Class: `Steam`

Description

The Steam class represents water vapor (steam) and provides physical and thermodynamic properties required in process engineering simulations and calculations.
All properties are retrieved from CoolProp, ensuring accurate and temperature/pressure-dependent values.

Properties

name (string): Steam
formula (string): H₂O
molecular_weight (float): 18.015 g/mol

Class Reference

class Steam()

Parameters:
temperature: Temperature, default = Temperature(100,"C")
pressure: Pressure, default = Pressure(1,"atm")

Methods

The properties of the Steam class are obtained using CoolProp:

phase(): Returns "gas", "liquid", or "two-phase" depending on temperature and pressure.
density(): Returns the density (ρ) of steam at the given temperature and pressure.
specific_heat(): Returns the specific heat capacity at constant pressure (Cp).
viscosity(): Returns the dynamic viscosity (μ).
thermal_conductivity(): Returns the thermal conductivity (k).
vapor_pressure(): Returns the saturation pressure at the given temperature.
enthalpy(): Returns the enthalpy (h) per unit mass.

All calculations are accurate and sourced directly from CoolProp for water.

Examples

from processpi.components import Steam
from processpi.units import *

# Create a Steam object at 150°C
steam = Steam(temperature=Temperature(150, "C"))

print("Density:", steam.density().to("kg/m3"))
print("Viscosity:", steam.viscosity().to("Pa·s"))
print("Specific Heat:", steam.specific_heat().to("J/kgK"))
print("Thermal Conductivity:", steam.thermal_conductivity().to("W/mK"))
print("Vapor Pressure:", steam.vapor_pressure().to("Pa"))
print("Enthalpy:", steam.enthalpy().to("J/kg"))
print("Phase:", steam.phase())

Class: Steam