Sedimentation#

QSDsan: Quantitative Sustainable Design for sanitation and resource recovery systems

This module is developed by:

Yalin Li <mailto.yalin.li@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._sedimentation.Sedimentation(ID='', ins: Sequence[Stream] | None = None, outs: Sequence[Stream] | None = (), thermo=None, init_with='WasteStream', split=None, settled_frac=None, degraded_components=('OtherSS',), if_N2O_emission=False, **kwargs)#

Sedimentation of wastes into liquid and solid phases based on Trimmer et al.

To enable life cycle assessment, the following impact items should be pre-constructed: Concrete, Steel.

Parameters:
  • ins (Iterable(stream)) – Waste for treatment.

  • outs (Iterable(stream)) – Liquid, settled solids, fugitive CH4, and fugitive N2O.

Examples

bwaise systems

References

[1] Trimmer et al., Navigating Multidimensional Social–Ecological System Trade-Offs across Sanitation Alternatives in an Urban Informal Settlement. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2020, 54 (19), 12641–12653. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c03296.

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.

property N_tank#

[int] Number of sedimentation tanks, float will be converted to the smallest integer.

baseline_purchase_costs: dict[str, float]#

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

property column_per_side#

[int] Number of columns per side of sedimentation tanks, float will be converted to the smallest integer.

property concrete_thickness#

[float] Thickness of the concrete wall.

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.

line: str = 'Sedimentation'#

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.

property roof_slope#

[float] Slope of the tank roof, [°].

property roof_unit_mass#

[float] Unit mass of the tank roof, [kg/m2].

run_after_specifications: bool#

Whether to run mass and energy balance after calling specification functions

property tank_L_to_W#

[float] Length-to-width ratio of the sedimentation tank.

property tank_V#

[float] Volume of the sedimentation tank.

property tank_W_to_H#

[float] Width-to-height ratio of the sedimentation tank.

property tau#

[float] Residence time, [d].