Assay Characterization Options

The various characterization methods are selected in this window. When the window is visited initially, the buttons for the default methods are marked. The options selected with this window are used for all TBP cutpoint sets in the problem. For most problems, the default methods produce satisfactory results.

Usage

From the Main Window "Input" menu, select the Assay Characterization command, or push the $image\ASSAY01.gif$ button on the Toolbar in the Main Window.
From the Assay Main Window, push the Characterization Options button.

Select the desired options for the various Methods and Procedures by clicking the appropriate buttons.

See Pseudocomponent Criticals, Ideal Gas Enthalpy Estimation Methods for more information on the correlations used to estimate these properties.

See Pseudocomponent Molecular Weight Estimation Methods for more information on the molecular weight correlations.

See Gravity Curve Generation Methods for more details on gravity curves.

See Distillation Curve Interconversions for details on D86 conversion methods.

See Assay Curve Fitting Procedures for more information on the distillation curve fitting procedures.

See Calculation of NBP for Cuts for more information on the procedure for calculation of the NBP used for Cuts.

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