Challenge

Project 1 - Parsing NASA thermodynamic data

f1 = fopen(\'THERMO.dat\',\'r\');
fgetl(f1);

% Defining temperature values 
templ = str2num(fgetl(f1)); %#ok<ST2NM>
global_low_temp = templ(1);
global_mid_temp = templ(2);
global_high_temp = templ(3);    

% For skipping unwanted lines
 for i = 1:3
     fgetl(f1);
 end
 
 % Loop creation to read the values and plot molecular weight
 
 for i = 1:4:212
     line1 = fgetl(f1);
     
     l = strsplit(line1, \' \');
     m = length(l);
     species = l{1};
     
     % Storing the values of the local temperature values
     low_temp = str2double(l(m-3));
     mid_temp = str2double(l(m-2));
     high_temp = str2double(l(m-1)); % Check this later
     
     % Storing the values of the second line of variables
     
     line2 = fgetl(f1);
     % Finding the position of E
     
     a = strfind(line2,\'E\');
     
     % Reading all the other variables 
     a1 = str2double(line2(1:(a(1)+3)));
     a2 = str2double(line2((a(1)+4):(a(2)+3)));
     a3 = str2double(line2((a(2)+4):(a(3)+3)));
     a4 = str2double(line2((a(3)+4):(a(4)+3)));
     a5 = str2double(line2((a(3)+4):(a(5)+3)));
     
     % Storing the values of the 3rd line
     
     line3 = fgetl(f1);
     % Finding the position of E
      
     b = strfind(line3,\'E\');
      
     % Storing the values for the next set of variables
     a6 = str2double(line3(1:b(1)+3));
     a7 = str2double(line3((b(1)+4):(b(2)+3)));
     a8 = str2double(line3((b(2)+4):(b(3)+3)));
     a9 = str2double(line3((b(3)+4):(b(4)+3)));
     a10 = str2double(line3((b(4)+4):(b(5)+3)));
     
     % Storing ther values of the 4th line
     
     line4 = fgetl(f1);
     
     % Finding the position of E
     
     c = strfind(line4,\'E\');
     
     % Storing the values of variables in line 4
     
     a11 = str2double(line4(1:c(1)+3));
     a12 = str2double(line4((c(1)+4):(c(2)+3)));
     a13 = str2double(line4((c(2)+4):(c(3)+3)));
     a14 = str2double(line4((c(2)+4):(c(4)+3)));
     
     % Creating Temperature values for lower and higher temperature
     
     lower_temp = linspace(low_temp,mid_temp,100);
     higher_temp = linspace(mid_temp,high_temp,100);
     
         
     % Value of the universal has constant in j/mol*K
     R = 8.314; % Universal Gas Constant
     
     % Calculating the values for cp, H and S using the given formulas
     for k = 1:100 
         
% lower temperature values for cp,h,s calculations
cp_low(k)=(a8+(a9*lower_temp(k))+(a10*(lower_temp(k)^2)+(a11*(lower_temp(k))^3)+a12*(lower_temp(k))^4))*R;
h_low(k)=(a8+(a9*lower_temp(k))/2+(a10*lower_temp(k)^2)/3+(a11*lower_temp(k)^3)/4+a12*(lower_temp(k)^4)/5+(a13/lower_temp(k)))*R*lower_temp(k);
s_low(k)=((a8*log(lower_temp(k))+(a9*lower_temp(k))+((a10*lower_temp(k)^2)/2)+((a11*lower_temp(k)^3)/3)+((a12*lower_temp(k)^4)/4)+a14)*R);


% higher temperature values for cp,h,s calculations         
cp_high(k)=(a1+(a2*higher_temp(k))+(a3*(higher_temp(k)^2)+(a4*(higher_temp(k))^3)+a5*(higher_temp(k))^4))*R;
h_high(k)=(a1+(a2*higher_temp(k))/2+(a3*higher_temp(k)^2)/3+(a4*higher_temp(k)^3)/4+(a5*(higher_temp(k)^4))/5+(a6/higher_temp(k)))*R*higher_temp(k);
s_high(k)=((a1*log(higher_temp(k))+a2*higher_temp(k)+((a3*higher_temp(k)^2)/2)+((a4*higher_temp(k)^3)/3)+((a5*higher_temp(k)^4)/4)+a7)*R);

     end
 
 
 % Making Folders for saving the plots
 
 nasa_graphs = species;
 mkdir(nasa_graphs);
 current = pwd;
 cd(nasa_graphs);
 
 % Plotting the graphs
 
 % For specific heat 
 figure(1)
 plot(lower_temp,cp_low,\'linewidth\',3)
 hold on
 plot(higher_temp,cp_high,\'linewidth\',3)
 hold off
 title([\'Temperature vs Specific Heat\',species])
 xlabel(\'Temperature\');
 ylabel(\'Specific Heat\');
 legend(\'low temperature\',\'high temperature\');
 fig = sprintf(\'Specific Heat of %s.png\',species);
 saveas(gca,fig);
 
  % For Enthalpy 
 figure(2)
 plot(lower_temp,h_low,\'linewidth\',3)
 hold on
 plot(higher_temp,h_high,\'linewidth\',3)
 hold off
 title([\'Temperature vs Enthalpy\',species])
 xlabel(\'Temperature\');
 ylabel(\'Enthalpy\');
 legend(\'low temperature\',\'high temperature\');
 fig = sprintf(\'Enthalpy of %s.png\',species);
 saveas(gca,fig);
 
  % For Entropy 
 figure(3)
 plot(lower_temp,s_low,\'linewidth\',2)
 hold on
 plot(higher_temp,s_high,\'linewidth\',2)
 hold off
 title([\'Temperature vs Entropy\',species])
 xlabel(\'Temperature\');
 ylabel(\'Entropy\');
 legend(\'low temperature\',\'high temperature\');
 fig = sprintf(\'Entropy of %s.png\',species);
 saveas(gca,fig);
 cd(current)
 end

 % Calculating molecular weight
 
 atoms = [\'H\',\'C\',\'N\',\'R\',\'S\'];
 atom_weight = [1.00784 12.0109 16.002 39.065 32.067];
 mol_weight = 0;
 species_check = char(species);
 for i=1:length(species_check)
     for j=1:length(atoms)
         if (strcmp(species_check(i),atoms(j)))  
             mol_weight = mol_weight + atom_weight(j);
             position = j;
         end
     end
 x = str2double(species_check(i));
 if x>1
      mol_weight = mol_weight + (atom_weight(j)*(x-1));
 end      
 fprintf(\'Molecular weight of %s is : %f \\n\',species_check,mol_weight)
 end
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