Babysitter material-balance-calculator

Material and energy balance calculation skill for process design and troubleshooting

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/library/specializations/domains/science/chemical-engineering/skills/material-balance-calculator" ~/.claude/skills/a5c-ai-babysitter-material-balance-calculator && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: library/specializations/domains/science/chemical-engineering/skills/material-balance-calculator/SKILL.md

Material Balance Calculator Skill

Purpose

The Material Balance Calculator Skill performs material and energy balance calculations for process design, optimization, and troubleshooting applications.

Capabilities

Steady-state material balances
Component balances
Energy balances
Recycle stream calculations
Purge stream optimization
Data reconciliation
Gross error detection
Balance closure verification
Heat integration calculations

Usage Guidelines

When to Use

Developing process designs
Troubleshooting processes
Optimizing operations
Reconciling plant data

Prerequisites

Stream compositions known
Flow rates measured/estimated
Reaction stoichiometry defined
Physical properties available

Best Practices

Close balances properly
Identify measurement errors
Document assumptions
Validate against plant data

Process Integration

This skill integrates with:

Process Flow Diagram Development
Process Simulation Model Development
Performance Testing and Validation

Configuration

material-balance-calculator:
  balance-types:
    - overall
    - component
    - element
  methods:
    - sequential-modular
    - equation-oriented
    - data-reconciliation

Output Artifacts

Material balance tables
Energy balance tables
Stream summaries
Reconciliation reports
Heat duty calculations