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Equipment Sizing Overview

Jasper sizes equipment automatically after every converged simulation. Sizing is a deterministic post-processing pass: it reads the standardized simulation result (streams, duties, work, stage counts) and produces a size for every cost-bearing unit — no extra solver iterations, no engine-specific code paths.

How it works

Simulation (Quick / Rigorous / Optimize)
│ streams (T, P, flow, density, vapor fraction, composition)
│ unit results (duty, work, stages, reflux ratio)

Sizing pass (per unit, closed-form correlations)
│ size + derived geometry + every assumption recorded

Equipment sizes (shown per node, feed the economics engine)

Because the pass runs on the standardized result format, the same correlations produce the same sizes regardless of which engine solved the flowsheet. Identical inputs always produce identical sizes.

Sizing basis by unit type

Every unit type declares one sizing basis, which is also the size variable the economics engine costs against:

BasisUnit typesOutput
PowerPump, Compressor, ExpanderkW (from simulated work)
Heat dutyHeaterkW (from simulated duty)
AreaCooler, HeatExchangerm² (LMTD method)
VolumeFlash, Separator, ThreePhaseSeparator, columns, all reactorsm³ (+ diameter, height)
DelegateCustomUnitinherits its base type, or an agent-defined formula
NoneFeed, Sink, Mixer, Splitter, Valve, PipeSegmentnot sized

See Sizing Methods for the correlations behind each basis and Reactor Sizing for reactors in depth.

Honesty rules

  • Every assumption is recorded. Each size carries the list of assumptions used to produce it (U value, residence time, flooding fraction, …), visible in the node's Sizing panel.
  • Missing inputs are flagged, never fabricated. A pump with no simulated work is reported as unsized, with the reason.
  • Defaults are conservative and overridable. The weakest defaults (e.g. reactor residence time) are explicitly marked "OVERRIDE per reaction" in the recorded assumptions.

Units

Sizing computes in SI (m², m³, kW) and displays in SI or US units (ft², ft³, hp, MMBTU/hr) with a single toggle. Conversion happens at display time only — stored sizes are always SI.

Where sizes show up

  • Node sidebar → Sizing section — size, derived geometry, method, and assumptions per unit.
  • Economics — sizes are the inputs to capital cost estimation; see Economics Overview.