• Maintain and disseminate NASA Glenn chemical equilibrium computer code CEA.
• Add GUI (Graphical User Interface).
• Maintain CEA website:

     http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/CEAWeb/

Approach:

Use Java to construct GUI. JAVA program makes input file which is executed by CEA.

CEA is a well-known and heavily used FORTRAN program that has been documented with NASA reports NASA TP-1311, parts I and II.  The program calculates equilibrium compositions and properties with the following built-in applications:

• Assigned thermodynamic states
• Theoretical rocket performance
• Chapman-Jouguet detonations
• Shock-tube parameter calculations

CEA computer program with and without GUI that will calculate thermodynamic properties for chemical systems.  The program can be applied to a wide variety of problems in chemistry and chemical engineering applications including combustion problems and theoretical rocket performance.
A website that  includes:

• A history of the program
• A description of the program
• A listing of associated publications with links to download them.
• A request form for obtaining CEA,associated data, and associated GUI option
• A page where any user will be able to get tables of thermodynamic data for specified individual species.

Researcher:

Bonnie J. McBride