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Cogeneration energy managment center with short-term thermal storage
Nina Monteiro
November 16, 2022 (v1)
Keywords: Cogeneration, District Heating, TRNSYS
This file TRNSYS simulation studio file represents a cogeneration energy management center. It uses a mix of built-in and and in-house equipment models, as well as external data files. The external files used are in the context of Canada, province of Ontario, but they can easily be swapped by others.
The system is a closed loop that uses three temperature water headers to connect the following equipment: Cogeneration internal combustion engine, hot water tank, natural gas boiler, and heat exchanger that can be connected to an external, heat delivery loop such as the ones used in district heating.
Source code for STORE model
Kildekode for STORE-modellen
Thomas A. Adams II
November 15, 2022 (v2)
Subject: Biosystems
Keywords: Computational Biology, Dynamic Modelling, Matlab, Omentum, Particle Swarm Optimization, Stochastic Modelling, Vaccine
This is the source code for the STORE (STochasic Omentum REsponse) model. The model is used to simulate how naive T-cells in the omentum will prime and multiply during the expansion period (8 days) after a T-cell vaccination in a mouse.

This is the matlab source code used in the following paper:

Christian DA, Adams TA II, Smith TA, Shallberg LA, Theisen DJ, Phan AT, Abraha M, Perry J, Ruthel G, Clark JT, Murphy KM, Kedl, RM, Hunter CA. cDC1 coordinate innate and adaptive responses in the omentum required for T cell priming and memory. Science Immunology 7, eabq7432 (2022).

This is fixed legacy code used for the paper for scientific auditing and reproduction purposes. See paper for documentation.
Comparison of Steel Manufacturing Off-Gas Utilization Methods via Life Cycle Analysis
Lingyan Deng, Thomas Adams
March 4, 2020 (v1)
Subject: Other
Keywords: Blast furnace gas, Coke oven gas, Combined cycle power plant, Life Cycle Analysis, Methanol production, SimaPro
This is a submission of source file of the life cycle analysis of steel manufacturing off-gas utilization systems using SimaPro V9. It includes five locations: Ontario, the USA, Finland, Mexico, and China.
Single Shooting Method for Semicontinuous Distillation
Pranav Bhaswanth Madabhushi, Thomas Alan Adams II
January 6, 2020 (v1)
Keywords: Hybrid Dynamical System, Process Design, Semicontinuous Distillation, Single Shooting Method
Semicontinuous distillation is a new separation technology for distilling multicomponent mixtures. This process was designed using design methodologies with heuristic components that evolved over twenty years. However, the fundamental philosophy of these design methodologies, which involves guessing, checking and then using a black-box optimization procedure to find the values of the design variables to meet some performance criteria, has not changed. Mainly, to address the problem of having a heuristic simulation termination criterion in the black-box optimization phase, the single shooting method for semicontinuous distillation design was proposed in this study. We envision that this is a first step in the transformation of the semicontinuous distillation design process for obtaining optimal designs. We demonstrate the application of this method using two case studies, which involve the separation of hexane, heptane and octane.
Techno-economic Analysis of Coke Oven Gas and Blast Furnace Gas to Methanol Process with Carbon Dioxide Capture and Utilization
Lingyan Deng, Thomas Adams II
January 9, 2020 (v3)
Keywords: Aspen Capital Cost Estimator, Aspen Plus Simulation, blast furnace gas, CO2 emission reduction, coke oven gas, economic and sensitivity analysis, methanol production
This submission includes Excel, MATLAB code, Aspen Plus simulation, and Aspen Capital Cost Estimator files for the paper entitled "Design and Optimization of a Novel Coke Oven Gas and Blast Furnace Gas to Methanol Process with Carbon Dioxide Capture and Utilization".
Offshore Power Plants Integrating a Wind Farm: Design Optimisation and Techno-Economic Assessment Based on Surrogate Modelling
Luca Riboldi, Lars O. Nord
January 17, 2019 (v2)
Keywords: combined cycle, hybrid system, kriging, multi-objective optimisation, offshore wind, oil and gas
The paper investigates the possibility to integrate a wind farm into an offshore combined cycle power plant. The models used in the publication are here provided.
HyThSoft V. 2.0
Francisco Sanchez Careaga
November 2, 2018 (v1)
Keywords: Heat Water Treatment, LabWindows CVI, Process Control
HyThSoft, was developed as a powerful tool to consent with the ”WORK PLAN FOR THE MEXICAN MANGO TREATMENT AND PRECLEARENCE PROGRAM” developed jointly by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, International Services (USDA/APHIS) and the Secretaria de Agricultura Ganadería y Desarrollo Rural Pesca y Alimentación (SAGARPA) and with norm NOM-075-FITO-1997. This software is designed to take temperature signals and control up to 6 treatment tanks. The software also contains logical functions which facilitate the work of the exporters and USDA/APHIS personal. Although this software was developed for treatment tanks that have each one, an independent boiler, it can also be use with a single boiler for all the tanks (dependent equipment), just by changing its operational parameters.
Approximating Nonlinear Relationships for Optimal Operation of Natural Gas Transport Networks
Kody Kazda, Xiang Li
October 13, 2018 (v1)
Subject: Optimization
Keywords: Compressors, Fuel Cost Minimization Problem, GAMS, Matlab, Natural Gas, Optimization
Source code for the case study presented in the paper "Approximating Nonlinear Relationships for Optimal Operation of Natural Gas Transport Networks". The case study involves solving the compressor fuel cost minimization problem (FCMP) on three simple natural gas networks. For each gas network three different formulations of the FCMP are tested: a common simplified FCMP model (FCMP_S), the novel approximation FCMP model (FCMP_N) that is developed in the paper, and a partially rigorous FCMP model (FCMP_PR) that models components of the model using their most rigorous calculations where feasible. The FCMP for each of these tests was optimized using GAMS, for which the code is provided. The accuracy of each of the three models was then assessed by comparing them to a rigorous simulation. The rigorous simulation was coded in Matlab and is provided, where separate files are used to calculate the rigorous gas pressure drop along a pipeline, and the energy input required for gas compression... [more]
Modeling and simulation of an integrated steam reforming and nuclear heat system
Leila Hoseinzade, Thomas A Adams II
November 20, 2018 (v3)
Keywords: Carbonless heat, Dynamic Modelling, integrated systems, Steam methane reforming, Syngas
In this study, a dynamic and two-dimensional model for a steam methane reforming process integrated with nuclear heat production is developed. The model is based on first principles and considers the conservation of mass, momentum and energy within the system. The model is multi-scale, considering both bulk gas effects as well as spatial differences within the catalyst particles. Very few model parameters need to be fit based on the design specifications reported in the literature. The resulting model fits the reported design conditions of two separate pilot-scale studies (ranging from 0.4 to 10 MW heat transfer duty). A sensitivity analysis indicated that disturbances in the helium feed conditions significantly affect the system, but the overall system performance only changes slightly even for the large changes in the value of the most uncertain parameters.
Blackout! Classroom Edition
Jake Nease, Thomas A. Adams II
December 12, 2019 (v2)
Subject: Education
Keywords: Classroom Workshop, Electricity Grid, Energy Markets, Game Theory, Open Source, Video Game
Blackout! Is a classroom game (suitable for middle school and up to and including university students) which simulates open electricity markets. Up to eight players compete on the open market to build power plants, bid on sale prices, and deliver the most electricity to their customers. Demand changes each turn (one simulation hour) over the course of a day. The game helps to teach about the trade-offs between different kinds of power plants, such as cost (capital cost vs. operating cost), reliability (thermal vs. renewables), flexibilty (such as base-load vs. peaking power), and so on. The current version includes wind, solar, nuclear, coal, and natural gas based power plants. Also included in this submission are sample workshop materials (i.e. instructional slides) useful in a classroom setting. Please see also the linked academic research article discussing the statistical outcomes of using the game with middle and high school students.

An article in Chemical Engineering Educatio... [more]
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