ME140 CANTERA FUNCTION GUIDE MATLAB 1. Initializing the Gas Object In General: gas_variable_name = IdealGasMix(chemical_mechanism) Some Examples: g = IdealGasMix('gri30.

.cti') %creates gas object g using GRI3.0 mechanism gas1 = IdealGasMix(ch3oh.inp,nasathermo.dat) %creates gas object gas1 using ch3oh.inp mechanism and nasathermo.dat thermodynamic data (these are not included with the Cantera installation) 2. Setting the Attributes of the Gas Object In General: set(gas_variable_name,T,temperature_in_K,P,pressure_in_Pa,X,reactant_string) Some Examples: set(g,T,300,P,1e5,X,CH4:1.0001,O2:2,N2:7.52) %sets the gas as a stoichiometric methane-air mixture, e.g. 1.0001CH4 + 2(O2 + 3.76N2) Products set(gas1,T,1000,P,10e5,X,CH4:1,O2:3,N2:11.28) %sets the gas as a lean methane-air mixture, e.g. CH4 + 3(O2 + 3.76N2) Products 3. Equilibrate In General: equilibrate(gas_variable_name,XY) XY -- A two-letter string, which must be one of the set ['TP','TV','HP','SP','SV','UV', 'PT','VT','PH','PS','VS','VU']. If H, U, S, or V is specified, the value must be the specific value (per unit mass) Some Examples: equilibrate(g,HP) equilibrate(gas1,UV) 4. Getting Gas Properties temperature(g) pressure(g) density(g) molarDensity(g) meanmolecularweight(g) %temperature in K %pressure in Pa %mass density in kg/m3 %number density in kmol/m3 %mean molecular weight in kg/kmol

%equilibrate at constant enthalpy and pressure %equilibrate at constant internal energy and specific volume

enthalpy_mole(g) intEnergy_mole(g) entropy_mole(g) gibbs_mole(g) cp_mole(g) cv_mole(g) enthalpy_mass(g) intEnergy_mass(g) entropy_mass(g) gibbs_mass(g) cp_mass(g) cv_mass(g) 5. Getting Species Properties

%enthalpy per unit mole in J/kmol %internal energy per unit mole in J/kmol %entropy per unit mole in J/kmol-K %gibbs function per unit mole in J/kmol %heat capacity at constant pressure in J/kmol-K %heat capacity at constant volume in J/kmol-K %enthalpy per unit mass in J/kg %internal energy per unit mole in J/kg %entropy per unit mole in J/kg-K %gibbs function per unit mole in J/kg %heat capacity at constant pressure in J/kg-K %heat capacity at constant volume in J/kg-K

speciesindex(g,species) massfractions(g) molefractions(g) molarMasses(g); enthalpies_RT(g)

%get the index of a particular species in the mechanism %vector of yk %vector of xk %vector of MMk %vector of hk/(RT)

Example: %Find the mass fraction of CO2 in the gas object iCO2=speciesindex(g,CO2); massFracVector=massfractions(g); yCO2=massFracVector(iCO2); 6. Shortcuts oneatm = 101325 %Pa gasconstant = 8314 %J/kmol-K