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X Steam Tables for
MS Excel
Free open source
IAPWS IF97 steam and water
properties for industrial use implemented as VBA
scripts.
- No installation,
Scripts are stored in the Excel (Ooo) workbook!
- Open source.
That the water properties are implemented as scripts in the
workbook are a unike advantage. No distrubution problems, just
open it anywhere. Please view the
Excel X-Steam
information
page for further specifications and development tasks. Download
for free from
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Information
Steam and water properties for MS Excel
according to the IAPWS IF97
standard formulation. (www.iapws.org)
A complete implementation. Uses short intuitive calling names.
The steam tables
are
implemented as
Excel VBA
scripts and stored inside a workbook. (No extra .DLL file or installation
required to run the excel spread sheet. The excel calcualtion can
be distrubuted)
OBS!!
XSteam are Excel Macros, Make sure "Tool:Macros:Security..." are set to
medium before opening the file and answer "Enable Macros" in the
security warning displayed when opening the file!
The code are open source.
You are free to use, modify and distribute
the code as long as authorship is properly acknowledged (freeware).
Download it from the Download menu.
Advantages
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Complete implementation. For a list of
calling functions se bellow.
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No installation or .dll files needed,
everything is stored in the Excel, OpenOffice document.
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Since the macros are stored in the
workbook calculations can be distrubuted to anyone without them
having to install any programs etc.
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Simple to use
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Fast calculations
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Molliere chart produced with the steam tables.
(Download the excel chart from the download menu for free.)
Installation
The
macros in XSteam are stored inside a workbook. If you want to be able to
use the Macros in all your workbooks without storing a copy of XSteam in
each workbook the macros could be installed to your add in directory.
See XSteam Excel Installation
Calling syntax
A list of valid XSteam calling functions
are provided bellow and in the Excel/Open office Calc document. XSteam
functions take 1 or 2 arguments.
• Example: h_pt(1,20) Returns the enthalpy of water at 1 bar
and 20 degC
• Example: TSat_p(1) Returns the saturation temperature of
water at 1 bar.
For a list of valid Steam Table functions se the
XSteam Information or the Calling
spreadsheet in the excel file.
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