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http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/CEAWeb/ceaWhat.htm
CEA:
• calculates chemical
equilibrium product
concentrations
• determines thermodynamic
& transport properties
2 supporting documents:
1. Detailed analyses of
chemical equilibrium
calculations
2. User manual and
Request a program description
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Installation Overview
Download desired version (Windows)
CEA GUI Download consists of the following files:
1) CEAgui-jar.zip
2) CEA+Fortran.zip
3) CEAexec-win.zip
If your local system has NOT installed the Java2 SDK (J2SDK), you must install the Java 2 Runtime
Environment (JRE) which consists of Java Virtual Machine, the Java platform core classes, and
supporting files. It is the runtime part of the J2SDK. j2re1_4_1_03-windows-i586.exe can be downloaded
from "http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/" for Java2 SDK from Sun Microsoft Inc.
1. Create the installation Directory on your local machine (e.g. mkdir C:\CEAexec)
2. Download all three ZIP files and the executable file into the SAME directory (e.g. cd C:\CEAexec)
3. Unzip the Fortran Source Code (CEA+Fortran.zip) and save into the SAME directory.
4. Unzip the CEA GUI Execution file(CEAexec-win.zip)and save into the SAME directory.
5. Unzip the CEAgui JAR file (CEAgui-jar.zip) and save into the SAME directory.
6. Double-click on the file (j2re1_4_1_03-windows-i586) to install Java Runtime Environment (JRE) by
using the system DEFAULT directory (e.g. C:\Program Files\Java Soft\JRE\1.4)
7.Execute the batch file (CEAexec-win.bat) for using the file CEAgui.jar.
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Problem Types (2/2)
Chapman-Jouguet detonation properties are calculated for a set of unburned gaseous reactants
at assigned temperatures and pressures.
Converges on both the gaseous and condensed products for a reactant mixture with an
assigned entropy and set of pressures.
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Rocket Problems
INFINITE-AREA COMBUSTOR
All points are isentropic with respect to the combustion point.
Can assume chemical equilibrium or products frozen after a specified point.
Freeze points selections are combustion, throat, or exit1.
FINITE-AREA COMBUSTOR
In this chamber combustion is a
non-isentropic, irreversible process.
During the burning process, part of the
energy released is used to raise the
entropy, and the pressure drops.
Expansion in the nozzle is assumed
to be isentropic.
Can only assume chemical equilibrium.
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Example
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Problem Tab
Click
Notes:
1. Make sure all inputs are validated by clicking outside of input cells
2. Make sure there is no space before an input
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Inputs to Example (2/4)
Reactant Tab
Reactant Selector
Notes:
1. Propellants can be in gaseous, condensed (solid/liquid), or atomic form
2. Use the search function to quickly find desired propellant
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Inputs to Example (4/4)
RUN CEA2
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Equilibrium Frozen
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Output from Example (2/3)
Equilibrium Frozen
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Equilibrium Frozen
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References
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