Decanting: Oper. Conds Tab

Variable Definitions, Ranges and Default Values

The following table shows a brief description of the variables appearing in this tab. The table also displays their default values and their generally acceptable range:

Variable	Default Value	Range

○ %Removed The removal percentage of a component present in the feed to the light phase.	0.0	0 – 100
● Residence Time (min) The time that the feed stream remains in the decanter.	5.0	Positive
○ Operating Pressure (bar) The pressure in the decanter.	1.013	Positive
○ Droplet Diameter (mm) The average diameter of dispersed phase droplets.	150.0	Positive
○ Viscosity of Light Phase (cP)	2.0	Positive
○ Viscosity of Heavy Phase (cP)	1.0	Positive
○ Interface Width / Diameter	0.8	Positive

Symbol Key: ○ User-specified value (always input); ● Calculated value (always output); ◙ Sometimes input, sometimes output

Specification Choices / Comments

The following list describes the available specification choices in this tab; for more details on how these are implemented, see Decanting: Modeling Calculations.

•Residence Time...

The residence time is always an output variable.