Chemics v24.1

Removed

• Removed __version__ property from the package

Changed

• Changed the balance attribute of ChemicalEquation to the method is_balanced()
• Refactored tests and documentation to mention is_balanced() instead of balance
• Use importlib to get the version number instead of using __version__

Chemics v23.11

Added

• A pyproject.toml file for package installation
• Source directory for src layout
• Conda environment.yml for developing in a conda environment
• A benchmarks file for methods in the Gas class
• GitHub workflow to run tests
• Doctest and plot support for Sphinx documentation

Changed

• Moved all examples into documentation
• Change pyroI and pyroII to pyrolysis_one and pyrolysis_two functions
• Refactor Gas and GasMixture classes

Removed

• Unused requirements file for pip

Chemics v23.7

Added

• Documentation page for pressure function patm
• Gas mixture class GasMixture
• Store gas viscosity coefficients to improve performance

Changed

• Moved CAS input parameter to class init
• Rename Gas.mu to Gas.viscosity, Gas.k to Gas.thermal_conductivity, Gas.cp to Gas.heat_capacity, and Gas.rho to Gas.density

Chemics v23.2

This version has breaking changes so please upgrade from previous versions.

Changed

• Gas density, heat capacity, thermal conductivity, and viscosity functions are now methods in the Gas class
• Liquid heat capacity function is now a method in the Liquid class
• Wood heat capacity and thermal conductivity functions are now in the wood module

Chemics v23.1

Changed

• Updated gas viscosity function for better use of the CAS number

Chemics v22.10

Removed

• Code, tests, and documentation related to fluidization. See issue 27 for more information.

Chemics v22.8

Fixed

• Fix CAS numbers for cp liquid organic
• Fix CAS number for cp liquid inorganic
• Fix CAS numbers for cp gas organic
• Fix CAS numbers in cp gas inorganic

Changed

• Use dictionary for Umf coefficients

Chemics v21.10

Added

• cp_liquid() function to calculate liquid heat capacity
• Tests and documentation for the cp_liquid() function

Removed

• Unused code in gas heat capacity module

Chemics v21.7

Added

• Proximate and Ultimate analysis classes
• Tests and documentation for the above classes

Removed

• Deleted proximate_bases() and ultimate_bases() functions

Chemics v21.5

Added

• Mass transfer correlations
• Peclet (Pe), Schmidt (Sc), and Sherwood (Sh) dimensionless numbers
• Function to calculate pressure drop using Ergun equation

Changed

• Updated contributing guidelines