Sicle software. Pumps and blowers modelling

The SICLE software includes a simplified modelization for pumps located on fluid circuits. This modelization is based on operating specifications (four quadrants), on energy conservation equation and on the second law of dynamics. The pump is considered like a punctual component without storage of mass or energy. In that case, it is the simplest punctual component of the different elementary modules of SICLE. Nevertheless, for a user, it represents one of the most complex component to model because of the many geometrical (driving or not by motor, turbine with or without coupling, etc...) and functional possibilities (operating in the four quadrants, motor specifications, turbines specifications, internal loss values, etc...). (authors). 4 figs., 1 ref