The water treatment model predicts the water quality and water treatment effects in research infrastructures such as tanks. The model was designed as a generic tool that users of research facilities could use prior to the start of an experiment to predict the expected water quality during the experiment. In addition, the model could be a tool for (re-)designing systems so that they result in the desired water quality for the experiment envisioned.
How to simulate
For this tutorial we will be using the Kopl tool from Open Simulation Platform. If you do not have it installed you can download it from here.
We will also be using the Water treatment module. If you do not have it installed, download the zip file and extract it.
Start the kopl tool, by double clicking on the Kopl executable.
Choose a location for the workspace (working folder) or press Ok to use the default workspace.
Right click in the navigator pane and click new, click CoSimulation task and give it a name ie. tank_simulations
Right click the new task and select new->Configuration
Give it a descriptive name ie. VURH tank 30 days catfish
For the file, click the browse icon to the far right. Select a tutorial xml that most closely relates to the experiment you want to simulate. The tutorials are located in the configuration folder under the watertreatment folder you downloaded with the water treatment module.
For our example we will select the Watertreatment_CF_VURH.xml
Click Finish
Double click on the configuration (For our example VURHtank30dayscatfish)
Start time is set to 0 and step size to 1.0 which is correct, set duration to 720 (24 hours * 30 days)
Double click on watertreatment under Setup, you will get an overview of the parameters.
This example is prefilled for a 2040l tank with 25 catfish with a start weight of 550 grams.
Modify variables to suit your experiment.
To simulate, right click the configuration (VURHtank30dayscatfish) and select Simulation.
A results folder is now available under the configuration.
Select watertreatment and double click on the parameter you want to plot.
Videos
Basic Kopl
A basic turorial on downloading and running Kopl for the first time.
Basic Loading of Configurations
A basic tutorial describing the download and loading of predefined configurations in Kopl.
Water treatment introduction
An introduction to the water quality model with rainbow trout in a WURH tank.