CoolProp is a thermophysical property database and wrappers for a selection of programming environments. It offers similar functionality to REFPROP, but CoolProp is open-source and free. It was originally developed by Ian Bell, currently a post-doc at the University of Liege, in Liege, Belgium.
- CoolProp has flexible licensing terms: Commercial - ok! Academic? - ok!
- For Python, get the latest release via
pip install coolprop - ... other binaries are available from SourceForge
- There is also a bleeding edge nightly build of the development version .
- The documentation is available for the latest release and the development version
- For any kind of question regarding CoolProp and its usage, you can ask the CoolProp user group
- ... you might also find answers in our FAQ
- If you found a bug or have an issue that requires the developers to become active, please file an issue in our issue tracker
- Accelerate development of things you really need implemented by posting at Bountysource
- Check Travis CI for build failures
and have a look at the coverity stats
