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Reactor consultation #84

Closed zasddsgg closed 9 months ago

zasddsgg commented 9 months ago

Hello, if I want to simulate the reaction of plastic polymer and only know the mass of the reactant (a,b,c,,,,) and the mass of the product (A,B,C,,,,), but do not know the specific equation of the conversion from the reactant to the product. So I can't write chemical equation such as https://biosteam.readthedocs.io/en/latest/API/thermosteam/reaction/Reaction.html, I can only use enthalpy difference between the enthalpy of products and enthalpy of reactants to calculate the heat change of reactor. For the above process, could I consult you how to model it by reactor in BioSTEAM and how to represent the product without using chemical equation?

Thanks for your help. Wish you a good day.

yoelcortes commented 9 months ago

@zasddsgg, as noted previously, use basis='wt' to write the chemical equation using https://biosteam.readthedocs.io/en/latest/API/thermosteam/reaction/Reaction.html by weight. The product can be represented any way you like (with whatever molecular weight).