Kinetic Reaction Operations: Profiles 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

○ Number of points The number of points.	21	Positive
○ Store Temperature Check this box to store the temperature of a component.	No	Yes/No
○ Store Volume (liquid) Check this box to store the volume of a component.	No	Yes/No
○ Store External Duty Check this box to store the external duty of a component.	No	Yes/No
○ Store Mass (liquid) Check this box to store the mass of a component.	No	Yes/No
○ Store Conc.? Check this box to store the composition / concentration of a component.	No	Yes/No
○ Column Width (spaces) The column width.	12	Positive
○ Number of decimals The number of decimals.	4	Positive
○ Space Between Columns (spaces) The space between columns.	3	Positive
○ x-Variable Label The x-variable label.	Time	Any Text
○ Concentration Label The concentration label.	Concentration	Any Text
○ External Duty The external duty label.	Duty	Any Text
○ Temperature Label The temperature label.	Temperature	Any Text
○ Volume Label The volume label.	Volume	Any Text
○ Mass Label The mass label.	Mass	Any Text

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

Specification Choices / Comments

Through this tab the user identifies the variables (temperature, heating/cooling requirement, mass, volume, and component concentration) that will be recorded as a function of time (or length in the case of Plug Flow reaction). In addition, the user can specify the number of recorded data sets and select the units of recorded variables.

The recorded data sets can be viewed in tabular format by right-clicking on the procedure’s icon and selecting Dynamic Data Records } <operation name> } View Recorded Data as a Table (see figure below). The recorded data sets can be saved in a file in ASCII or Excel (tab-delimited ASCII) format. Then, the plotting capabilities of Excel (or some other plotting software package) can be used to display the data graphically

The Dynamic Data Records drop-down menu that is displayed when the user right-clicks on a procedure that hosts a batch reaction operation. The top line allows user to view the recorded data and the other two to save the recorded data in a formatted file.

In order to preserve certain formatting aspects in the display of the results (e.g., in Notepad), it is recommended that the Consolas or Lucida Console font should be employed.