Installation

Requirements

HydDown requires Python 3.10, 3.11, or 3.12.

Installation via pip

The simplest way to install HydDown is via pip:

pip install hyddown

Installation from Source

To install HydDown from source for development:

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/andr1976/HydDown.git
cd HydDown

2. Install in development mode:

pip install -e .

3. Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Dependencies

HydDown depends on the following packages:

• numpy >= 1.19.5

• scipy >= 1.6.0

• matplotlib >= 3.3.3

• pandas >= 1.1.4

• CoolProp (thermodynamic backend)

• PyYAML >= 5.4.1

• Cerberus >= 1.3.3 (input validation)

• fluids (vessel geometry calculations)

• ht (heat transfer correlations)

• tqdm (progress bars)

Optional Dependencies

For running the Streamlit web application:

pip install streamlit

For testing:

pip install pytest pytest-cov