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TOolbox for Reactor Cross-Flow Heat Exchangers: Python Scripts for calculation of Pressure drop and Heat Transfer for crossflow tube bundles based on models found across the literature.

Stars: 26
Forks: 13
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 22

Dominant language: Python
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: May 28, 2020
Latest indexed: Sep 15, 2026
Contributing guide: No contributing guide
Code of conduct: No code of conduct
Beginner labels: help wanted
PR merge metrics: No merged PRs in 30d

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22 open issues indexed

User Manual Open

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fastresearchgroup/TORCHE#10 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 2 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Revise GG correlation to reflect additional coefficients (non-isothermal) Open

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fastresearchgroup/TORCHE#15 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Remove velocity input for all functions. Only require Reynolds numbers and Prandtl number. Open

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fastresearchgroup/TORCHE#16 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Add the analytical solution of Khan et. al. "Convection Heat Transfer from tube banks in crossflow: Analytical Approach" Open

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fastresearchgroup/TORCHE#20 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Add VDI Heat Atlas equations for pressure drop and heat transfer (These may already exist) Open

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fastresearchgroup/TORCHE#21 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Add pressure drop correlations for packed beds for pebble bed reactor geometries Open

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fastresearchgroup/TORCHE#22 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Add pressure drop across non-circular tubes in cross-flow such as ovals Open

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fastresearchgroup/TORCHE#23 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Add test problem from example in VDI Heat Atlas 2nd Edition pg. 1082-84 Open

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fastresearchgroup/TORCHE#24 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Add heat transfer correlation for helical coils Open

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fastresearchgroup/TORCHE#25 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Need to remove the specific corrections from the dP_Zu function and make them general. Allow the user to decide if they want to use it or not. For instance, the seiter-tate visocisty correction for both liquid (mu) and gas (Temperature). Open

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fastresearchgroup/TORCHE#26 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Provide a csv file with the graph extracted data for comparison when available. Open

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fastresearchgroup/TORCHE#28 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Find out what happened to the curve fits created for the first reference plus the recent student conference paper. Open

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fastresearchgroup/TORCHE#29 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Add Prandtl number ranges for each correlations when available. It doesn't look likely that we can truly apply ranges. GG doesn't provide it. Open

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fastresearchgroup/TORCHE#30 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Look into adding a tester for pull requests Open

fastresearchgroup/TORCHE#36 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Add error messages (with toggle on/off switch) for each function Open

fastresearchgroup/TORCHE#38 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Simplify TORCHE function params; pass as object instead Open

fastresearchgroup/TORCHE#40 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Refactor TORCHE code to make for cleaner read Open

fastresearchgroup/TORCHE#41 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Add test case for parallel/counter flow heat exchangers (3 streams) - P1 Open

fastresearchgroup/TORCHE#47 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Add test case for parallel/counter flow heat exchangers (3 streams) - P2 Open

fastresearchgroup/TORCHE#48 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Add test case for parallel/counter flow heat exchangers (3 streams) - P3 Open

fastresearchgroup/TORCHE#49 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Add test case for parallel/counter flow heat exchangers (3 streams) - P4 Open

fastresearchgroup/TORCHE#50 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Address the issue with the current 3stream solver being able to only handle the intermediate fluid being the hot one. Open

fastresearchgroup/TORCHE#51 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026

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