SF_Thermo_Flash Element Template
The SF_Thermo_Flash Element Template is intended as a guideline for the use of the different thermodynamic functions. It includes output Attributes that are already configured. However, the following will need to be configured based on how you retrieve data from your system:
- i_CompositionTable
- i_Pressure
- i_Temperature
- i_StreamFlashCalculation
Note: More detail regarding configuration is provided in Configuration.
The template has “Allow Extensions” checked by default. Please leave this setting selected, as it is necessary to create the composition tables described below.
i_CompositionTable
The Thermodynamics Extension creates a child Element during the component configuration when the composition is not coming from the input ports. This Element holds the selected components so that each component can be configured to retrieve its value however the user defines. The child Element cannot be created if the template does not “Allow Extensions”.
i_Pressure & i_Temperature
The Thermodynamics Extension calculations will work with any configuration of the i_Pressure & i_Temperature Attributes as long as both are used (both are required), the temperature is not less than 1 Kelvin and the pressure is not less than .001 Pascal (conditions that are physical abnormalities and thus are recognized as such by our system) and are positive values. The range of applicability of temperatures and pressures depends on the physical properties of the selected components and of the overall mixture.
i_StreamFlashCalculation
This Attribute takes as input the i_Composition Table, i_Pressure, & i_Temperature Attributes and then creates a virtual instance of the stream and performs a flash calculation to determine the physical characteristics of the stream based on the inputs.