Sample CAPE-OPEN Mixer/Splitter Unit Operation

A sample CAPE-OPEN unit operation is provided to test PRO/II interaction. It is a simple mixer/splitter unit operation implemented in the DLL file COUOP.DLL; its "progid" is "Simsci.Mixer". The sample unit has two input and two output material ports. It has three real input parameters and one output parameter. Heat input, pressure drop and split factor values can be given as input. Once the unit operation is solved, mixer pressure is populated.

 

Very simple calculations are done on input stream properties to calculate output stream properties:

 

The component flow rates, Fi, of the internal mixed stream are obtained by summing up the component flow rates from each inlet stream.

F i = åFij

where:

i=stream index

j= component index

 

After mixing the inlet streams, the component flow rates, Fik, of the out let flow rates are calculated by

Fik = Fi* ak

Where:

a is the split fraction

åak =1

 

The enthalpy flows, H, of the internal mixed stream are obtained by summing up the enthalpy flows from each inlet stream.

H = åHjxFj

 

The enthalpy flow of the out let streams are calculated by

Hk = H* ak

 

And the enthalpy of each outlet stream is then

hk = Hk/Fk

 

Pressure of mixer is calculated by

P= min Pk