v1.2.0 - Refactor, upgrade Unitility to 2.3.0, minor changes

CHANGE LOG (26.02.2024):

• backward compatibility: NOT COMPATIBLE (changed getter names)
• process strategies will return inlet flow if input power is 0
• bug fixed in CoolingFromTemperatureStrategy, resulting airflow now is being created based on inlet flow dry air mass flow

v1.1.0 - Fixed dryBulbTemperatureIX() method, refactored getters

CHANGE LOG (28.01.2024):

• backward compatibility: NOT COMPATIBLE
• fixed dryBulbTemperatureIX() method, as its wrapper for Unitility types were passing Relative humidity as an argument instead of Humidity Ratio, leading to invalid results,
• refactored getters to include 'get' prefix in their names,
• adjusted exception messages for validators,
• minor fix and refactoring,
• update Unitility version to v2.2.0

v1.0.2 - Update Unitility version

CHANGE LOG (03.01.2024):

• backward compatibility: COMPATIBLE
• update Unitility version to v2.1.1

v1.0.1 - Update Unitility version, fix console outputs

CHANGE LOG (12.12.2023):

• update Unitility version to v2.0.0
• fixed console outputs
• minor refactoring

v1.0.0 - First release

The initial launch of HVAC|Engine, a psychrometrics analysis toolkit for engineers and software development.

FUNCTIONALITY

Moist air properties:

• atmospheric pressure based on height above sea level,
• temperature change based on height above sea level,
• water vapour saturation pressure,
• dew point temperature and wet bulb temperature,
• air relative humidity,
• humidity ratio and maximum humidity ratio,
• kinematic and dynamic viscosity,
• thermal conductivity,
• specific enthalpy of humid air with water mist and ice mist components,
• specific heat,
• density,
• thermal diffusivity,
• Prandtl number.

Liquid water properties:

• specific heat,
• density,
• specific enthalpy.

Physics of flow:

• mass flow,
• volumetric flow,
• mass flow of dry air component,
• volumetric flow of dry air component,
• based on flow type specified during instance creation, other flows will be recalculated accordingly for specified
  Fluid properties,

Air heating:

• heating process for input heat,
• heating process for target outlet air temperature,
• heating process for target outlet air relative humidity,

Air cooling:

• dry cooling process for input heat,
• dry cooling process for target outlet air temperature,
• real cooling process with condensate discharge process for input heat,
• real cooling process with condensate discharge process for target outlet temperature,
• real cooling process with condensate discharge process for target outlet relative humidity,

Air stream mixing:

• simple mixing of two flows with humidity content,
• mixing of multiple flows with humidity content,
• mixing algorithm which will try to adjust inlet and recirculation flow accordingly, to meet target output dry air mass
  flow and target outlet temperature.

v1.2-alpha

• release for preservation purpouses only

v1.1-alpha release

• all fluids, flows and processes classes are made immutable
• all modules were heavily reworked and refactored implementing clean code rules
• Builder Pattern implemented in all key classes
• changed packaging style to group all classes by domain, not by type
• decoupled many dependencies by use of interfaces
• split large classes into smaller pieces, to enforce SRP where possible
• replaced many short physical property abbreviations with full names, for ie: "density" instead of "rho", with exception to Physics classes
• updated readme and user guide
• added diagrams for better understanding all dependencies and key components

First pre-release. Mutable version.

This is the first alpha release of the HVAC library. The current version relies on mutable classes, for better performance, but it may not be thread-safe. The next release is underway on the "develop" branch, where property and flow objects will be simplified and immutable.