Welcome to ChE Links from Dr.
Bernhard Spang. Dr. Spang has brought this extensive collection of chemical
engineering links from his site at About.com. We're happy to have this collection
now available on The Chemical Engineers' Resource Page.
PsyCalc
Comprehensive psychrometric calculator for Windows 3.1/9x/NT, fully functional free student version for colleges and universities as well as a 30 day trial version for everyone else available.
http://www.linric.com/psyc_98.htm
REACT for Windows
Chemical kinetics program for the simulation and modeling of chemical mechanisms, MS Windows, free 30 day trial license available.
http://www.chemicalsoft.com/
Steam Properties
MS Windows application that calculates properties of steam/water within a wide range of pressure and temperature. Shareware.
http://www.taftan.com/steam.shtml
Steam Tables
From WinSim, free DOS programs and a DLL for calling from Win32 programs based on the 1967 ASME steam tables.
http://www.winsim.com/steam/steam.html
Steam Tables for Industrial Use
Online calculation of properties of water and steam using the IAPWS-IF97 formulation.
http://twt.mpei.ac.ru/OCHKOV/WSPHB/Engindex.html
The Expert System for Thermodynamics
From Subrata Bhattacharjee, expert system written in Java and HTML for assisting students and professionals with problem solving in Engineering Thermodynamics.
http://eng.sdsu.edu/testcenter/index.html
The Second Law of Thermodynamics
From Prof. Frank L. Lambert, how the second law affects our world of energy and matter, a tutorial in questions & answers form for both beginners and pros.
http://www.secondlaw.com/
Thermo Utilities
From Taftan Data, MS Excel add-ins for design, analysis, and optimization of power plants and air conditioning systems. Demo available.
http://www.taftan.com/thermoxl.shtml
Thermodynamic Properties Page
From Quest Consultants, thermodynamic property calculations using the Peng-Robinson Equation of State. Max. 10 components. Input via html forms.
http://www.questconsult.com/~tam/thermot.html
Thermodynamics Online Help
From Taftan Data, tutorial in MS Windows help format (138 kB) covering the laws of thermodynamics, heat engines, turbines, heat exchangers, energy, power, heat, and the basic properties of pure fluids.
http://www.taftan.com/thermody.shtml
Thermophysical Properties of Fluid Systems
Accurate thermophysical properties for 16 fluids: density, specific volume, Cp, Cv, enthalpy, internal energy, entropy, sound speed. From the NIST Standard Reference Database Number 69 - July 2001 Release.
http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/fluid/
Utility Applets for Engineers & Scientists
From Subrata Bhattacharjee, Java applets for unit conversion, compressibility and psychrometric (A/C) charts, steam, refrigerants, ammonia, and ideal gas tables.
http://eng.sdsu.edu/testcenter/testhome/indexjavaapplets.html
Virtual Laboratory: Thermodynamic Equilibrium
From the University of Oregon, online experiments (Java applet) demonstrating the diffusion process which occurs when gases of different temperatures are mixed.
http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/Thermodynamics/index.html
VMGThermo
Thermo-physical property prediction software as callable DLLs and OLE/COM components for process simulators, MS-Office applications or programming with Delphi, Visual Basic etc.
http://www.virtualmaterials.com/vmgthermo.html
WASP
Water and steam properties calculation program for Windows. Shareware.
http://www.katmarsoftware.com/wasp.htm
What is Pinch?
An introduction to Pinch Technology from LinnhoffMarch, Acrobat pdf format.
http://www.linnhoffmarch.com/resources/whatispinch.html
XLThermal Fluids
Free Excel/VBA/Fortran function for calculation of 7 thermodynamic properties of common engineering fluids. The thermodynamic properties calculated include temperature, pressure, specific volume, internal energy, enthalpy, entropy, and quality.
http://www.spreadsheetworld.com/ItemDetails.asp?ItemID=119000-02