Weight Based Solids Flowrate and Composition
This window is used to specify the amount of solids in a defined composition stream by defining the weight rate and composition.
Usage
From the Stream Data - Solid Components Window, press the Weight Based Solids button to open this window and check the Supply weight based flowrate and composition option. Select a weight based flowrate specification and enter the appropriate values for composition/component flowrates.
Weight Based Solids Flowrate Specification
This specification can be either the Total Weight Based Solids Flowrate or the Individual Weight Based Solids Component Flowrates. If you select the Total Weight Based Solids Flowrate, enter its value in the data entry field.
Component Table
The Component column of the table contains all the Solid components specified in the Component Phase Selection Window. Enter values (weight composition or flowrates) for each component.
Depending upon the choice made for the Weight Based Solids Flowrate Specification, you should enter appropriate values for individual components. The various possibilities are:
1. If Total Weight Based Solids Flowrate has been selected
Enter the individual weight composition values. The individual compositions must add up to 1.00, 100.0, or the supplied total flowrate, within a tolerance of 1%. If this tolerance is not met, an error message will be generated when the OK button is pushed. Selecting the "Normalize" option scales the individual compositions and avoids this error.
2. If Individual Weight Based Solids Component Flowrates has been selected
Enter the individual weight flowrate values. There is no restrictions on the flowrate sum for this option.
Clear Compositions
Press this button to remove all composition or component flowrate data entered into the table.
Normalize Component Flowrate
If the Total Weight Based Solids Flowrate has been entered, you may select the option of normalizing the composition of the individual components to the total flowrate. Since the composition values are normalized, no error condition arises when the required tolerances are not met.
Related topics
Streams - Technical Information