ASCEND/C2/Solving-Cubic-EOS/English
Tutorial 4: Cubic EOS: Peng Robinson
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Welcome to the tutorial on Solving Cubic EOS in ASCEND |
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We will learn how to
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System Requirement |
Here I am using
Ubuntu Linux OS v. 12.04 ASCEND v. 0.9.8
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Pre-requisites |
To follow this tutorial, user must have basic knowledge of
Linux ASCEND and Peng Robinson cubic EOS |
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Pre-requisites |
To know more about ASCEND please visit ascend4.org
For relevant tutorials please visit our website |
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Peng Robinson Cubic EOS |
Let’s write a general model to solve Peng Robinson cubic equation of state. Peng Robinson equation of state is a cubic equation of state which contains volume terms to the third power. It is usually expressed to give pressure in terms of temperature and molar volume. These are the equation for PR EOS |
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Peng Robinson Cubic EOS |
It is sometime more convenient to express the polynomial in terms of the compressibility factor Z
These are the equations which we will be using in our model to compute the value of Z |
Open the code file in gedit | Let's now look at the code for Peng Robinson model.
I already have the code for Peng Robinson model in a text file. Open the file Peng Robinson.a4c in a text editor Let me explain the code. |
Highlight REQUIRE "thermodynamics.a4l"; | For solving this model, we require data from the thermodynamics library. So, add ‘REQUIRE “thermodynamics.a4l”.
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Highlight the lines sequentially | I have named this model as pengrobinson.
After this define variables like P, T, V etc. using WILL_BE operator. WILL_BE operator is used to make our model reusable The variables defined using WILL_BE are used as parameters in our test model I will come back to the explanation of WILL_BE as we move ahead in our tutorial |
Highlight the following declaration statements
R IS_A molar_gas_constant; Pc IS_A pressure; Tc IS_A temperature; T_degC IS_A factor; alpha, beta, q,Tr, Pr, omega IS_A factor; PSI, OMEGA, sigma, eps IS_A real_constant; |
Now we Define rest of the variables accordingly. Like, R IS_A molar gas constant, Pc IS_A pressure and so on
Note that factor denotes a dimensionless variable, Thus alpha, beta, q etc. are defined as factors |
Highlight the given constants used in the code
PSI :== 0.45724; OMEGA :== 0.07780; sigma :== 2.414213562; eps :== 0.414213562; |
Now we mention the values of all the constants used in PR Cubic EOS.
Please note that the values of these constants will be reused in our test model. So we use a colon and is equal to sign twice to assign values to constants |
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Pc = data.Pc; Tc = data.Tc; omega = data.omega; Tr = T/Tc; Pr = P/Pc; T_degC = T/1{K} - 273.15; |
We take the critical temperature, critical pressure and omega data from the thermodynamics library.
And so we write Pc=data.Pc and so on. Now we define the reduced temperature and pressure in terms of Tc and Pc. Now we mention the PR Equation as shown in the previous slide Note that labels like eq 4, eq 5 etc. are not compulsory to write but they help in debugging the problem |
Highlight the METHODS syntax sequentially | Now let’s define methods to solve this model.
We use the method default to solve this model and run the METHODS specify and values under it. Under specify we fix the variables by writing , P.fixed := TRUE;and T.fixed := TRUE; Note that True implies fixed variable whereas all other variables that are not mentioned here are y default set to False, i.e. Free variables Now under values, we define values to the fixed variables For Z, we set the upper and lower bound and also provide a nominal value to initiate the solution. The syntax used is Z.lower_bound := 0.0; Z.nominal := 0.1; Now we end Peng Robinson model Parameters defined in this model, can now be reused by any model to calculate Z for specific components Let's now see how to use these parameters and calculate Z for ethylene in a test model. Let's now look at the code for test model Note that the test model is written below the Peng Robinson model in the same document we name this model as test We define a symbol constant – c1. And assign c1 is equal to ethylene. We use a colon and equal to sign twice as c1 is passed as a parameter to another variable components_data which is present in thermodynamics library Here we define cd as components_data of ethylene Note that in the parenthesis,c1 in square bracket implies such data for ethylene from thermodynamics library whereas c1 outside square bracket is set as reference component More on this will be explained in future tutorials Note that we use WILL_BE to define P,V,Z etc To reuse these parameters from previous model we need to define them here using IS_A operator Thus we define P IS_A pressure; T IS_A temperature and so on; We define tpeng IS_A pengrobinson Now tpeng includes all the equations and methods defined in the peng roinson model we have passed the required parameters to pengrobinson model in parenthesis,so we don't have to write the variables and the equations again the values of constants and other variables will be called in the test model from peng robinson model This is how we make our model reusable we define equations for Tr and Pr as Tr = T/cd.data[c1].Tc; and similarly for Pr; We reuse this model in the test model to find out Z for ethylene.
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Scroll the text file to show the next model | We will now look at the code for testpengrobinson model.
I already have the code for testpengrobinson model in a text file. Let me explain the code. We name this model as testpengrobinson. We define a symbol constant – c1. And assign c1 is equal to ethylene. This c1 is passed as a parameters to another model components_data which is present in one of our ‘REQUIRED’ libraries. Here we define cd as the component data of ethylene. To reuse the parameters from previous model like P, V, Z etc we need to define them here using the IS_A operator We define tpeng as a pengrobinson. Now tpeng includes all the equations and methods defined in pengrobinson model. We have passed the required parameters to pengrobinson So we do not have to write the equations and variables again. This is how we make our model reusable. We define equations for Tr and Pr as : Tr = T/cd.data[c1].Tc; Pr = P/cd.data[c1].Pc; cd.dada[c1].Tc imports the value of Tc for ethylene from thermodynamics library. In METHODS we define the standard methods again But now under METHOD specify we RUN tpeng.specify Under METHOD values we RUN tpeng.values. This is done to run the METHODS from pengrobinson model in our test model. In the end we define the METHOD on_load in which we run specify and values; Now end the test model |
Open the model in Ascend and run the on_load method | Open this model in ASCEND
Under Modules section, you will see two names peng robinsing and test model In the panel below you will see the message won’t auto-initiate the model peng robinson model requires parameters As we have used WILL_BE in peng robinson, we can’t execute this model but the parameters defined here will be executed in our test model Now double click on test, the model opens under simulation Now run the on_load method and click on solve you will see pressure, temperature are the fixed variables and ascend has successfully calculated values for z, volume, reduced Temperature and reduced Pressure
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Summary |
Now, let us summarize. In this tutorial, we have learnt how to:
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Assignment |
As an assignment, try to modify pengrobinson model to solve the value of V.
Also re-use this model in a test model to compute value of V for ethylene. |
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Acknowledgements |
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Thank You |
This is Priya Bagde from IIT Bombay signing off
Thank You for joining |