BioSTEAM 2.11.7

BioSTEAM 2.11.7 marks the accomplishment of several milestones:

• A <Flowsheet>.view() method for creating dynamic flowsheets that are always up to date with units and their connections. They work as a simple widgets that refresh automatically.
• A LLECentrifuge unit operation modeled by rigorous liquid-liquid equilibrium (solved by minimizing the total Gibb's free energy with a differential evolution solver).
• A ShortcutColumn unit operation that uses the Fenske-Underwood-Gililland algorithm for multicomponent distillation.
• A <Flowsheet>.create_system() method to create systems directly from the flowsheet. The method figures out how all units are connected and creates the internal recycle systems itself. It also incorporates all process specifications and facilities too. This method is used to create the sugarcane and the lipidcane biorefineries now.
• A ProcessSpecification object that allows you to add in process specifications as part of the flowsheet, so it shows up in diagrams and system objects created by the flowsheet. MassBalance objects also appear in the flowsheet, just like process specifications.
• A Duplicator unit operation for copying streams for the evaluation of alternative downstream processes.

BioSTEAM 2.11

BioSTEAM is a fast and flexible package for the design, simulation, and techno-economic analysis of biorefineries under uncertainty. BioSTEAM's framework is built to streamline and automate early-stage technology evaluations and to enable rigorous sensitivity and uncertainty analyses. Through its open-source and community-lead platform, BioSTEAM aims to foster communication and transparency within the biorefinery research community for an integrated effort to expedite the evaluation of candidate biofuels and bioproducts.

BioSTEAM v1.0.8

Last release for the v1 series .

BioSTEAM v1.0

Dear User,

BioSTEAM v1.0 is now an official version on github.

Thanks!