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I worked with Nanditha Ramachandra on creating the Automated Materials List. We went through the Variable Naming Guide and found all the necessary variables to calculate the different volumes and surface areas for each of the plant's components. From those computations, we found the total amount of material needed to construct each component and, ultimately, the entire plant. We then created the Automated Materials List Design Program page and included both the inputs and outputs for the algorithm.
We then Upon gaining a better understanding of the configuration of the plants, we went through and made reconstructed some corrections to of our equations when new information was brought to our attention, such as including the floc tank inlet channel to the entrance tank volume calculationto represent the current design process. After improving the calculations, we looked into the idea of including a price list but that idea was later deemed unnecessary.
We successfully ran our completed Materials List through the design tool and are now in the process of fine tuning our the Materials List wiki page and contacting the engineers in Honduras for feedback.
Pages Created
Automated Materials List Design Program
Automated Materials List Inputs
Automated Materials List Outputs