Source code for watertap.unit_models.zero_order.storage_tank_zo

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"""
This module contains a zero-order representation of a storage tank unit.
"""

from pyomo.environ import units as pyunits, Var
from idaes.core import declare_process_block_class
from watertap.core import build_pt, constant_intensity, ZeroOrderBaseData

# Some more information about this module
__author__ = "Kurban Sitterley"


[docs]@declare_process_block_class("StorageTankZO") class StorageTankZOData(ZeroOrderBaseData): """ Zero-Order model for a storage tank unit. """ CONFIG = ZeroOrderBaseData.CONFIG()
[docs] def build(self): super().build() build_pt(self) constant_intensity(self) # self._has_recovery_removal = False self._tech_type = "storage_tank" self.storage_time = Var( self.flowsheet().time, units=pyunits.hours, doc="Storage time needed" ) self.surge_capacity = Var( self.flowsheet().time, units=pyunits.dimensionless, doc="Additional capacity needed for surge flow", ) self._fixed_perf_vars.append(self.storage_time) self._fixed_perf_vars.append(self.surge_capacity) self.tank_volume = Var( self.flowsheet().time, units=pyunits.m**3, doc="Storage tank volume" ) @self.Constraint(self.flowsheet().time, doc="Tank volume constraint") def tank_volume_constraint(b, t): return b.tank_volume[t] == pyunits.convert( b.properties[t].flow_vol, to_units=pyunits.m**3 / pyunits.hr ) * b.storage_time[t] * (1 + b.surge_capacity[t]) self._perf_var_dict["Storage Time (hr)"] = self.storage_time self._perf_var_dict["Surge Capacity (%)"] = self.surge_capacity self._perf_var_dict["Tank Volume (m3)"] = self.tank_volume