A Hypertext Guide to CyclePad 

• Overview 
• How CyclePad Views Thermodynamic Cycles 
• A Guided Tour of CyclePad 
• Build Mode 
• Creating a New Design 
• Adding Components to the Design 
• Connecting Components 
• Changing the Labels of Components and Stuffs 
• Manipulating Component Icons 
• Deleting Stuffs 
• Analyze Mode 
• Meters 
• Meter Color Coding 
• Interacting with Meters - Choosing a Substance 
• Interacting with Meters - Making Modeling Assumptions 
• Interacting with Meters - Assuming a Numeric Value 
• Interacting with Meters - Derived Values 
• Contradiction Mode 
• What Causes Contradictions? 
• How Does CyclePad Detect Contradictions? 
• How Do I Get Out of Contradiction Mode? 
• Investigating a Cycle via the Explanation System 
• A Summary of Explanation System Question Types 
• Investigating a Cycle via the Sensitivity Analysis Tool 
• CyclePad Command Reference 
• File 
• Add Component 
• Library 
• Mode 
• Tools 
• Windows 
• Preferences 
• Help 
• CyclePad's Knowledge Base 
• Components 
• Turbine 
• Compressor 
• Pump 
• Heater 
• Cooler 
• Heat Exchanger 
• Throttle 
• Splitter 
• Mixer 
• Processes 
• Stuff 
• Modeling Assumptions 
• Diagrams of Library Examples of Cycles 
• Simple Steam Rankine Cycle 
• Simple Refrigerator Cycle 
• Basic Gas Turbine Cycle 
• Steam Cycle with Reheat 
• Combined Gas Turbine & Rankine Cycle 
• Basic Engineering Thermodynamics