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yardasol committed Feb 21, 2024
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Material flows
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A material flow represents a material with a given
volume, density, temperature, and nuclide composition.
volume :math:`V`, density :math:`\rho`, temperature :math:`T`, and nuclide composition :math:`\mathbf{N}` flowing in or out
of a processing component.
It can also include information such as void fraction. :class:`saltproc.Materialflow`
objects contain the prior mentioned quantities as attributes, as well as
methods to perform the following:
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a. The mass of the sum is :math:`m_{1+2} = m_{1} + m_{2}`

b. The composition of the sum is :math:`N_{1+2} = \frac{N_{1} * m_{1} + N_{2} * m_{2}}{m_{1} + m_{2}}`
b. The composition of the sum is :math:`\mathbf{N}_{1+2} = \frac{\mathbf{N}_{1} * m_{1} + \mathbf{N}_{2} * m_{2}}{m_{1} + m_{2}}`

c. The temperature and density are assumed to be equal to the first :class:`saltproc.Materialflow` object

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the following

1. A mass flow rate, :math:`\dot{m}`, which specifies the mass of fuel salt a process can operate on per unit time
2. An extraction efficiency, :math:`\epsilon`, for target element(s).
3. A method to apply the process on a :class:`saltproc.Materialflow` object.
2. An extraction efficiency, :math:`\epsilon`, for target element(s)
3. A method to apply the process on a :class:`saltproc.Materialflow` object

Graphs
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SaltProc does not currently track the volume and mass flow rate of waste streams.
In practice, since it is extremely resource intensive to separate individual
isotopes, SaltProc only allows extraction efficiencies to be defined for
elements. So, for any isotope :math:`a` of xenon,
elements. Additionally, any chemical processing would only act on elements, so there is little point in having isotope specific extration efficiencies. So, for any isotope :math:`a` of xenon,
:math:`\epsilon_{\ce{^{a}Xe}} = \epsilon_{\ce{^{a^{\prime}}Xe}}` where
:math:`a^{\prime} \in \text{isotopes of Xe}`

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