Open Thermal AI Tools

Tools

Unified calculators for industrial heat pumps. Featured tools are live above the fold; other public tools, partner calculators, and a short research roadmap follow below.

Thermodynamic · Cycle Design · Economic · Component Database · Standards · AI (beta)

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Tools

Publicly available tools with verifiable logic and real physics formulas

Featured Tools

Core tools for industrial heat-pump screening and thermophysical queries — including the on-site property calculator.

All Public Tools

Other live and beta tools available without invitation — including pinch analysis, unit conversion, and standards quick reference.

PinchHeat

Pinch analysis & industrial heat-pump integration (VDI 4646)

Heat Pump Analysis External tool

Engineering Toolbox

Unit conversion and engineering calculations

Converter Unit External tool

Industrial Heat Pump Standard Quick Reference

Quick reference manual for industrial heat pump standards by category and status

Heat Pump Design

Thermal Storage Agent

Capacity-level water thermal-storage screening: tank volume from misaligned heat, ΔT and charge/discharge power — with optional AI medium notes. Not a substitute for ASWT stratified-tank physics.

Heat Pump Sizing External tool

Seasonal SPF (VDI 4645)

Standalone VDI 4645 seasonal SPF calculator at spf.openthermalai.com. Project Center analysis calls the same engine when configured; without seasonal bins and auxiliaries, results stay labeled as design-point proxies — not a formal SPF certificate.

Heat Pump Analysis
Partner / Professional Tools Expand to see partner tools — contact required for access

Oil-Free Compressor Performance Calculator

Comprehensive performance calculation tool for oil-free compressors with refrigeration, heat pump, gas compression, and MVR support

Refrigeration Calculation

Oil-injected Compressor Calculator

Performance calculation tool for oil-injected compressors with refrigeration, heat pump, gas compression, single-stage, two-stage, and ammonia heat pump support

Refrigeration Calculation

Expander Performance Calculator

Comprehensive performance calculation tool for expanders with ORC, steam, and gas expansion support

Energy Calculation

Stratified Water Thermal Storage Calculator

Industrial stratified water storage tank calculator: heat capacity and Richardson number from CoolProp properties

Heat Pump Calculation

Reciprocating Compressor Calculator (RCC Pro)

Single-stage, cascade, two-stage, ammonia heat pump and gas compression calculation

Refrigeration Calculation

Gas-Liquid Separator Sizing Calculator

Refrigeration vertical/horizontal, Surge Drum and steam vertical separator sizing

Refrigeration Sizing
Research Roadmap Planned tools — expand to view

Short list of planned calculators. They do not block today’s Featured Tools.

  • AI Cycle Optimizer
  • COP Calculator
  • LMTD Calculator
  • Nine compression HTHP cycle calculators (a)–(i) — diagrams in Knowledge