Dynamic Influent#

QSDsan: Quantitative Sustainable Design for sanitation and resource recovery systems

This module is developed by:

Joy Zhang <joycheung1994@gmail.com>

This module is under the University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License. Please refer to https://github.com/QSD-Group/QSDsan/blob/main/LICENSE.txt for license details.

class qsdsan.sanunits._dynamic_influent.DynamicInfluent(ID='', ins: Sequence[Stream] | None = None, outs: Sequence[Stream] | None = (), data_file=None, by_mass=False, interpolator=None, derivative_approximator=None, thermo=None, init_with='WasteStream', isdynamic=True, load_data_kwargs={}, intpl_kwargs={}, **kwargs)#

A fake SanUnit to generate a dynamic WasteStream at its outlet by interpolating time-series data.

Parameters:
  • ID (str, optional) – ID for the dynamic influent generator. The default is ‘’.

  • outs (WasteStream) – Dynamic influent.

  • data_file (str, optional) – The file path for the time-series data. Acceptable file extensions are .xlsx, .xls, .csv, .tsv. If none specified, will load the default time-series data of dry-weather influent with components from ASM1.

  • by_mass (bool, optional) –

    Whether time-series data indicate mass flowrates. If True, all columns assumed in kg/hr. If False, data are assumed to indicate concentrations [mg/L] and total volumetric flowrate [m3/d]. The default is False.

    Note

    When by_mass is set to True, the state array of the unit as well as the state array of its effluent by default indicate mass flow rates in g/d. This may not be consistent with downstream assumptions.

interpolatorstr|int|callable, optional

Interpolation method to use. It can be a string (e.g., ‘slinear’, ‘quadratic’, ‘cubic’) or an integer within [1,5] to specify the order of a spline interpolation. Other strings will be passed on to scipy.interpolate.interp1d as the ‘kind’ argument. It can also be a class in scipy.interpolate that takes time-series data as input upon initiation. Interpolant that is not at least first-order differentiable is not recommended (e.g., linear interpolation). The default is scipy.interpolate.CubicSpline.

derivative_approximatorcallable, optional

Function that returns derivative of the variable at given time. If none specified, will use the derivative() method of (if available) of the interpolant.

load_data_kwargsdict, optional

Keyword arguments for loading the data file with the qsdsan.utils.load_data() function. The default is {}.

intpl_kwargsdict, optional

Keyword arguments for initiating the interpolant. The default is {}.

F_BM: dict[str, float]#

All bare-module factors for each purchase cost. Defaults to values in the class attribute _F_BM_default.

F_D: dict[str, float]#

All design factors for each purchase cost item in baseline_purchase_costs.

F_M: dict[str, float]#

All material factors for each purchase cost item in baseline_purchase_costs.

F_P: dict[str, float]#

All pressure factors for each purchase cost item in baseline_purchase_costs.

baseline_purchase_costs: dict[str, float]#

All baseline purchase costs without accounting for design, pressure, and material factors.

derivative(t)#

Returns the estimated time derivatives at time t.

property derivative_approximator#

[callable] The function to estimate time derivatives.

design_results: dict[str, object]#

All design requirements excluding utility requirements and detailed auxiliary unit requirements.

equipment_lifetime: int | dict[str, int]#

Lifetime of equipment. Defaults to values in the class attribute _default_equipment_lifetime. Use an integer to specify the lifetime for all items in the unit purchase costs. Use a dictionary to specify the lifetime of each purchase cost item.

heat_utilities: tuple[HeatUtility, ...]#

All heat utilities associated to unit. Cooling and heating requirements are stored here (including auxiliary requirements).

installed_costs: dict[str, float]#

All installed costs accounting for bare module, design, pressure, and material factors. Items here are automatically updated at the end of unit simulation.

interpolant(t)#

Returns the interpolated values at time t.

property interpolator#

[callable] The interpolation method.

line: str = 'Dynamic influent'#

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

parallel: dict[str, int]#

Name-number pairs of baseline purchase costs and auxiliary unit operations in parallel. Use ‘self’ to refer to the main unit. Capital and heat and power utilities in parallel will become proportional to this value.

power_utility: PowerUtility#

Electric utility associated to unit (including auxiliary requirements).

prioritize: bool#

Whether to prioritize unit operation specification within recycle loop (if any).

purchase_costs: dict[str, float]#

Itemized purchase costs (including auxiliary units) accounting for design, pressure, and material factors (i.e., F_D, F_P, F_M). Items here are automatically updated at the end of unit simulation.

responses: set[bst.GenericResponse]#

Unit design decisions that must be solved to satisfy specifications. While adding responses is optional, simulations benefit from responses by being able to predict better guesses.

run_after_specifications: bool#

Whether to run mass and energy balance after calling specification functions