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Modeling Tools for Environmental Engineers and Scientists

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fairly large <strong>and</strong> may not be suitable <strong>for</strong> backsolving, if necessary. Equationsolving packages are well suited <strong>for</strong> modeling these types of problems. In thiscase, TK Solver is selected to develop such a model.The screen-shot of a portion of the TK Solver model displaying the Rulesheet, the Variables sheet, <strong>and</strong> the Units sheet is shown in Figure 8.26. It canbe noted that the equations can be entered in any order in the Rule sheet. TheUnits sheet allows variables to be entered or displayed in customary or convenientunits in the Variables sheet <strong>and</strong>, at the same time, per<strong>for</strong>m the calculationsin a consistent set of units.The distinct feature of TK Solver, namely, the ability to backsolve Equation(5.34), is illustrated here. The influent concentration <strong>and</strong> the expectedeffluent concentration are entered as known values in the Input column, alongwith the other known process parameters. The parameter L is specified as anOutput in the Status column by double clicking at the cell <strong>and</strong> choosing froma pop-up menu, which is normally not visible. The conversion factors <strong>for</strong> thedisplay units <strong>and</strong> the calculation units are specified in the units sheet. Whenrun, TK Solver solves the equations iteratively to return the required length,L, that satisfies the specified removal. To initiate an iterative solution process,one of the unknowns has to be assigned an arbitrary Guess value as an inputFigure 8.26 Catalyst process modeled in TK Solver.© 2002 by CRC Press LLC

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