Python package for the modeling and optimization of thermodynamic cycles.

📚 Documentation: https://turbo-sim.github.io/thermopt/ (under construction)
📦 PyPI package: https://pypi.org/project/thermopt/

🚀 User installation (via PyPI)

If you just want to use ThermoOpt, the easiest way is to install it from PyPI:

pip install thermopt

You can then verify the installation with:

python -c "import thermopt; thermopt.print_package_info()"

🛠️ Developer installation (from source with Poetry)

This guide walks you through installation for development using Poetry, which manages both dependencies and virtual environments automatically.

1. Install Poetry
   Follow the official guide: Poetry Installation
   Then verify the installation:

   poetry --version
   

2. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/turbo-sim/thermopt
   cd thermopt
   

3. Install dependencies and create a virtual environment
   This installs all required packages listed in pyproject.toml:

   poetry install
   

4. Activate the virtual environment

   poetry shell
   

   To deactivate:

   exit
   

5. Verify the installation
   Run the following inside the Poetry shell or with poetry run:

   poetry run python -c "import thermopt; thermopt.print_package_info()"
   

6. Install additional packages
   To add a runtime dependency:

   poetry add <package-name>
   

   To add a development-only dependency:

   poetry add --dev <package-name>
   

📂 Examples

The examples directory contains a variety of ready-to-run thermodynamic cycle cases, covering different working fluids and applications.

Each example:

• Is defined in a .yaml input file
• Is executed via a corresponding run_optimization.py script
• Outputs results in a subdirectory called results/

To run any example, navigate to the corresponding subfolder and execute the optimization script.