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Title: |
Design And Implementation Of An Interactive Interface For Power Plant
Simulation |
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Authors: |
Zygmunt L. Szpak, Jules R. Tapamo, Joe Roy-Aikins |
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(2009).ECMS
2009 Proceedings edited by J. Otamendi, A. Bargiela, J. L. Montes, L. M.
Doncel Pedrera. European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2009 ISBN: 978-0-9553018-8-9 23rd
European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Madrid, June
9-12, 2009 |
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Citation
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Szpak, Z. L., Tapamo, J. R., &
Roy-Aikins, J. (2009). Design And Implementation Of An Interactive Interface
For Power Plant SimulationDesign And Implementation Of
An Interactive Interface For Power Plant Simulation. ECMS 2009 Proceedings
edited by J. Otamendi, A. Bargiela, J. L. Montes, L. M.
Doncel Pedrera (pp. 768-775). European Council for Modeling and
Simulation. doi:10.7148/2009-0768-0775 |
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DOI: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.7148/2009-0768-0775 |
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Abstract: |
A large
number of useful software was written at a time when graphical user
interfaces were not the norm. By current standards these programs are often
dismissed as being difficult to use and are ignored. Brakine is one
such program. Brakine is a powerful design and simula- tion system of
arbitrary energy systems that operate on the thermodynamic principles of the
Brayton and Rank- ine cycles. It suffers from a very tedious user interface
and has fallen largely out of use. This project creates a new visual user
interface for Brakine that facilitates the design of the simulation by
providing functionality to draw the entire simulation on screen. The tedious
task of generating the text input file and reading the text out- put file is
taken away from the user. The graphical user interface generates the correct
input file for the simula- tion by taking into account the inter-connectivity
of the components that have been drawn on the screen and the simulation
parameters that have been assigned to these components. The results of the
simulation are displayed by labelling the connections between components.
This aids in the overall understanding and interpretation of the simulation. |
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