{"id":4207,"date":"2023-03-18T11:48:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T10:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mosaic-modeling.de\/?page_id=4207"},"modified":"2023-08-22T09:56:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T08:56:56","slug":"miscellaneous-engineerung-units","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mosaic-modeling.de\/?page_id=4207","title":{"rendered":"Miscellaneous: Engineering units"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">On this page<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mosaic-modeling.de\/?page_id=4207\/#Purpose\" >Purpose<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/mosaic-modeling.de\/?page_id=4207\/#Explanation-of-the-editor\" >Explanation of the editor<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Purpose\"><\/span>Purpose<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This feature allows the user to define an engineering unit. This can be an SI unit or any other unit that is required for your model. As the conversion to and from SI units must always be added, consistency in the equations can always be ensured.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Explanation-of-the-editor\"><\/span>Explanation of the editor<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A new unit is defined in the &#8220;Miscellaneous&#8221; section of MOSAICmodeling as shown below in Figure 1. The editor might look confusing at first, but with the details and explanation provided in Table 1, the definition of new units should be fairly easy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5028\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5028\" style=\"width: 1680px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mosaic-modeling.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Editor_EngineeringUnit-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5028 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mosaic-modeling.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Editor_EngineeringUnit-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1680\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mosaic-modeling.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Editor_EngineeringUnit-1.png 1680w, https:\/\/mosaic-modeling.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Editor_EngineeringUnit-1-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/mosaic-modeling.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Editor_EngineeringUnit-1-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/mosaic-modeling.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Editor_EngineeringUnit-1-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/mosaic-modeling.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Editor_EngineeringUnit-1-1536x960.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1680px) 100vw, 1680px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5028\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 1: Editor of the engineering unit with the unit for molar volume loaded as example.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes has-small-font-size\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Element<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Explanation<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">File<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Filename of your engineering unit once you have saved or loaded it<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Unit identifier<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Short form of the unit (usually consisting of the symbols used for the unit)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Unit name<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Name of  the unit spelled out<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">is relative<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Check here if the unit is to be used for relative dimensions, e.g., a temperature difference in \u00b0C is equal to the difference in K<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Dimension name<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Length, time, temperature, etc.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Unit description<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Longer explanation of what this unit is used for<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Dimension description<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Longer explanation of what the dimension of this unit is<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Dimension Exponents<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Adapt these units to match its definition. If the unit only consists of integer variables, only the numerator is required. For units with fractions, e.g., the F factor in distillation with the unit <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mosaic-modeling.de\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-2b7ae314f2b29ddfb1bbb335a03cdb1d_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#80;&#97;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#115;&#117;&#112;&#101;&#114;&#115;&#99;&#114;&#105;&#112;&#116;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#53;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"15\" width=\"41\" style=\"vertical-align: 0px;\"\/>, the denominator is required<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Load Unit<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Load the definition of a certain unit to speed up definitions of new units<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Load Dimension<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Load the definition of a certain dimension to speed up definitions of new units<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Conversion to SI<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Defines the conversion equation from the given unit to the SI unit<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Conversion from SI<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Defines the conversion equation from the SI unit to the given unit<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Table 1: Elements of the unit editor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purpose This feature allows the user to define an engineering unit. This can be an SI unit or any other unit that is required for your model. As the conversion to and from SI units must always be added, consistency in the equations can always be ensured. 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