WPTherml: A Python Package for the Design of Materials for Harnessing Heat

James F. Varner; Noor Eldabagh; Derek Volta; Reem Eldabagh; Jonathan J. Foley IV

doi:10.5334/jors.271

WPTherml: A Python Package for the Design of Materials for Harnessing Heat

Journal of Open Research Software

Volume 7 (2019): Issue 1

By: James F. Varner, Noor Eldabagh, Derek Volta, Reem Eldabagh and Jonathan J. Foley IV

Open Access

|Aug 2019

Abstract

WPTherml is a Python package for the design of materials with tailored optical and thermal properties for the vast number of energy applications where control of absorption and emission of radiation, or conversion of heat to radiation or vice versa, is paramount. The optical properties are treated within classical electrodynamics via the Transfer Matrix Method which rigorously solves Maxwell’s equations for layered isotropic media. A flexible multilayer class connects rigorous electrodynamics properties to figures of merit for a variety of thermal applications, and facilitates extensions to other applications for greater reuse potential. WPTherml can be accessed at https://github.com/FoleyLab/wptherml.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jors.271 | Journal eISSN: 2049-9647

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Language: English

Submitted on: Mar 22, 2019

Accepted on: Aug 9, 2019

Published on: Aug 19, 2019

Published by: Ubiquity Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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Keywords:

Nanophotonics,

Solar Thermophotovoltaics,

Passive Cooling,

Radiative Cooling,

Computational Electrodynamics,

Concentrated Solar Power,

Transfer Matrix Method

© 2019 James F. Varner, Noor Eldabagh, Derek Volta, Reem Eldabagh, Jonathan J. Foley IV, published by Ubiquity Press
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