CryoEvap: An open-source software to simulate the evaporation of cryogenic liquids in vertically orientated storage tanks

IF 2.4 4区计算机科学 Q2 COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING SoftwareX Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-02-20 DOI:10.1016/j.softx.2025.102099

Felipe Huerta , Velisa Vesovic

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The paper presents a new software tool, CryoEvap, based on a novel and validated modelling approach that simulates the isobaric evaporation of cryogenic liquids in storage tanks. CryoEvap provides time-dependent liquid volume, boil-off gas rates, boil-off gas temperature, average vapour temperature, vapour temperature profiles, different heat ingresses and estimates of transient time relevant to industrial applications in cryogenic energy storage. The software has been implemented in Python under an object-oriented programming paradigm. CryoEvap is designed to aid research in novel applications such as renewable energy storage and the optimal integration of the storage tanks into process simulators. In this paper we provide new research insights into the behaviour of cryogens when stored in two industry-relevant scenarios of large and medium scale storage. The results indicate that the transient period varies drastically between different sized storage tanks and that the inclusion of the vapour thermal expansion is an essential pre-requisite for good estimates of the boil-off gas rates.

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CryoEvap：一个开源软件，用于模拟低温液体在垂直方向的储罐中的蒸发

本文介绍了一种新的软件工具，CryoEvap，基于一种新的和经过验证的建模方法，模拟了低温液体在储罐中的等压蒸发。CryoEvap提供与时间相关的液体体积，蒸发气体速率，蒸发气体温度，平均蒸汽温度，蒸汽温度分布，不同的热入口和与低温储能工业应用相关的瞬态时间估计。该软件在面向对象编程范式下用Python实现。CryoEvap旨在帮助研究新的应用，如可再生能源存储和最佳集成的储罐到过程模拟器。在本文中，我们提供了新的研究见解，当储存在两种工业相关的大型和中型储存方案时，低温剂的行为。结果表明，不同尺寸的储罐的瞬态时间差异很大，并且蒸汽热膨胀的包含是很好地估计蒸发气体速率的必要先决条件。

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SoftwareX COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING-

CiteScore

5.50

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2.90%

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184

审稿时长

9 weeks

期刊介绍： SoftwareX aims to acknowledge the impact of software on today''s research practice, and on new scientific discoveries in almost all research domains. SoftwareX also aims to stress the importance of the software developers who are, in part, responsible for this impact. To this end, SoftwareX aims to support publication of research software in such a way that: The software is given a stamp of scientific relevance, and provided with a peer-reviewed recognition of scientific impact; The software developers are given the credits they deserve; The software is citable, allowing traditional metrics of scientific excellence to apply; The academic career paths of software developers are supported rather than hindered; The software is publicly available for inspection, validation, and re-use. Above all, SoftwareX aims to inform researchers about software applications, tools and libraries with a (proven) potential to impact the process of scientific discovery in various domains. The journal is multidisciplinary and accepts submissions from within and across subject domains such as those represented within the broad thematic areas below: Mathematical and Physical Sciences; Environmental Sciences; Medical and Biological Sciences; Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. Originating from these broad thematic areas, the journal also welcomes submissions of software that works in cross cutting thematic areas, such as citizen science, cybersecurity, digital economy, energy, global resource stewardship, health and wellbeing, etcetera. SoftwareX specifically aims to accept submissions representing domain-independent software that may impact more than one research domain.