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A Python package for chemical engineering
https://chemics.readthedocs.io
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Some overlap with BioSTEAM #5

Closed yoelcortes closed 4 years ago

yoelcortes commented 4 years ago

Chemics seems like a nice and useful package. I think you might be interested in BioSTEAM, especially if you are modeling unit operations. Here are some links to the docs: https://thermosteam.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ https://biosteam.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Here is the manuscript that introduces BioSTEAM: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b0704

Thanks! :)

wigging commented 4 years ago

Thanks for sharing. I like the idea of BioSTEAM and I especially like that you're using Python. The project reminds me of the various projects by Caleb Bell such as https://github.com/CalebBell/thermo and https://github.com/CalebBell/fluids.

Also, the link you posted for the manuscript was broken. Here's the correct link in case anyone else reads this: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b07040

yoelcortes commented 4 years ago

Anyone that have used thermo will definitely notice the resemblance. When I started BioSTEAM about 3 years ago, my ground zero was Caleb's thermo package. Thermosteam is basically a completely restructured and extended version of thermo for making standalone property packages that can also feed into BioSTEAM. So the legacy continues jaja.

BTW, thanks for noting the broken link and for keeping your code documented and open-source.

wigging commented 4 years ago

Are you part of the CABBI (https://cabbi.bio) group which is mentioned in the BioSTEAM documentation?

wigging commented 4 years ago

Looks like CABBI has some commonalities with the CCPC https://www.cpcbiomass.org

yoelcortes commented 4 years ago

Sure am. The Direct Funding Opportunity looks interesting. I just read your bio on your website and saw you are affiliated with CCPC. It would be nice to see if we can set up any collaborations later. I'll chat with my lab group and get back to you by email. Feel free to email me any ideas your group may be interested in exploring.

wigging commented 4 years ago

Yes, we should chat outside of GitHub regarding the CABBI and CCPC stuff. My work email is on the People page of the CCPC website.

But regarding BioSTEAM, there is some overlap to Chemics but that's common in the Python world; just look at how many visualization libraries are available for the Python community. At the moment Chemics is mainly a bunch of functions that I use for modeling fluidized bed reactors for biomass fast pyrolysis research. I eventually want to make the package similar to something like Cantera but that's a long term goal.

Unless you have any more comments, I think we can close this issue. Feel free to contribute to Chemics and I'll keep an eye on BioSTEAM. I do have a suggestion for BioSTEAM but I'll submit it on the repository's page.

AdityaSavara commented 3 years ago

Have you connected Cantera to chemics? If so, has this been used in any works?

wigging commented 3 years ago

@AdityaSavara You should submit a separate Issue for your question instead of adding to this Issue. This thread is unrelated to your question.