qsdsan 0.1.1

Quantitative Sustainable Design for sanitation and resource recovery systems

Contents

• What is QSDsan?

• Installation

• Documentation

• License information

• About the authors

• References

What is QSDsan?

QSDsan is a package for the quantitative sustainable design of sanitation and resource recovery systems leveraging the structure and modules developed in BioSTEAM [1]. As an open-source and impact-driven platform, QSDsan aims to identify configuration combinations, systematically probe interdependencies across technologies, and identify key sensitivities to contextual assumptions through the use of quantitative sustainable design methods (techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment and under uncertainty).

Installation

First install the package at PyPI. If you use pip:

pip install qsdsan

Note that development of this package is currently under initial stage with limited backward compatibility, please free free to contact us with any questions regarding package upgrading.

Documentation

You can find tutorials and documents at:

• Stable version on root repository.

• Beta version on Yalin’s fork.

License information

See LICENSE.txt for information on the terms & conditions for usage of this software, and a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.

About the authors

Development and maintenance of the package is supported by the Quantitative Sustainable Design Group led by members of the Guest Group at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).

Code development:

• Yalin Li

• Joy Cheung

Unit design:

• Yalin Li

• Joy Cheung

• Stetson Rowles

Project conception & funding support:

• Jeremy Guest

References

[1]

Cortes-Peña, Y.; Kumar, D.; Singh, V.; Guest, J. S. BioSTEAM: A Fast and Flexible Platform for the Design, Simulation, and Techno-Economic Analysis of Biorefineries under Uncertainty. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b07040.