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It's been a long week so far. I have been working on the same problem at work for almost a whole week now... still gotten nowhere. It's kind of frustrating and depressing. I just need my "buddy" to help me interpret some stuff before I can move on, but he's so incredibly busy that it's nearly impossible to ask him for help. I've tried asking some other people, but it's not working. In the meantime, I just sit at my desk attempting to solve the problem. The bad part of it is...if the problem is what I think it is, once I fix it, I will have to redo about 2-3 weeks worth of work- not a happy feeling. If it's not that, then I've wasted a week trying to figure this problem out. Either way, I'm not happy with work right now. Hopefully I will make some progress today.

By the way- the problem I am having is my program is violating the first law of thermodynamics. In a nutshell, I have extremely hot, combusted air (2400^o F) coming through the combustion chamber. Cold air (1800^o F) is added to this flow. The end result? A magical hotter temperature of 2500^o F.... yea. Either I have disproved thermodynamic theory, or my program is just converging to the wrong result. What sucks on top of that-- the part of the program that is not working is entirely not my fault. The program that was given to me is what is screwing up. That's why it sucks that I discovered this error 3 weeks into my analysis. It wasn't until I ran a 100% H₂ fuel that this "violation" happened.

Anyways, the weekend is almost near. I can't wait.