Description
Compute dryMass = wetMass*(1-moistureFraction), waterMass = wetMass*moistureFraction and componentVolume = dryMass/solidDensity+waterMass/waterDensity.
Mass-based environmental quantities depend on their basis: gross versus tare-corrected mass, wet versus dry solids, or material versus void volume. A ratio or density conversion is meaningful only when those bases and units agree.
Compute dryMass = wetMass*(1-moistureFraction), waterMass = wetMass*moistureFraction and componentVolume = dryMass/solidDensity+waterMass/waterDensity.
When to use this tool
Use Filtercake Moisture Solids Volume Term when reconciling supplied environmental masses, solids fractions or material volumes.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter wetMass, moistureFraction, solidDensity, waterDensity. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read dryMass, waterMass, componentVolume. Use the output convention below.
Require nonnegative wetMass, moistureFraction in [0,1] and positive solidDensity and waterDensity. Compute dryMass = wetMass*(1-moistureFraction), waterMass = wetMass*moistureFraction and componentVolume = dryMass/solidDensity+waterMass/waterDensity.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| wetMass | Wet Mass | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| moistureFraction | Moisture Fraction | Required. Finite number; minimum 0; maximum 1. |
| solidDensity | Solid Density | Required. Finite number; strictly above 0. |
| waterDensity | Water Density | Required. Finite number; strictly above 0. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| dryMass | Dry Mass | Required. Finite number. |
| waterMass | Water Mass | Required. Finite number. |
| componentVolume | Component Volume | Required. Finite number. |
{
"input": {
"wetMass": 100,
"moistureFraction": 0.6,
"solidDensity": 2000,
"waterDensity": 1000
},
"output": {
"dryMass": 40,
"waterMass": 60,
"componentVolume": 0.08
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Moisture is a wet-mass fraction. The volume sums ideal component volumes without voids, compression or nonadditive mixing, and is not automatically the bulk filtercake volume.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Use measured density, method-specific moisture procedures and uncertainty analysis where simple homogeneous-material assumptions are insufficient.
References
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