Challenge

Project 1 - Parsing NASA thermodynamic data

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% Make directory
mkdir 'C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\NASA File Parsing'

%  Reading Data file - NASA Thermodynamic
% Open a file & 'r' Open the file for reading 
f1=fopen('THERMO.dat','r')
gt=fgetl(f1);

% Obtaing Temperatures - by Reading Header Information
global_temp=fgetl(f1);

% Spliting
t=strsplit(global_temp);

% Converting string cells to numbers using str2num,
global_low_temp=str2num(t{2});
global_medium_temp=str2num(t{3});
global_high_temp=str2num(t{4});

% Temperature range & Gas Constant
    % Temperature Range assumed
Temperature=linspace(global_low_temp,global_high_temp,1000);
% Universal Gas Constant J/(mol-K)
    R = 8.314;   
    
% skipping three comment lines in the file
for i = 1:3
    gt=fgetl(f1);
end

 for i = 1:53
gt=fgetl(f1);
A=strsplit(gt,' ');
Species_SP=(A{1})


line_1=fgetl(f1)  ;        
a=strfind(line_1,'E');

% Extracting higher and lower temperature coefficients

% % Extracting FIRST 7 coefficients i.e HIGH-temperature coefficients 
a1=line_1(1:a(1)+3);
a1=str2num(a1);              %1
a2=line_1(a(1)+4:a(2)+3);
a2=str2num(a2) ;             %2
a3=line_1(a(2)+4:a(3)+3);
a3=str2num(a3)  ;            %3
a4=line_1(a(3)+4:a(4)+3);
a4=str2num(a4);              %4
a5=line_1(a(4)+4:a(5)+3);
a5=str2num(a5)  ;            %5

line_2=fgetl(f1);
b=strfind(line_1,'E');;
a6=line_2(1:b(1)+3);
a6=str2num(a6)  ;            %6
a7=line_2(a(1)+4:b(2)+3);
a7=str2num(a7);              %7

 % Extracting SECOND 7 coefficients - LOW-temperature coefficients
a8=line_2(b(2)+4:b(3)+3);         
a8=str2num(a8);              %8
a9=line_2(b(3)+4:b(4)+3);
a9=str2num(a9) ;             %9
a10=line_2(b(4)+4:b(5)+3);
a10=str2num(a10) ;           %10


line_3=fgetl(f1);
c=strfind(line_1,'E');

a11=line_3(1:c(1)+3);
a11=str2num(a11);               %11
a12=line_3(c(1)+4:c(2)+3);
a12=str2num(a12);               %12
a13=line_3(c(2)+4:c(3)+3);
a13=str2num(a13);               %13
a14=line_3(c(3)+4:c(4)+3);
a14=str2num(a14);               %14

% Specific heat calculation
    Cp = Specific_heat(a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a8,a9,a10,a11,a12,Temperature,R,global_medium_temp);
 
    % Enthalpy calculation
    H = Enthalpy(a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a6,a8,a9,a10,a11,a12,a13,Temperature,R,global_medium_temp);
 
    % Entropy calculation
    S = Entropy_calc(a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a7,a8,a9,a10,a11,a12,a14,Temperature,R,global_medium_temp);

    % Calculating molecular weight of species
    Molecularweight(i) = Molecular_weight(Species_SP);
    
    % Read & Write Molecular list
     Molecular_list = fopen('Molecular weight.txt','a+');
         fprintf( Molecular_list,'Molecular weight of %s is %d \n',Species_SP,Molecularweight);
         fclose(Molecular_list);

     % plotting(CP,H,S,Temp,Species_SP)
        % Saving as a folder
 
           cur_dir=pwd;
           mkdir(Species_SP);
           cd(Species_SP);
 
        % Plot 1, Specific heat (CP) vs Temperature Range (Temp)
 
        figure(1)
        plot(Temperature,Cp,'linewidth',2,'color','r');
        xlabel('Temperature  [K]');
        ylabel('Specific Heat [kJ]');
        title(sprintf('Varying Specific Heat with Temperature Range of %s',Species_SP));
        grid on
        saveas(figure(1),'Specific Heat.jpg');
 
        % Plot 2, Enthalpy (H) vs Temperature Range (Temp)
 
        figure(2)
        plot(Temperature,H,'linewidth',2,'color','g');
        xlabel('Temperature [K]');
        ylabel('Enthalpy in [kJ/(mol)]');
        title(sprintf('Varying Enthalpy with Temperature Range of %s',Species_SP));
        grid on
        saveas(figure(2),'Ethalpy.jpg');
 
        % Plot 3, Entropy (S) vs Temperature Range (Temp)
 
        figure(3)
        plot(Temperature,S,'linewidth',2,'color','b');
        xlabel('Temperature [K]');
        ylabel('Entropy in [kJ/(mol-K)]');
        title(sprintf('Varying Entropy with Temperature Range of %s',Species_SP));
        grid on
        saveas(figure(3),'Entropy.jpg');
 
        cd(cur_dir);            
 
        % Molecular weight
        
        M = Molecular_weight(Species_SP)
        f2 = fopen('molecular mass','w');
        fprintf('%s n %s n %f n','species','Molecular mass',M)
        fclose(f2)
end
function Cp = Specific_heat(a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a8,a9,a10,a11,a12,Temperature,R,global_medium_temp)          
% Comparing with global temperature
% If less than global temperature - minimum coefficients are taken
if  Temperature <= global_medium_temp
Cp = R*(a8 + (a9*Temperature) + (a10*(Temperature).^2) + (a11*(Temperature).^3) + (a12*(Temperature).^4)); 
else
Cp = R*(a1 + (a2*Temperature) + (a3*(Temperature).^2) + (a4*(Temperature).^3) + (a5*(Temperature).^4));
% Else maximum coefficients are taken
end
% Enthalpy Calculation function

function H = Enthalpy(a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a6,a8,a9,a10,a11,a12,a13,Temperature,R,global_medium_temp)    
% Comparing with global temperature
% If less than global temperature - minimum coefficients are taken
 
       if Temperature <= global_medium_temp
        H = R*Temperature.*(a8 + ((a9*Temperature)/2) + ((a10*(Temperature).^2)/3) + ((a11*(Temperature).^3)/4) + ((a12*(Temperature).^4)/5) +((a13./Temperature)));
       else
% Else maximum coefficients are taken 
           
        H = R*Temperature.*(a1 + ((a2*Temperature)/2) + ((a3*(Temperature).^2)/3) + ((a4*(Temperature).^3)/4) + ((a5*(Temperature).^4)/5) +((a6./Temperature)));
end
%Entropy Calculation function

function S = Entropy_calc(a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a7,a8,a9,a10,a11,a12,a14,Temperature,R,global_medium_temp)         
% Comparing with global temperature
% If less than global temperature - minimum coefficients are taken
 
    if Temperature <= global_medium_temp
        S = R.*(a8.*log(Temperature) + (a9.*Temperature) + (a10*((Temperature).^2)/2) + (a11*((Temperature).^3)/3) + (a12*((Temperature).^4)/4) + a14);
    else
 
% Else - maximum coefficients are taken
        S = R.*(a1.*log(Temperature) + (a2.*Temperature) + (a3*((Temperature).^2)/2) + (a4*((Temperature).^3)/3) + (a5*((Temperature).^4)/4) + a7);
end
% Molecular Weight Calculation function

function Molecularweight = Molecular_weight(Species_SP)
         % Standard - Atomic Name
         atomic_name = ['H','C','O','N','A'];             
         % Hydrogen, Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Argon
         
         fprintf('Molecular Weight of ');
         fprintf(Species_SP);
         fprintf(' : ');
         % Standard Atomic Number
         Atomic_Weight = [1.008 12.011 15.999 14.007 39.948];     
         % Starting Range of Molecule           
         Molecularweight = 0;                                   
        
         % Adding Atomic number to obtain particular value
        for i = 1:length(Species_SP)
            for j = 1:length(atomic_name)
                if strcmpi(Species_SP(i),atomic_name(j))
                        Molecularweight = Molecularweight +Atomic_Weight(j);
                    position = j;
                end
            end
            n = str2num(Species_SP(i));
            
            if n>1
            
                Molecularweight = Molecularweight + Atomic_Weight(position)*(n-1);
            
            end
        end
            fprintf('molecular weight %s :',Species_SP);
            fprintf('%d',Molecularweight);
            disp(' ');      
end
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