Compressor

QSDsan: Quantitative Sustainable Design for sanitation and resource recovery systems

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class qsdsan.sanunits._compressor.IsothermalCompressor(ins: Sequence[Stream] | None = None, outs: Sequence[Stream] | None = (), thermo: Thermo | None = None, *, P, eta=0.7, vle=False, compressor_type=None, driver=None, material=None, driver_efficiency=None)

Similar to biosteam.units.IsothermalCompressor, but can calculate number of units and construction impacts.

See also

biosteam.units.IsothermalCompressor

line: str = 'Isothermal compressor'

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

run()

Run mass and energy balance. This method also runs specifications user defined specifications unless it is being run within a specification (to avoid infinite loops).

See also

_run, specifications, add_specification, add_bounded_numerical_specification