Course Description This hands-on workshop uses pre-developed Excel Thermal-Fluids Add-ins to do rapid modeling and optimization of thermal-fluid systems. The thermal-fluid add-ins are used throughout the course to work out examples and case studies. The Add-ins provide thermodynamic properties for 35 different working fluids. By integrating the fluid properties along with the computational models for thermal and fluid flow, thermal fluid networks can be set up to rapidly simulate a broad range of thermal fluid networks for solids, liquids, gases and mixtures of fluids and gases. The add-ins utilize high speed Fortran DLL’s integrated into Excel so that they can effective be integrated into a broader system model including system level optimization. (3-days -Fox, Mincer)
Instructor Tom R. Mincer, Ph.D., Founder and President of SpreadsheetWorld, Inc. (www.spreadsheetworld.com) and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Northridge (CSUN). Dr. Mincer is widely recognized as an early pioneer in the extensive use of Excel, VBA and FORTRAN DLLs in engineering. In 1985, he initiated extensive use of Excel into the curriculum at CSUN by integrating it into the courses on systems design, computational methods and computer-aided-engineering. For the past 15 years he has worked extensively in the areas of systems design, simulation and optimization using the Excel Structured Spreadsheet environment. In 1995, he extended his efforts to industry by launching his popular hands-on workshop on Spreadsheet Aided Engineering, which has now been taught 130 times to engineers from over 150 companies worldwide. Alumni from these workshops exceed 1,500 engineers. This workshop is offered on a regular basis at over 30 companies. Dr. Mincer founded SpreadsheetWorld to extend the training services to include development of new and commercialization of existing Excel/VBA Toolboxes, and services to enhance the implementation of the best practices and methods taught in his workshops. Enroll in this course at Professional Education International
