Alternative to NIST REFPROP

CoolProp
Free Software
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A cross-platform, open-source, alternative to NIST REFPROP. Based on reference-accuracy equations of state and transport property correlations for refrigerants like Water, CO2, R134a, Nitrogen, Argon, Ammonia, Air, R404a, R410a, Propane and many others. A selection of secondary working fluid properties are also available. Can also make use of REFPROP when available.

In addition, calculations for Humid Air Properties based on ASHRAE RP-1485 are provided.

Wrappers are available for MATLAB, Octave, Python, C#, Fortran and many more.

CoolProp is a C++ library that implements:

  • Pure and pseudo-pure fluid equations of state and transport properties for 122 components
  • Mixture properties using high-accuracy Helmholtz energy formulations
  • Correlations of properties of incompressible fluids and brines
  • Computationally efficient tabular interpolation
  • Highest accuracy psychrometric routines
  • User-friendly interface around the full capabilities of NIST REFPROP
  • Fast IAPWS-IF97 (Industrial Formulation) for Water/Steam
  • Cubic equations of state (SRK, PR)

CoolProp Architectures:

  • 32-bit/64-bit
  • Windows, Linux, OSX, Raspberry PI, VxWorks Compact Rio, etc. (if you can compile C++ on it, CoolProp will run)

Fluid Properties:

  • Pure and Pseudo-Pure fluid properties
    • Introduction
    • Thermodynamic properties of Fluid
    • List of Fluids
    • Ideal Curves
      • Ideal Curve
      • Boyle Curve
      • Joule Inversion Curve
      • Joule-Thomson Curve
      • Ideal Curves for Refrigerant R125
  • Mixtures
    • Theoretical description
    • Estimating binary interaction parameters
    • Using your own interaction parameters
    • Phase Envelope
    • Reducing Parameters
    • Excess Helmholtz Energy Terms
    • Appendix
    • Binary pairs
  • Humid Air Properties
    • Molar Volume
    • Molar Enthalpy
    • Enhancement factor
    • Isothermal Compressibility
    • Sample HAPropsSI Code
    • Table of Inputs/Outputs to HAPropsSI
    • Psychrometric Chart
    • Humid Air Validation
    • Verification Script
  • Incompressible Fluids
    • General Introduction
    • Pure Fluid Examples
    • Mixture Examples
    • Partial Derivatives
    • Fitting Reports
    • Thermodynamics of Incompressible Fluids
    • Equations
    • The Different Fluids
    • Adding New Fluids
  • IF97 Steam/Water Properties
    • General Introduction
    • IF97 Backend
    • IF97 Range of Validity
    • IF97 Water Property Examples
  • Advanced Fluid Properties
    • Use of Extended Corresponding States for Transport Properties
    • Conversion from ideal gas term to Helmholtz energy term
    • Converting Bender and mBWR EOS

CoolProp: This section includes information about the CoolProp software, listings of inputs, etc.

  • Available Wrappers
    • Common Wrapper Prerequisites
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • OSX
  • High-Level Interface
    • PropsSI function
    • Vapor, Liquid, and Saturation States
    • Imposing the Phase (Optional)
    • Fluid information
    • Trivial inputs
    • PhaseSI function
    • Partial Derivatives
      • First Partial Derivatives for Single-phase States
      • Second Partial Derivatives for Single-Phase States
      • First Saturation Derivatives
    • Predefined Mixtures
    • User-Defined Mixtures
    • Reference States
    • Calling REFPROP
    • Adding Fluids
    • C++ Sample Code
    • C++ Sample Code Output
    • Sample Code
    • Table of string inputs to PropsSI function
  • Low Level Interface
    • Introduction
    • Generating Input Pairs
    • Keyed output versus accessor functions
    • Things only in the low-level interface
    • Imposing the Phase (Optional)
    • Partial Derivatives
    • Two-Phase and Saturation Derivatives
    • Reference States
    • Low-level interface using REFPROP
    • Access from High-Level Interface
  • Tabular Interpolation
    • General Information
    • TTSE Interpolation
    • Bicubic Interpolation
    • Accuracy comparison
    • Speed comparison
    • More Information
  • Configuration Variables
    • Configuration Keys
  • REFPROP Interface
    • Path Issues
    • Other Platforms
    • Other Features