Engineering Equation Solver (EES)

※ EES solves non-linear sets of equations

I. Non-linear equations can be entered directly. All variables to the right of the
equal sign do not need to be determined. Only unknown to the left of the equal
sign is not required.

II. It will also detect the amount of unknowns and equations.

III. “Variable info” under “Options” helps to set boundaries for unknowns which can
eliminate undesired solutions. Display can change how you want the solution to
be displayed (such as with how many decimal places).

※ Comments & Preferences

I. Can be done by “” , {}, or right click on equations.

II. Can be used to organize your codes or to temporarily remove part of the codes.

III. “Preferences” under “Options” can help setup the interface in the way you want.
(limited in our version)

※ Formatted Equations Window

I. Ctrl+F or “Formatted Equations” under “windows”.

II. “” comments appear here but not the {} comments.

III. _ gives subscripts and | gives superscripts.

IV. _dot gives a dot (rate form). _ddot gives double dots.

V. Greek symbols can be written in their names directly including “infinity”.

※ Solve & Key variables

I. F2 or “Solve” under “calculate”.

II. Right click provides change of format of your answers.

III. Key variables can be organized.

※ Parametric Tables

I. “New parametric table” under “Tables” and add the columns desired.

II. Right click and choose alter values can set up the table easily.
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III. Solve table on the top left corner (green triangle) can solve the table by the
equations provided.

IV. Right click on the table name allows us to change it as well as put down notes,
duplicate, and delete table (can only be done from here).

V. “Solve table” under “calculate” can help setup how the table should be solved
(you can just solve part of the table).

※ Plotting

I. Results of a parametric table can be plotted by “new plot window” under “plot”.

II. By selecting desired variables for axis and other settings, plots can be generated.

III. Double click on the things you want to modify (auto scale, auto update, etc.).

IV. Hold Ctrl and change the figure size will leave the text size the same.

V. “Overlay plot” under “plot” can add a new line from other data set to existing
plots.

※ Unit

I. EES can help you convert between units and check and see if units assigned are
consistent in the equations but it will not adjust them for you.

II. [] is used to setup units in text or in “variable info”.

III. The expressions of units can be found in “Unit conversion info” under “Options”
which also provides the conversion between units.

※ Material Properties

I. EES provides thermodynamic properties of lots of fluids.

II. Properties are determined by their corresponding states. Setup the desire “Unit
System” under “Options” first.

III. Use x = FunctionName(Fluid, Property1=Value1, Property2=Value2)

FunctionName: Density, Enthalpy, etc.
Fluid: Water, Ammonia, etc.
Property1&2: T, P, v, x, U, H, S, etc.
Ex: v=volume(R134a, T=300,P=250000) with K and Pa setup.