Tuesday, February 1, 2011

assumption/scenario

The design-basis model employs nine distinct sections as described in Table 1

Section Name                     Section Description                                         Key Assumptions

  • -----------is modeled on a proximate and ultimate analysis basis.
  • There is scarce information in the literature that is specific to-------.
  • Nonetheless, this process feedstock is modeled using information from ------.
  • This ----analysis is adapted from U.S. Department of Agriculture(USDA) experimemntal data.
  • The ------is specified as -to meet the requirements of this study, and other values adjusted accordingly.
  •  ---------analysis is based on laboratory results, shown in ---------, and these values are not modified in the model.
Assumptions for products.
----------- generates a large cariety of --------that makes modeling efforts difficult.
Hundreds of ----have been identified in XXX(product)-the product of XXX(procedure).
A common approach is to employ model ----to represent ----------based on their significance and quabtity. This model adapts ------- from research by XXX as described in the WWW senction of this report.

Two scenarios

Two models are developed to study the performance of ---------for different scenarios:----A---and-----B----.A is ----------process that can be designed with numerous sonfigurations and scaled to carious capacities. Small pyrolysis is suitable for distributed processing scenarios that could ------.

Table X shows a description of the scearios explored in this study.

The source of -----for the -----scenario is not specified, although-----. The advantage of ----is that it maximizes-------------.

These scenarios employ many of the same process sections described in Table X and share most of the general assumptions. Assumptions for XX are identical for both scenarios: the scenarios only differ by the XXX. A employs a portion of XX . The second scenario forgos XXX. Scenarios are based on XX input.

Modeling presentation

A computational model is developed in this study to simulate this process in order to conduct a techno-economic study of ---------.
To accomplish this goal, ----is employed to calculate -----------related to the process.
This model is based on the conversion of ----------.
For modeling, ------------are modeled as----------.
Modifications to existing equipment will be necessary to develop this process; major changes are discussed in this report.
The impacts of process uncertainties are considered in the sensitivity and pioneeer plant analyses.

An overall description of ---------is shown in Figure X.
------, as typically delivered, is an important factor not studied in detail in this analysis.

Process modeling is accomplished by employing ------- software to develop ------calculations.
Assumptions and operating conditions are taken from the literature and experimental data when available.
-------analysis uses a combination of ---------and ------------.
Major assumptions made for this analysis match those of companiion analyses for producing ----------.
See Appendix D for more details.

literature review

  1. A number of studies analyze------, but very few explore------.
  2. key assumptions found in the literature for------vary widely among different studies.
  3. It is therefore difficult to compare-----from ----------without taking into account differences in process assumptions.
few studies explore ------
although the technology for -------is based on commercially available equipment, actual implementations are in development.