AirDistributionPackage

class AirDistributionPackage(ID='', ins=None, outs=(), thermo=None, **kwargs)

Create a AirDistributionPackage object that accounts for the capital cost and power of air distribution based on flow rate correlations from [1].

Parameters:

• ID (str, optional) – Unit ID.

• ins (AbstractStream], optional) – Air flow to be distributed.

• outs (AbstractStream], optional) – Distributed air flow.

References

[1]

Humbird, D., Davis, R., Tao, L., Kinchin, C., Hsu, D., Aden, A., Dudgeon, D. (2011). Process Design and Economics for Biochemical Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Ethanol: Dilute-Acid Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Corn Stover (No. NREL/TP-5100-47764, 1013269). https://doi.org/10.2172/1013269

line: str = 'Air distribution package'

class-attribute Name denoting the type of Unit class. Defaults to the class name of the first child class

run()

Run mass and energy balance. This method also runs specifications user defined specifications unless it is being run within a specification (to avoid infinite loops).

See also

_run, specifications, add_specification, add_bounded_numerical_specification