I agree about the choice of models which are readily available in the
documentations and writing reusable models from textbook companions but I
would suggest we should think from the users' perspective and the most
common processes which are required by them. I would try to do a detailed
analysis on that and a basic market/literature survey on that. Though you
have suggested a good set of processes, I would also suggest some processes
after the analysis. Further shortlisting can be done by detailed discussion
with Kannan sir and Krishnan sir.
For the thermodynamics part, I suggest that, I can go on building some 4-5
nice models. And till that time, I would have got enough knowledge about
CapeOpen API (thermo library) as working on the MTech project. So if time
permits, I can work on the integration of CapeOpen into ASCEND as well.
-Akash
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On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 11:29 AM, John Pye <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Akash
>
> When choosing which processes to model, I think the important idea is that
> we would like to model well-know processes that are documented fully and
> clearly in commonly-available textbooks. By doing that, we get nice worked
> examples that people can use, and we also simultaneously get to work on
> streamlining our modelling process, setting up the necessary reusable
> common components, and identifying their shortcomings.
>
> I am not an expert on knowing which chemical processes we would need to
> choose in order to ensure that our model libraries have the breadth and
> depth they will need. But based on things that overlap with my own interest
> areas, I would suggest
>
> - steam methane reforming
> - water gas shift reactor
> - nitrogen synthesis
> - fischer-tropsch process (probably too difficult for now?)
> - methanol production from natural gas
>
> Perhaps there are others that represent a better choice? Thoughts?
>
> We may be constrained by our thermodynamics routines; that may limit what
> we can model. But I really like the idea of pushing ASCEND forward as far
> as we can using the approach of trying to build nice well-written, reusable
> models for at least two-three different processes, at the level of an
> undergraduate textbook like those which Kannan has been using for his
> Textbook Companions. We get to stretch ASCEND's capabilities a bit, and
> also generate useful reference models at the same time.
>
> Cheers
> JP
>
> On 27/03/15 16:25, Akash Deep Singhal wrote:
>
> Thanks for such a detailed feedback.
>
> ᐧ
> This is categorized under difficulty level 'hard' so I completely
> understand the level of devotion the project requires. I would be able to
> devote 5-6 hours a day minimum. I am used to work for long hours and from
> my experience, it's quite okay with me to work as long as 8-10 hours a day,
> while I don't have classes and other academic commitments, which obviously
> I am free of, during summer vacations.
>
> I am sorry that I overlooked the 'reactor' and 'flash' libraries which are
> really important ones as I can see now. Though, I can see, the reactor
> library is for *CSTR only* (both single-phase and multiphase) for now.
> Anyways, thank you very much for making me aware of that. That would be
> quite helpful in future.
>
> I would love to work on the integration of CapeOpen Thermodynamics API
> with ASCEND (I have a doubt here that will that be a part of this project
> or a totally separate one?). That would save my time and effort too as
> similar thing is being worked out in my MTech project. I have seen the API
> <https://sourceforge.net/p/cape-openloggin/code/HEAD/tree/COLTT/cape-open/1-1-0/CAPE-OPENv1-1-0.h>.
> Can not comment on it though; for that, I need to delve deeper.
>
> It's great to know that it works perfectly on ARM devices. Anyways, if I
> get the time, I'll check if some error occurs.
>
> Apart from that, I wish to know which all processes I would be working
> on, so that I can start a basic home-work?
>
> Thanks,
> Akash
>
>
>
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