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OpenTerrace
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- Audience
- The project aims to give researchers and industry decision makers a shared, transparent, open-source simulation framework.openterrace.github.io · read 12 Oct 2026
- Authoring tools
- Yesopenterrace.github.io · read 23 Sep 2026
- Configurable models
- Users can configure tank and bed shape, substance type, boundary conditions, and source terms.openterrace.github.io · read 12 Oct 2026
- Contact
- The contact page names Jakob Hærvig, Associate Professor at Aalborg University's Department of Energy, and gives an Aalborg East address in Denmark.openterrace.github.io · read 12 Oct 2026
- Contributions
- OpenTerrace is open source and welcomes contributions, with larger changes to core functionality requested to be discussed in advance.openterrace.github.io · read 12 Oct 2026
- Delivery mode
- desktopopenterrace.github.io · read 23 Sep 2026
- Dependencies
- The project says it uses Numba, NumPy, and SciPy.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Developer use
- The installation guide recommends editable installation for people who plan to extend or modify OpenTerrace.openterrace.github.io · read 12 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- The framework supports adding modules for materials such as non-spherical rocks and phase change materials.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Installation
- Regular users can install OpenTerrace with pip, which the guide says resolves dependencies automatically.openterrace.github.io · read 12 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The project describes its intended audience as researchers and industry decision makers working with thermal energy storage packed bed simulations.openterrace.github.io · read 11 Oct 2026
- Maintainer
- The contact page names Jakob Hærvig, Associate Professor at Aalborg University’s Department of Energy.openterrace.github.io · read 11 Oct 2026
- Materials
- Documented fluid substances include air, water, and Nak2278, while bed materials include Swedish diabase, magnetite, ATS50, and ATS58.openterrace.github.io · read 12 Oct 2026
- Materials and geometries
- The user guide lists fluid and bed substances and domain types including cylinders, blocks, spheres, and hollow spheres.openterrace.github.io · read 11 Oct 2026
- Model options
- The documentation lists cylinder, block, sphere, hollow sphere, and lumped domain types.openterrace.github.io · read 12 Oct 2026
- Numerical method
- It uses the finite volume method to calculate transient temperature response in packed bed systems.openterrace.github.io · read 12 Oct 2026
- Numerical schemes
- The documentation includes a central difference scheme for diffusion and an upwind scheme for convection.openterrace.github.io · read 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- OpenTerrace is a pure Python framework for simulating thermal energy storage packed bed systems.openterrace.github.io · read 12 Oct 2026
