R-cubed riser data

This repository contains experiment data from the R-cubed riser in the NREL TCPDU system. Code for analyzing the data is also provided. The data is for model development and validation of a riser unit for upgrading biomass pyrolysis vapors.

original-hydro

CSV files of the original hydrodynamics experiment data are in the original-hydro directory. The CSV data was exported from the R3 CCPC Hydrodynamics Data Summary 20190225 Excel spreadsheet provided by NREL. Before exporting from the spreadsheet, the columns had to be formatted as "Number" with 6 decimal places.

processed-hydro

The processed-hydro folder contains CSV files created from the original data located in the original-hydro directory. The processed files are named according to the experiment number, date, and sheet; these files are used for model development and validation. The processed files were created by the process_hydro.py script.

results-hydro

Statistics about the processed data are written to results-hydro after running the various Python programs (e.g. dp_cat.py) in the root directory.

spreadsheets

The hydro-data spreadsheet contains all the hydrodynamics experiment data provided by NREL. This file's original name was R3 CCPC Hydrodynamics Data Summary 20190225. The hydro-exp-matrix spreadsheet is an overview of the hydrodynamics experiments conducted in the riser.

Usage

Terminal commands for running each program are given below. See the comments in each Python file for more information.

# plot pressures and save stats to csv file
# 1st argument low, mid, or high
# 2nd argument pdit700, pdit704, pdit705, pdit706, or pdit707
$ python dp_cat.py low pdit700

# plot different pressure for max catalyst flow
$ python dp_cat_max.py

# compare diff. pressure for different process gas flows
$ python dp_gas.py

# plot atmospheric pressure
$ python p_atm.py

# process the original experimental data and save to file
$ python process_hydro.py

# plot temperatures from thermocouples
# 1st argument low, mid, or high
# 2nd argument te709c, te709b, te709a, te707c, te707b, te707a, te705, or te701
$ python temp_cat.py mid te709c
$ python temp_cat.py high te705

License

Code and data in this repository is available under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for more information.