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Starting Points |
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Our goal |
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\begin_layout Standard |
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The purpose of this chapter is to help you find out what you need to read |
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first about ASCEND IV in order to accomplish some portion of your mathematical |
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modeling tasks. |
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Since there is no single best order to learn in for all people, we list |
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the introductory documents and their sound bytes concisely, in the hope |
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that this makes your search task less difficult. |
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If ASCEND IV is new to you, work through the first three listed in sequence, |
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then branch to the special topics you need most. |
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Without further ado, your goals. |
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Primal Subjects |
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\begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{cha:model1} |
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Building and solving a small mathematical model from a simple problem descripti |
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on of a water tank. |
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This is basic mathematical modeling of a physical system. |
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If you have never, ever used ASCEND IV, you should probably start here |
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to build and solve a model. |
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Chapter\InsetSpace ~ |
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\begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{cha:model2} |
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Making any model easier to share with others by adding basic methods, scripts, |
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and model interfaces. |
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\begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{cha:model3} |
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Reusing a model for plotting and case studies with an introduction to type |
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refinement and inheritance. |
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Defining and executing a case study to generate data and plots which indicate |
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how your mathematical model responds to alternative input values. |
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\begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{cha:require} |
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Managing modeling project files with REQUIRE and PROVIDE. |
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ASCEND will automatically load the other type definition files you need |
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when working on a model if you follow some simple rules. |
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\begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{cha:plot} |
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Defining a plot which gathers scattered data from your models into a plt_plot |
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that can be viewed from the Browser window. |
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*howto-specify*\InsetSpace ~ |
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(Art,Ben, in progress) Defining a square or well-posed problem |
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Writing a specify method is the only reliable way to go, and even this |
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is not simple unless you plan ahead. |
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Degrees of freedom can be tricky. |
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\begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{cha:atoms} |
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Defining new types of variables or constants when the standard library |
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\begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{cha:dimeqns} |
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Entering correlation equations with units and how we support degrees Farenheit. |
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\begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{cha:units} |
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Defining new units of measure based on SI or other existing units. |
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*howto-library1* (NOTES, check methods, etc) Getting it right the first |
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time. |
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Modeling reliably in teams requires communicating all problem aspects including |
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the goals to be met, the mathematical problem to be solved, the solution |
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process, and the testing criteria that define an acceptable solution. |
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You can do all these in ASCEND IV. |
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\begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{cha:methods} |
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Making basic models easy to use later by adding METHODS. |
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Defining more standard methods and your own methods so you do not have |
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to remember how you made the model work yesterday, last week, last year, |
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or in your last incarnation. |
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Its almost automatic. |
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Engineering Subjects |
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\begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{cha:physprops} |
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Defining a chemical mixture and physical property calculations for use |
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in process simulation. |
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Equilibrium thermodynamics, phases, species, and all that jazz. |
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Adding species and correlations to the database. |
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*howto-column1*\InsetSpace ~ |
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(Art, in progress) Defining a steady-state distillation |
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column in a flowsheet using the column library that comes with ASCEND IV. |
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*howto-reactor*\InsetSpace ~ |
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(Duncan, in progress) Defining a chemical reactor model |
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in a flowsheet. |
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Not a task for the faint of heart, but probably far easier than defining |
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a new reactor in almost any commercial simulator. |
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Defining a simple dynamic model (initial value problem) and watching it |
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Water level in a tank. |
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*howto-dynamic2*\InsetSpace ~ |
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(Duncan, in progress) Defining a complex dynamic model |
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using dynamic libraries. |
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Dynamic vapor-liquid flash tank. |
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*howto-column2*\InsetSpace ~ |
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(Duncan, in progress) Simulating a dynamic distillation |
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column in a flowsheet using ASCEND. |
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*howto-control*\InsetSpace ~ |
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(Duncan, in progress) Controlling dynamic systems, disturbances, |
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and all those pesky graphing tools using the Script window and Tcl. |
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Writing a conditional model where which equations apply is determined |
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by variable values or boundary expressions. |
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(Ben, in progress) Defining a dynamic model with end-point conditions |
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(boundary value problem) using our collocation (bvp) library. |
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