GPS-X Process Water Tutorial Guide

A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE FOR LEARNING
AND GETTING FAMILIAR WITH GPS-X’S PROCESS WATER LIRARY

GPS-X Version 8.5

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Table of Contents

Introduction. 1

Welcome to GPS-X Version 8.5. 1

What is GPS-X?. 1

Why Create Models of water Treatment Plants?. 1

Objectives. 1

Modelling environment 2

Simulation Environment 3

Tutorial 1. 5

Building a Model 5

Introduction. 5

Objective. 5

Building a Simple Plant Layout 6

Selecting Object Models. 16

Building A Model 21

Simulation Environment 22

Running A Simulation. 24

Tutorial 2. 25

Running Dynamic Simulations. 25

Objectives. 25

Creating Input Controls. 25

Creating Output Graphs. 27

Running A Dynamic Simulation. 32

Analyzing the Plant 34

Tutorial 3. 38

Editing Layouts and Using Scenarios. 38

Problem Statement 38

Objectives. 38

Expanding the Plant 38

Using Scenarios. 43

Tutorial 4. 49

Generating Records of Model Dependent and Independent Variables. 49

Problem Statement 49

Objectives. 49

Creating a New Output Table Tab. 49

Additional Output Displays. 52

Creating a Sankey Diagram.. 52

Creating a Mass Balance Diagram.. 53

Viewing an Energy Usage Summary. 56

Viewing an Operating Cost Summary. 58

Generating a Report 59

Tutorial 5. 61

Data Input & Output 61

Problem Statement 61

Objectives. 61

Setting Up Dynamic Input 61

Plotting Measured Data Along With Simulated Results. 74

Statistical Analysis of the Model Performance. 76

Tutorial 6. 80

Using Automatic Controller 80

Problem Statement 80

Objectives. 80

Using an Automatic Acid Flow Controller 80

Tuning the pH Controller 84

Tutorial 7. 90

Sensitivity Analysis. 90

Problem Statement 90

Objectives. 90

Setting Up the Layout 90

Setting Up the Analysis Parameters. 92

Steady-State Analysis. 93

Time Dynamic Analysis. 95

Phase Dynamic Analysis. 97

Footnotes. 99