Citation & License

Publication

OpenPyTEA is described in the following peer-reviewed paper published in SoftwareX:

Tamarona, P.B., Vlugt, T.J.H., & Ramdin, M. (2026). OpenPyTEA: An open-source Python toolkit for techno-economic assessment of chemical process plants and energy systems with economic sensitivity and uncertainty evaluation. SoftwareX, 35, 102816. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2026.102816

Citation

If you use OpenPyTEA in academic work, please cite the paper above using:

@article{tamarona2026openpytea,
  author  = {Tamarona, Panji B. and Vlugt, Thijs J.H. and Ramdin, Mahinder},
  title   = {{OpenPyTEA}: An open-source Python toolkit for techno-economic
             assessment of chemical process plants and energy systems with
             economic sensitivity and uncertainty evaluation},
  journal = {SoftwareX},
  volume  = {35},
  pages   = {102816},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.1016/j.softx.2026.102816},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2026.102816},
}

The full citation metadata is also available in the CITATION.cff file in the repository. On GitHub you can also click “Cite this repository” on the repository page to export formatted citations (BibTeX, APA, MLA, etc.).

License

OpenPyTEA is released under the MIT License. By contributing you agree that your contribution will be licensed under the same terms.