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26 | 26 | class AnaerobicBioreactor(AbstractStirredTankReactor): |
27 | 27 | """ |
28 | 28 | Create an anaerobic bioreactor with a vented stream and an effluent stream. |
29 | | - {description_doc} |
| 29 | + The reactor is designed as a pressure vessel with a given aspect ratio and |
| 30 | + residence time. A pump-heat exchanger recirculation loop can be used to satisfy |
| 31 | + the duty, if any. By default, a turbine agitator is also included if the |
| 32 | + power usage, `kW_per_m3`, is positive. A vacuum system is also |
| 33 | + automatically added if the operating pressure is at a vacuum. |
30 | 34 |
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31 | 35 | Parameters |
32 | 36 | ---------- |
33 | | - {parameters_doc} |
| 37 | + tau : |
| 38 | + Residence time [hr]. |
| 39 | + T : |
| 40 | + Operating temperature [K]. |
| 41 | + P : |
| 42 | + Operating pressure [Pa]. |
| 43 | + V_wf : |
| 44 | + Fraction of working volume over total volume. Defaults to 0.8. |
| 45 | + V_max : |
| 46 | + Maximum volume of a reactor [m3]. Defaults to 355. |
| 47 | + kW_per_m3 : |
| 48 | + Power usage of agitator. Defaults to 0.985 [kW / m3] converted from |
| 49 | + 5 hp/1000 gal as in [1]_, for liquid–liquid reaction or extraction. |
| 50 | + vessel_material : |
| 51 | + Vessel material. Defaults to 'Stainless steel 316'. |
| 52 | + vessel_type : |
| 53 | + Vessel type. Valid options are 'Horizontal' or 'Vertical'. Defaults to 'Vertical' |
| 54 | + batch : |
| 55 | + Whether to use batch operation mode. If False, operation mode is continuous. |
| 56 | + Defaults to `continuous`. |
| 57 | + tau_0 : |
| 58 | + Cleaning and unloading time (if batch mode). Defaults to 3 hr. |
| 59 | + N_reactors : |
| 60 | + Number of reactors. |
| 61 | + heat_exchanger_configuration : |
| 62 | + What kind of heat exchanger to default to (if any). Valid options include |
| 63 | + 'jacketed', 'recirculation loop', and 'internal coil'. Defaults to 'recirculation loop'. |
| 64 | + dT_hx_loop : |
| 65 | + Maximum change in temperature for the heat exchanger loop. Defaults to 5 K. |
| 66 | + jacket_annular_diameter : |
| 67 | + Annular diameter of heat exchanger jacket to vessel [m]. Defaults to 0.1 m. |
| 68 | + loading_time : |
| 69 | + Loading time of batch reactor. If not given, it will assume each vessel is constantly |
| 70 | + being filled. |
34 | 71 | |
35 | 72 | Notes |
36 | 73 | ----- |
37 | | - {notes_doc} |
| 74 | + The heat exchanger configuration can be one of the following: |
| 75 | +
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| 76 | + * 'recirculation loop': |
| 77 | + The recirculation loop takes into account the required flow rate needed to |
| 78 | + reach the maximum temperature change of the heat exchanger, `dT_hx_loop`. |
| 79 | + Increasing `dT_hx_loop` decreases the required recirculation flow rate and |
| 80 | + therefore decreases pump costs. |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | + When parallel reactors are required, one recirculation loop (each with a |
| 83 | + pump and heat exchanger) is assumed. Although it is possible to use the |
| 84 | + same recirculation loop for all reactors, this conservative assumption allows |
| 85 | + for each reactor to be operated independently from each other. |
| 86 | +
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| 87 | + * 'jacketed': |
| 88 | + The jacket does not account for the heat transfer area requirement. |
| 89 | + It simply assumes that a full jacket can provide the necessary heat transfer |
| 90 | + area to meet the duty requirement. A heuristic annular diameter is assumed |
| 91 | + through `jacket_annular_diameter` (which can be adjusted by the user). |
| 92 | + The temperature at the wall is assumed to be the operating temperature. |
| 93 | + The weight of the jacket is added to the weight of the vessel and the |
| 94 | + cost is compounded together as a jacketed vessel. |
| 95 | + |
| 96 | + * 'internal coil': |
| 97 | + The internal coil is costed as an ordinary helical tube heat exchanger |
| 98 | + with the added assumption that the temperature at the wall is the |
| 99 | + operating temperature. This method is still not implemented in BioSTEAM |
| 100 | + yet. |
| 101 | +
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38 | 102 | |
39 | 103 | Examples |
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