P&K TAL2K

Requirements

Software

P&K TAL2K requires besides a Microsoft Windows system from Version 2000 on:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer (at least Version 6)
• The Program AUSTAL2000.exe¹) ²).
• The Program TALdia.exe¹) ²), in case wind fields / terrains are to be considered.
• The archive with the register of roughness lengthes, in case the roughness length is to be evaluated automatically ¹) ²).
• The Program VDISP.exe ³), in case cooling towers are to be considered according to VDI 3784 part 2.

Data

To carry out a project with   some more data of third parties might be needed.

• The weather data needed by can be obtained from the weather services (e.g. from Deutschen Wetterdienst). The usable formats are to be considered, when obtaining data. Our Program P&K MET can be helpful to create or convert weather data. Also see 2.2 Weather data.
• Terrain data can be entered (laborious) in P&K TAL2K or obtained from third parties. The importable formats are listed in 2.4 Terrain.
• Calculation samples¹).

Hardware

Sufficient powerful Personal Computer with Microsoft Windows Version 2000, XP or Vista. The Calculation is very intense, that's why "sufficient powerful" begins approximately at 1 GHz processor speed. Of course should the PC be equipped with a sufficient amount of RAM, this should be not under 256 MByte. Also see Benchmarks.

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Operating system

P&K TAL2K has been tested with:

• Microsoft Windows 95 Service Pack 2 (will not be tested any longer)
• Microsoft Windows 98 (will not be tested any longer)
• Microsoft Windows ME (will not be tested any longer)
• Microsoft Windows NT 4 Service Pack 6a (will not be tested any longer)
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 2
• Microsoft Windows XP
• Microsoft Windows Vista

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¹) These file(s) can be retrieved at www.Janicke.de under AUSTAL2000.
²) If these files are not stored in P&K TAL2K's program directory, P&K TAL2K will prompt for the location before beginning the first calculation.
³) This file is available under www.vdi/vdisp or already in included in the program package.