Oil Shale Process Model (OSP) user's manual

The Oil Shale Process (OSP) model has proven to be a useful tool for the analysis of the steady-state operation of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Hot-Recycled- Solids 4 tonne-per-day Pilot Retort (4TU-Pilot). This manual is being developed to serve as a guide to users of the OSP model. The OSP code is being developed for generalized chemical process simulation of the HRS oil shale retort. Several of the common unit operations encountered in industrial chemical process design are included in the OSP code, including packed and fluidized bed reactors, splitting and mixing operations, and a dilute flow lift-pipe. A set of chemical species and reactions related to oil shale processing are available for incorporation into a given simulation. This manual will guide an engineer/programmer through the setup, execution and analysis of an OSP simulation. Two other manuals complete the documentation for the OSP code, the "Oil Shale Process Model (OSP) Theory Manual" and the "Oil Shale Process Model (OSP) Code Development Manual." These manuals should be referenced when additional information on underlying theories or program structure is required.