Source code for cea.technologies.heat_exchangers

"""
heat exchangers
"""


from __future__ import division

__author__ = "Thuy-An Nguyen"
__copyright__ = "Copyright 2015, Architecture and Building Systems - ETH Zurich"
__credits__ = ["Thuy-An Nguyen", "Tim Vollrath", "Jimeno A. Fonseca"]
__license__ = "MIT"
__version__ = "0.1"
__maintainer__ = "Daren Thomas"
__email__ = "cea@arch.ethz.ch"
__status__ = "Production"


# investment and maintenance costs

[docs]def calc_Cinv_HEX(Q_design, gV): """ Calculates the cost of a heat exchanger (based on A+W cost of oil boilers) [CHF / a] :type Q_design : float :param Q_design: Design Load of Boiler :param gV: globalvar.py :rtype InvC_return : float :returns InvC_return: total investment Cost in [CHF] :rtype InvCa : float :returns InvCa: annualized investment costs in [CHF/a] """ if Q_design > 0: InvC = 3000 # after A+W if Q_design >= 50000 and Q_design <= 80000: InvC = 3000 + 2.0/30 * (Q_design - 50000) # linear interpolation of A+W data if Q_design >= 80000 and Q_design < 100000: InvC = 5000.0 #print "A" if Q_design > 100000: InvC = 80 * Q_design / 1000.0 - 3000 #print "B" InvCa = InvC * gV.Subst_i * (1+ gV.Subst_i) ** gV.Subst_n / ((1+gV.Subst_i) ** gV.Subst_n - 1) else: InvCa = 0 return InvCa