ABSTRACT
To address technological design and off-design simulation, we have been led to distinguish two levels in models: ● phenomenological models, these were implemented initially in Thermoptim only to give access
to the calculation of thermodynamic cycles, irrespective of the choice of a particular component technology;
● technological design and off-design simulation models not only provide the same results as the previous ones, but in addition allow the user to geometrically design the various components and once the technological design is achieved, to study the behavior of the system outside the operating conditions for which it has been sized.
