Variable

Default Value

Range

● Entity Name
The name of the discrete entities in the feed stream.

N/A

Any Text

● Bulk Amount Per Unit (g or mL)
The bulk mass or volume of a discrete entity.

0.0

Positive

● Operating Throughput per Unit (entities/h)
The flowrate of discrete entities per equipment unit.

0.0

Positive

○ Power Type
Indicates the power type that is used by the operation. Click on the list box to bring up a list of available power types in order to select one.

<Std Power>

Any Power Type

◙ Specific Power (kW/(Entity/h))
The power consumed for the operation per feed rate of discrete entities.

0.0

Positive

◙ Total Power (kW)
The total power consumed for the operation (per cycle).

0.0

Positive

◙ Power Per Unit (kW)
The power consumed for the operation per equipment unit.

0.0

Positive

○ Power Dissipation to Heat (%)
The percentage of total power consumed for this operation that turns into heat, thereby raising the temperature of the material contained in the equipment.

0.0

[0,100]

○ Setup Time
The amount of time (per cycle) spent before each operation is carried in preparation for the actual execution of the operation. It may involve actions like cleaning, vacuuming, setting up of equipment, etc. which the user opted not to model explicitly.

0.0

Positive

◙ Process Time
The actual duration of the operation (per cycle).

60.0

Positive

○ Ignore Labor?
Check this box to ignore labor for this operation. This option is used only if the process time is set by a master-slave relationship.

Yes

Yes/No