Thermo-fluid system solver for Windows

Draw the system.
Solve the physics.

Cycles, flow networks, and everything between — constrained like an engineer thinks, solved with real-fluid properties, then swept across the whole design space. All on your own machine.

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verified example systems, shipped in-app
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real fluids via CoolProp
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How it works

Constrain. Solve. Read.

01 — CONSTRAIN

Specify what you know

Every stream carries three unknowns — P h . Components contribute their governing equations: isentropic efficiency, Darcy–Weisbach friction, effectiveness, elevation head ρgΔz.

02 — SOLVE

One simultaneous system

A trust-region least-squares solve over the whole network at once — no marching order, no tearing, no guessing which component goes first.

03 — READ

Honest diagnostics

Fully constrained, or told exactly why not: underconstrained with the missing degrees of freedom counted, overconstrained when your specifications conflict. Never a silent wrong answer.

ThermoFluid Studio: a refrigeration cycle on the schematic canvas with component library, properties, and results panels
Design exploration

Don't solve one design.
Explore a thousand.

Pick any input — turbine inlet temperature, condenser pressure, mass flow — and sweep it across a range. ThermoFluid Studio re-solves the entire system at every point and plots the result, so you find the optimum instead of guessing at it. This is the difference between a calculator and a design tool.

Thermal efficiency vs. turbine inlet temperature 400 °C 600 °C 30% 40% turbine inlet temperature →
  • Sweep any component setting or boundary condition
  • Watch efficiency, COP, net work, or any state respond
  • Export the entire study to CSV in one click
  • Every point is a full, verified solve — never an interpolation
Get it and explore →
Verified example library

Every example is a proof.

Fifteen systems ship in the app — every state in every one re-derived by hand from CoolProp, independently of the solver, and published with the full algebra.

T1Ideal Rankine cycle
T2Superheated Rankine with losses
T3Reheat Rankine cycle
T4Regenerative Rankine, open FWH
T5Vapor-compression refrigeration
T6Refrigeration with suction-line HX
T7Recuperated helium Brayton
T8Open Brayton gas turbine
T9Transcritical CO₂ heat pump
F1Pumped transfer line, turbulent
F2Laminar capillary line
F3Riser & downcomer, elevation head
F4Steam nozzle–diffuser train
C1Steam plant with real piping
C2Two loops: Rankine + refrigeration
Read the verification document (PDF) every state · every equation · machine precision
Under the hood

Small tool. Real solver.

Design exploration

Sweep any parameter across a range and re-solve the whole system at every point. Plot efficiency, COP, or net work against your variable and find the optimum — then export the study to CSV.

19 component models

Turbines, pumps, compressors, boilers, condensers, recuperators, throttles, nozzles, mixers, splitters, pipes, bends — with the actual equations documented.

Real fluids, not tables

137 fluids through CoolProp — steam, refrigerants, cryogens, CO₂ through the critical point. Quality, superheat, and subcooling are ordinary specifications.

Multi-loop systems

Independent fluid loops — a steam cycle and a refrigerant loop in one project, each with its own fluid and mass flow, summarized together.

Diagrams that trace processes

T–s, P–h, P–v, and Mollier diagrams with real saturation domes — boiling plateaus ride the dome, throttles follow their isenthalps. No chords between dots.

Hydraulics included

Darcy–Weisbach friction with laminar and Swamee–Jain regimes, Crane-method bends, minor losses, heat loss, and signed elevation head ρgΔz.

Private by design

Projects are local .tfluid files (inspectable JSON). Nothing you model is uploaded, stored, or processed on any server.

Pricing

One product. One price.

$9.99 / month
  • Every feature, no tiers or modules
  • All 137 CoolProp fluids
  • Multi-loop systems & diagrams
  • Every update included
  • Up to three active installations
  • Local, private computation
  • Cancel anytime, self-service
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Windows 10 / 11, 64-bit.

Download for Windows v0.6.1 · 70.1 MB · Windows 10/11 x64

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Published by Rowan Baptista. This early-access build is not yet code-signed — Windows SmartScreen may warn on first run; verify the hash above before installing. Code signing is planned.