I am including pressures, but not dead head - I may later include it. During
the building of a power unit schematic, there is no pressure in the line
until it dead heads. So in order to build the schematic I use a theoretical
system pressure. So in the actual system each component will know what
pressure it should expect. This is really a project that is continually
growing. The hardest challenge has been the interaction of the fluid lines.
If you have three lines coming together, what is the flow? So as you can
see, it can be a challenge. I may replace pressure with desiredpressure and
actualpressure, replace reliefpressure with desiredreliefpressure and
actualreliefpressure (flows would be handled like wise). So I can handle
steady state and transient states.
As it is, it will not be a product for commercial sale - I have to much time
and energy into it. It is for my company to improve the quoting and
estimation process, as well as providing instantaneous schematic/quote for
our customers. After we reap the benifits, we may provide it for sale. It is
tied into a database to index desired (stocked) components, pricing, and
availability. Generated is a schematic, parts list, bill of material, part
costs, quote cost, and axillary parts list if needed.
One thing not currently included is loss of pressure/flow through a
component. May consider including this later (each component/part number
would have it's own loss equation).
