capeOpenCreatePackage

Creates or retrieves a handle to a CAPE-OPEN property package. This handle can be used in subsequent calls to all information functions and property or equilibrium calculation functions.

A list of installed property package managers can be obtained using capeOpenPackageManagers. The names of property packages exposed by a given property package manager can be obtained using capeOpenPackages.

A property package must always be created before it can be used.

Syntax

handle=capeOpenCreatePackage(mgr,packageName)

Arguments

mgr: string, name of an installed property package manager or stand-alone property package

packageName: string, name of the property package to create. The value of the string is ignored for a stand-alone property package.

Returns

handle: handle to the created property package.

Example


» mgrs=capeOpenPackageManagers()

mgrs = 

    'Multiflash Property Package Manager'
    'Simulis CAPE-OPENr Thermo System (1.0) / P.P.M. (1.1)'
    'Water'
    'VMG Thermo Property Package Manager 1.1'
    'OATS Property Package Manager (CAPE-OPEN 1.1)'
    'TEA (CAPE-OPEN 1.1)'

» tea=mgrs(6)

tea = 

    'TEA (CAPE-OPEN 1.1)'

» capeOpenPackages(tea)

ans = 

    'C1_C2'
    'C1_C2 (EOS)'
    'n-depropropanizer'
    'alkanes'
    'HDA'
    'Water-nButanol-UNIQUAC'
    'ethane prod'
    'test'
    'Ethanol2Ether'

» handleC1C2=capeOpenCreatePackage(tea,'C1_C2')

handleC1C2 =

        7772

» handleC1C2=capeOpenCreatePackage('TEA (CAPE-OPEN 1.1)','C1_C2')

handleC1C2 =

        7772

»  % note that the package is not re-created and the handle is the same
» capeOpenPackages('Water')

ans = 

    '(stand-alone)'

» handleWater=capeOpenCreatePackage('Water','')

handleWater =

       32053