Versions are firstly characterized by a label that defines the features, detailed below:
- Demo version
- Education Classroom version (éducation Salle de cours in French)
- Standard version
- Professional version
- Industrial version
and secondly by a serial number (2.51, 2.61, 2.71 or 2.81), which represents the chronological development of the software.
Numbers 1.3 to 1.7 were Thermoptim versions using old Java libraries (JRE or JDK 1.1.8). They are no longer maintained or marketed.
Numbers 2.51 to 2.81 are Thermoptim versions requiring Java 2 libraries (JRE or JDK 1.3 and above).
The change in Java environment was indeed a necessity because the old libraries are no longer maintained and are not available for all operating systems. For example, the Mac OS X does not provide them.
The "phenomenological" version officially distributed is version 2.51.
Version 2.61 provides access to the editor of productive structures which, among other things, allows one to automate the establishment of exergy balances.
Version 2.71 is the one that includes technological design tools and off-design features .
Version 2.81 provides access to the editor of productive structures which, among other things, allows one to automate the establishment of exergy balances, and includes technological design tools and off-design features .
Versions 2.51 to 2.81 differ from versions 2.5 to 2.8 by a few new features, including the ability to zoom a diagram in or out , and to add or remove external classes from Thermoptim.
A Thermoptim demo version is freely distributed to allow you to view existing projects and diagrams, and to build small ones in order to familiarize yourelves with the tools. Of course it does not provide access to all the software features. Although it enables the loading of a project of a size exceeding the limits below, the number of points or processes that can be created is limited to 10 and that of nodes to 5. The charts can only be used to passively view the cycles constructed in the simulator, because their interactivity and access to the cycle editor are removed. Diagnostic tools, monitoring of the automatic recalculation (and the set pressures), sensitivity analysis and optimization are not available, and only certain substances are available. In addition, it does not allow you to save projects or diagrams, nor the output result files.
The Thermoptim Education Classroom version allows you to view existing projects and diagrams, and to build them. It does not give access to all the software features. Although it enables the loading of a project of a size exceeding the limits below, the number of points or processes that can be created is limited to 30 and that of nodes to 10. The charts can only be used to passively view the cycles constructed in the simulator, because their interactivity is removed and access to the cycle editor is limited. Diagnostic tools, monitoring of the automatic recalculation (and the set pressures), sensitivity analysis and optimization are not available, and only certain substances are available (see list below). Unlike the trial / demo version, it allows you to save the projects, diagrams and output result files. From version 2.51, it includes the external class manager which allows you to add or remove external classes in or from the extUser2.zip file. Vapors Pure ideal gas
Full version with 100 points and processes, 50 nodes, without the systemic optimization method Vapors Pure ideal gas
Full version with 100 points and processes, 50 nodes, with the systemic optimization method
Full version with 1000 points and processes, 500 nodes, with the systemic optimization method