Clarifier

This clarifier unit model is based on the IDAES separator and makes the following assumptions:

  • supports a single liquid phase only

  • supports steady-state only

Degrees of Freedom

Clarifier units have a number of degrees of freedom based on the separation type chosen, where the default configuration is componentFlow.

  • If split_basis = ‘componentFlow’, degrees of freedom are generally \((no. outlets-1) \times no. components\)

  • If split_basis = ‘phaseFlow’, degrees of freedom are generally \((no. outlets-1) \times no. phases\)

  • If split_basis = ‘phaseComponentFlow’, degrees of freedom are generally \((no. outlets-1) \times no. phases \times no. components\)

  • If split_basis = ‘totalFlow’, degrees of freedom are generally \((no. outlets-1) \times no. phases \times no. components\)

Model Structure

The clarifier unit model does not use ControlVolumes, and instead writes a set of material, energy and momentum balances to split the inlet stream into a number of outlet streams. There is a single inlet port (named inlet) and a user-defined number of outlet ports.

Sets

Description

Symbol

Indices

Time

\(t\)

[0]

Phases

\(p\)

[‘Liq’]

Components

\(j\)

[‘H2O’, ‘NaCl’]*

*Solute depends on the imported property model; example shown here is for the NaCl property model.

Variables

Description

Symbol

Variable Name

Index

Units

Surface area

\(A_{s}\)

surface_area

None

\(\text{m}^2\)

Electricity intensity

\(E_{I}\)

energy_electric_flow_vol_inlet

None

\(\text{kWh/}\text{m}^3\)

Equations and Relationships

Description

Equation

Electricity consumption

\(E = E_{I} * Q_{in}\)

Class Documentation

class watertap.unit_models.clarifier.Clarifier(*args, **kwds)
Parameters:

  • rule (function) – A rule function or None. Default rule calls build().

  • concrete (bool) – If True, make this a toplevel model. Default - False.

  • ctype (class) –

    Pyomo ctype of the block. Default - pyomo.environ.Block

    Config args

    dynamic

    Indicates whether this model will be dynamic or not, default = False. Product blocks are always steady- state.

    has_holdup

    Product blocks do not contain holdup, thus this must be False.

    property_package

    Property parameter object used to define property calculations, default - useDefault. Valid values: { useDefault - use default package from parent model or flowsheet, PropertyParameterObject - a PropertyParameterBlock object.}

    property_package_args

    A ConfigBlock with arguments to be passed to a property block(s) and used when constructing these, default - None. Valid values: { see property package for documentation.}

    outlet_list

    A list containing names of outlets, default - None. Valid values: { None - use num_outlets argument, list - a list of names to use for outlets.}

    num_outlets

    Argument indicating number (int) of outlets to construct, not used if outlet_list arg is provided, default - None. Valid values: { None - use outlet_list arg instead, or default to 2 if neither argument provided, int - number of outlets to create (will be named with sequential integers from 1 to num_outlets).}

    split_basis

    Argument indicating basis to use for splitting mixed stream, default - SplittingType.totalFlow. Valid values: { SplittingType.totalFlow - split based on total flow (split fraction indexed only by time and outlet), SplittingType.phaseFlow - split based on phase flows (split fraction indexed by time, outlet and phase), SplittingType.componentFlow - split based on component flows (split fraction indexed by time, outlet and components), SplittingType.phaseComponentFlow - split based on phase-component flows ( split fraction indexed by both time, outlet, phase and components).}

    material_balance_type

    Indicates what type of mass balance should be constructed, default - MaterialBalanceType.useDefault. Valid values: { MaterialBalanceType.useDefault - refer to property package for default balance type **MaterialBalanceType.none - exclude material balances, MaterialBalanceType.componentPhase - use phase component balances, MaterialBalanceType.componentTotal - use total component balances, MaterialBalanceType.elementTotal - use total element balances, MaterialBalanceType.total - use total material balance.}

    momentum_balance_type

    Indicates what type of momentum balance should be constructed, default - MomentumBalanceType.pressureTotal. Valid values: { MomentumBalanceType.none - exclude momentum balances, MomentumBalanceType.pressureTotal - pressure in all outlets is equal, MomentumBalanceType.pressurePhase - not yet supported, MomentumBalanceType.momentumTotal - not yet supported, MomentumBalanceType.momentumPhase - not yet supported.}

    has_phase_equilibrium

    Argument indicating whether phase equilibrium should be calculated for the resulting mixed stream, default - False. Valid values: { True - calculate phase equilibrium in mixed stream, False - do not calculate equilibrium in mixed stream.}

    energy_split_basis

    Argument indicating basis to use for splitting energy this is not used for when ideal_separation == True. default - EnergySplittingType.equal_temperature. Valid values: { EnergySplittingType.none - no energy balance constraints, EnergySplittingType.equal_temperature - outlet temperatures equal inlet, EnergySplittingType.equal_molar_enthalpy - outlet molar enthalpies equal inlet, EnergySplittingType.enthalpy_split - apply split fractions to enthalpy flows. Does not work with component or phase-component splitting.}

    ideal_separation

    Argument indicating whether ideal splitting should be used. Ideal splitting assumes perfect spearation of material, and attempts to avoid duplication of StateBlocks by directly partitioning outlet flows to ports, default - False. Valid values: { True - use ideal splitting methods. Cannot be combined with has_phase_equilibrium = True, False - use explicit splitting equations with split fractions.}

    ideal_split_map

    Dictionary containing information on how extensive variables should be partitioned when using ideal splitting (ideal_separation = True). default - None. Valid values: { dict with keys of indexing set members and values indicating which outlet this combination of keys should be partitioned to. E.g. {(“Vap”, “H2”): “outlet_1”}}

    mixed_state_block

    An existing state block to use as the source stream from the Separator block, default - None. Valid values: { None - create a new StateBlock for the mixed stream, StateBlock - a StateBock to use as the source for the mixed stream.}

    construct_ports

    Argument indicating whether model should construct Port objects linked the mixed state and all outlet states, default - True. Valid values: { True - construct Ports for all states, False - do not construct Ports.

  • initialize (dict) – ProcessBlockData config for individual elements. Keys are BlockData indexes and values are dictionaries with config arguments as keys.

  • idx_map (function) – Function to take the index of a BlockData element and return the index in the initialize dict from which to read arguments. This can be provided to override the default behavior of matching the BlockData index exactly to the index in initialize.

Returns:

(Clarifier) New instance