Property Configuration File

The property configuration file is an XML file located in the FlowExchange installation folder. It lists the supported overall and phase properties.

The root node <Properties> contains no attributes, and only <Property> sub nodes.

A <Properties> sub node has no content, but the following attributes:

name: the exposed name of the property. This appears in the XFlow file as well as in the flow data inspection views and stand-alone viewer.
name10: the CAPE-OPEN version 1.0 name to calculate and obtain the property
name11: the CAPE-OPEN version 1.1 name to calculate and obtain the property
unit: the unit of measure, optional. Default: none. Always pure SI.
basis: basis in which to obtain the property value, optional. Default: none. Valid values are 'mole', 'mass' and 'flow'. For example for enthalpy, specific enthalpy has units of J/kg and 'mass' basis, molar enthalpy has units of J/mol and 'mole' basis and enthalpy flow has units of J/s and 'flow' basis. Basis is ignored for compound properties (in case a basis applies, this is always 'mole').
overall: optional. Default: false. Must be set to true in case the property is supported for the overall phase.
phase: optional. Default: false. Must be set to true in case the property is supported for real phases.
compound: optional. Default: false. Must be set to true in case the property is supported for compounds.

A special case are properties "Molar Vapor Fraction" and "Mass Vapor Fraction" for the overall phase; here name10 and name11 are not actually CAPE-OPEN property identifiers. This property is included to support storing vapor phase if per-phase "Molar Phase Fraction" and "Mass Phase Fraction" data is not stored.