modelSugar_Cane

Model of osmosis process in sugar cane
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Information

The sugar cane model describes the processes of diffusion and osmosis in a sugar cane plant. The model was adapted from the STELLA manual.

References:

  1. Richmond, B., S. Peterson, and P. Vescuso (1987), An Academic User's Guide to STELLA, High Performance Systems, Inc., Lyme, N.H.

Simulate the model across 20 time units and plot on three separate graphs the two water concentrations (inside and outside), the two sugar concentrations, and the two volumes:

Components

TypeNameDefaultDescription
RealWater_conc_inWater concentration inside sugar cane
RealWater_conc_outWater concentration outside sugar cane
RealSucr_conc_inSugar concentration inside sugar cane
RealSucr_conc_outSugar concentration outside sugar cane
RealVol_inVolume inside sugar cane
RealVol_outVolume outside sugar cane
Sources.SourceSource1
Rates.Rate_1Sucr_Gen
Auxiliary.ConstC1
Levels.LevelSucrose_Inside
Sources.SinkSink1
Rates.Rate_1Sucr_Depl
Levels.LevelSucrose_Outside
Auxiliary.ConstC2
Sources.SourceSource2
Rates.Rate_1Water_Gen
Auxiliary.ConstC3
Levels.LevelWater_Outside
Levels.LevelWater_Inside
Rates.Rate_1Water_Depl
Sources.SinkSink2
Auxiliary.ConstC4
Modelica.Blocks.Math.AddVol_Outside
Modelica.Blocks.Math.AddVol_Inside
Modelica.Blocks.Math.DivisionSucr_Conc_Out
Modelica.Blocks.Math.DivisionWater_Conc_Out
Modelica.Blocks.Math.DivisionSucr_Conc_In
Modelica.Blocks.Math.DivisionWater_Conc_In
Auxiliary.ConstPerm_H2O
Modelica.Blocks.Math.AddWater_Grad
Modelica.Blocks.Math.AddSucr_Grad
Auxiliary.GainPerm_Sucr
Rates.MRate_2Diffusion
Rates.MRate_2Osmosis