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tidywater (version 0.10.0)

blend_waters: Determine blended water quality from multiple waters based on mass balance and acid/base equilibrium

Description

This function takes a vector of waters defined by define_water and a vector of ratios and outputs a new water object with updated ions and pH. For a single blend use blend_waters; for a dataframe use blend_waters_df. Use pluck_water to get values from the output water as new dataframe columns.

Usage

blend_waters(waters, ratios)

blend_waters_df(df, waters, ratios, output_water = "blended")

Value

blend_waters returns a water class object with blended water quality parameters.

blend_waters_df returns a data frame with a water class column containing blended water quality

Arguments

waters

Vector of source waters created by define_water. For df function, this can include quoted column names and/or existing single water objects unquoted.

ratios

Vector of ratios in the same order as waters. (Blend ratios must sum to 1). For df function, this can also be a list of quoted column names.

df

a data frame containing a water class column, which has already been computed using define_water_df

output_water

name of output column storing updated parameters with the class, water. Default is "blended_water".

See Also

define_water

Examples

Run this code
water1 <- define_water(7, 20, 50)
water2 <- define_water(7.5, 20, 100, tot_nh3 = 2)
blend_waters(c(water1, water2), c(.4, .6))


example_df <- water_df %>%
  dplyr::slice_head(n = 3) %>%
  define_water_df() %>%
  chemdose_ph_df(naoh = 22) %>%
  dplyr::mutate(
    ratios1 = .4,
    ratios2 = .6
  ) %>%
  blend_waters_df(
    waters = c("defined", "dosed_chem"),
    ratios = c("ratios1", "ratios2"), output_water = "Blending_after_chemicals"
  )

# \donttest{
waterA <- define_water(7, 20, 100, tds = 100)
example_df <- water_df %>%
  dplyr::slice_head(n = 3) %>%
  define_water_df() %>%
  blend_waters_df(waters = c("defined", waterA), ratios = c(.8, .2))
# }

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