Enum: DesignSimulationMethod

Methods used to design or simulate unit operations, particularly separation columns - ranging from graphical and shortcut methods to rigorous stage-by-stage and rate-based models.

URI: valuesets:DesignSimulationMethod

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Permissible Values

Value	Description	Abbreviation	Method Class
MCCABE_THIELE	McCabe-Thiele graphical method for binary distillation		GRAPHICAL
PONCHON_SAVARIT	Ponchon-Savarit enthalpy-composition graphical method for binary distillation		GRAPHICAL
FENSKE_UNDERWOOD_GILLILAND	Fenske-Underwood-Gilliland shortcut method for multicomponent distillation	FUG	SHORTCUT
KREMSER	Kremser shortcut method for absorber and stripper design		SHORTCUT
MESH	Rigorous equilibrium-stage solution of the Material, Equilibrium, Summation and Heat (enthalpy) equations		RIGOROUS_EQUILIBRIUM
INSIDE_OUT	Inside-out algorithm for rigorous equilibrium-stage column convergence		RIGOROUS_EQUILIBRIUM
RATE_BASED	Rate-based (nonequilibrium) model accounting for mass and heat transfer rates		RATE_BASED
EQUILIBRIUM_STAGE	Generic equilibrium-stage model assuming each stage reaches phase equilibrium		RIGOROUS_EQUILIBRIUM
SHORTCUT	Generic shortcut / approximate design method		SHORTCUT
RIGOROUS	Generic rigorous design method		RIGOROUS_EQUILIBRIUM
PINCH_ANALYSIS	Pinch analysis for heat-exchanger network and energy integration		ENERGY_INTEGRATION

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Name	Description
design_simulation_method	The method used to design or simulate a unit operation

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name: DesignSimulationMethod
instantiates:
- valuesets_meta:ValueSetEnumDefinition
description: Methods used to design or simulate unit operations, particularly separation
  columns - ranging from graphical and shortcut methods to rigorous stage-by-stage
  and rate-based models.
title: Design and Simulation Method
from_schema: https://w3id.org/valuesets
contributors:
- orcid:0000-0002-6601-2165
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
status: DRAFT
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  MCCABE_THIELE:
    text: MCCABE_THIELE
    description: McCabe-Thiele graphical method for binary distillation
    annotations:
      method_class:
        tag: method_class
        value: GRAPHICAL
  PONCHON_SAVARIT:
    text: PONCHON_SAVARIT
    description: Ponchon-Savarit enthalpy-composition graphical method for binary
      distillation
    annotations:
      method_class:
        tag: method_class
        value: GRAPHICAL
  FENSKE_UNDERWOOD_GILLILAND:
    text: FENSKE_UNDERWOOD_GILLILAND
    description: Fenske-Underwood-Gilliland shortcut method for multicomponent distillation
    annotations:
      method_class:
        tag: method_class
        value: SHORTCUT
      abbreviation:
        tag: abbreviation
        value: FUG
  KREMSER:
    text: KREMSER
    description: Kremser shortcut method for absorber and stripper design
    annotations:
      method_class:
        tag: method_class
        value: SHORTCUT
  MESH:
    text: MESH
    description: Rigorous equilibrium-stage solution of the Material, Equilibrium,
      Summation and Heat (enthalpy) equations
    annotations:
      method_class:
        tag: method_class
        value: RIGOROUS_EQUILIBRIUM
  INSIDE_OUT:
    text: INSIDE_OUT
    description: Inside-out algorithm for rigorous equilibrium-stage column convergence
    annotations:
      method_class:
        tag: method_class
        value: RIGOROUS_EQUILIBRIUM
  RATE_BASED:
    text: RATE_BASED
    description: Rate-based (nonequilibrium) model accounting for mass and heat transfer
      rates
    annotations:
      method_class:
        tag: method_class
        value: RATE_BASED
  EQUILIBRIUM_STAGE:
    text: EQUILIBRIUM_STAGE
    description: Generic equilibrium-stage model assuming each stage reaches phase
      equilibrium
    annotations:
      method_class:
        tag: method_class
        value: RIGOROUS_EQUILIBRIUM
  SHORTCUT:
    text: SHORTCUT
    description: Generic shortcut / approximate design method
    annotations:
      method_class:
        tag: method_class
        value: SHORTCUT
  RIGOROUS:
    text: RIGOROUS
    description: Generic rigorous design method
    annotations:
      method_class:
        tag: method_class
        value: RIGOROUS_EQUILIBRIUM
  PINCH_ANALYSIS:
    text: PINCH_ANALYSIS
    description: Pinch analysis for heat-exchanger network and energy integration
    annotations:
      method_class:
        tag: method_class
        value: ENERGY_INTEGRATION