Case studies
Case studies
Applied research, validation studies, and reproducibility benchmarks from SDAI's engineering work.
Water–ethanol VLE at 100 kPa
Cross-engine validation against a frozen 26-point experimental vapor–liquid-equilibrium dataset using BioSTEAM/ThermoSTEAM and DWSIM 10.2.5.
26
Experimental points
0.227 K
BioSTEAM T MAE
0.202 K
DWSIM T MAE
Validation studyBioSTEAM–DWSIM process parity
Qualified mixer, matched-efficiency pump, and ideal water/ethanol flash reference cases with independent analytical checks and explicit acceptance boundaries.
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Reproducibility benchmarkCornstover TEA uncertainty reproducibility
A seeded N=200 economic-uncertainty study on the BioSTEAM cornstover reference model, including state-restoration and reproducibility qualification.
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Reproducibility benchmarkBrightway deterministic LCIA reference
A closed-form two-process product system checks Brightway inventory linking, LCIA arithmetic, 2× scaling, contribution reconciliation, and deterministic repeated solves.
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Reference caseMunicipal waste LF/WTE uncertainty
A qualified SwolfPy municipal-solid-waste reference workflow covering deterministic LCA, seeded routing uncertainty, repeatability, and lifecycle recovery.
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