EMPRESARIOS AGRUPADOS

RAMON PEREZ VARA

EMPRESARIOS AGRUPADOS

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CONTENTS
Introduction
EcosimPro History
EcosimPro Latest Improvements
Future Improvements
Example of EcosimPro-Excel connection

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INTRODUCTION (1)
EcosimPro is the ESA software tool for the simulation of
ECLS systems.
EcosimPro was designed as two parts:
> A Generic Simulation Kernel, which includes
a language to define new modeling components
a graphical user interface
> A Library of ECLSS components implemented using the
language.
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INTRODUCTION (2)
EcosimPro is not limited to ECLSS simulation and it is being
applied to other simulation fields:
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Hydraulic and pneumatic circuits

Simulation of Space Propulsion systems
Simulation of Aircraft Gas Turbines
Chemical process
Electrical power plant cycles (Steam Cycle and Combined Gas
Cycle)

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ECOSIMPRO HISTORY
Version 3.0 (December-1999) was the first
commercial version for PC- windows.
There is a continuous development effort to produce
upgraded versions:
Latest release:
> Version 3.3 (March-2004)

Future releases:
> Version 3.4 (December 2004)
> Version 4.0 (expected by 2005)
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ECOSIMPRO LATEST IMPROVEMENTS (1)

The major differences between version 3.3 and previous
version 3.2 are:
> a new graphical model builder, EcoDiagram
> new connection between EcosimPro and Excel, which is very
easy to use
> upgraded ECLSS library with new components
> multiple language improvements

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ECOSIMPRO LATEST IMPROVEMENTS (2)

New graphical model builder, EcoDiagram
> it eliminates the complexities
of the previous graphical
editor (a commercial tool
named Smartsketch)
Smartsketch)
> Consistency between the text
and graph is automatically
kept
> Graphical models are saved
using XML language (Ascii
(Ascii
file)
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ECOSIMPRO LATEST IMPROVEMENTS (3)

New connection EcosimPro-Excel
> Connection between EcosimPro and Excel enables to deliver
EcosimPro models that can be run by system engineers without
any EcosimPro knowledge
> Previous connection between EcosimPro models needed
Visual Basic programming to manage the EcosimPro model
object
> An Excel Add-In has been designed that enables to link Excel
cells to EcosimPro model variables only by selection in
graphical menus.

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ECOSIMPRO LATEST IMPROVEMENTS (4)

EcosimPro Model of a pneumatic system connected to Excel for
exploitation
P _27

R2

B ufferTank 2

P _15
P_28

P _26

Pt

P_13

P_12

Col1

Regulator

V1

V2

P_23

P _22
Col2

P_21
Filter
A mbient2

P _14

P _25

BufferTank 1

P _33

P _32

P _24

Pt

Col3
P_11
HP_tank

R3

Pt

P _42
A mbient1

Pt

P _41
P ump_ex it

P um p

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ECOSIMPRO LATEST IMPROVEMENTS (5)

Excel interface to run
the EcosimPro model
of the pneumatic
system

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ECOSIMPRO LATEST IMPROVEMENTS (6)

Upgraded ECLSS Library:
> New components for molecular flow
Pipe with compressible formulation, which is able to work in
turbulent, viscous and molecular flow regimes
Orifice with formulation including the compressible region, and
the molecular flow region

> Very detailed crew model

> Pressure regulator valve model, and relief valve model
> Membrane Separator Model

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ECOSIMPRO LATEST IMPROVEMENTS (7)

Upgraded ECLSS Library: Detailed Crew Model
The detailed crew model
was designed as a
compound component
consisting of:
Nude man thermal
model with 25 nodes

lf

respiration
cloth

nude_man

A cloth model
heart

A heart model
A respiratory model

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EcosimPro Future Improvements

Ecosim Version 3.4 shall be released in December
2004. Major changes from an users view point:
> It shall have an optimization module callable from
the experiments
> A pre-processor with Include and Macro, PDEs
easily modelled using the Macro
> Multiple functions to read tables in different formats
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EcosimPro Future Improvements

Ecosim Version 4 shall be released by the end of 2005
> Current EcosimPro version runs only in PC-windows, although
it can generate model executables that run under Windows,
Linux & Unix
The graphical user interface was designed using Visual Basic and
C++

> EcosimPro version 4.0 shall be multiplatform software running

on Linux and Windows:
EcosimPro Graphical User Interface is being redesigned using Qt
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EXAMPLES (1)
An EcosimPro model of a cooling loop of an spacecraft has
been built. The main features of the loop are:
> Mechanically pumped (COF pump)
> Single phase
> Working fluid is a design variable (the coolant can be
selected between a set of predefined coolants)
> Thermal power to dissipate is 6000 W

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Example (2)
Schematics of the Cooling Loop to Simulate
M PFL
By pass
Heat
exchanger
(cold plate)

PAYLOAD

Heat
exchanger
(hot plate)

THERM AL
RADIATOR

M echanically
driven pump

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Example (3)
EcosimPro model of the cooling loop
flow control - DT control
switch

speed_control

PI
Cntrl_pi

manual-automatic
switch

s_speed

T
1

tp

connector1

TL1

pump_assembly

junction

temp_control

PHX

tp

PI

Cntrl_pi

tp

bypass_line

tp_1

tp_space

connector2

tp_2

F
2

tp_inner

RHX

connector3

2
1

connector6

connector5

manual-automatic
switch

byp

TL2
2

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tp

bypass_assembly

connector4

s_pos

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Example (4)
Excel Interface to the Cooling Loop Model

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