# 9.5. Sensitivity Analysis¶

For sensitivity analysis, RMG-Py must be compiled with the DASPK solver, which is done by default but has some dependency restrictions. (See License Restrictions on Dependencies for more details.) Sensitivity analysis can be conducted in a standalone system for an existing kinetics model in Chemkin format.

To use the sensitivity analysis standalone module:

python sensitivity.py input.py chem.inp species_dictionary.txt


where chem.inp is the CHEMKIN file and the species_dictionary.txt contains the dictionary of species associated with the CHEMKIN file. input.py is an input file similar to one used for an RMG job but does not generate a RMG job. See the following input.py example file found under the \$RMGPy/examples/sensitivity/input.py folder

# Data sources
database(
thermoLibraries = ['primaryThermoLibrary'],
reactionLibraries = [],
seedMechanisms = [],
kineticsDepositories = ['training'],
kineticsFamilies = ['!Intra_Disproportionation','!Substitution_O'],
kineticsEstimator = 'rate rules',
)

# Constraints on generated species
generatedSpeciesConstraints(
)

# List of species
species(
label='ethane',
reactive=True,
structure=SMILES("CC"),
)

# Reaction systems
simpleReactor(
temperature=(1350,'K'),
pressure=(1.0,'bar'),
initialMoleFractions={
"ethane": 1.0,
},
terminationConversion={
'ethane': 0.9,
},
terminationTime=(1e6,'s'),
sensitivity=['ethane'],
sensitivityThreshold=0.01,
)

simulator(
atol=1e-16,
rtol=1e-8,
sens_atol=1e-6,
sens_rtol=1e-4,
)

model(
toleranceKeepInEdge=0.0,
toleranceMoveToCore=0.1,
toleranceInterruptSimulation=0.1,
maximumEdgeSpecies=100000
)

options(
units='si',
saveRestartPeriod=None,
saveSimulationProfiles=False,
generateOutputHTML=False,
generatePlots=False,
)


The names of species named in the input file must coincide with the name specified in the CHEMKIN file.

Sensitivity analysis is conducted for the list of species given for sensitivity argument in the input file. The normalized concentration sensitivities with respect to the reaction rate coefficients dln(C_i)/dln(k_j) are saved to a csv file with the file name sensitivity_1_SPC_1.csv with the first index value indicating the reactor system and the second naming the index of the species the sensitivity analysis is conducted for. Sensitivities to thermo of individual species is also saved as semi normalized sensitivities dln(C_i)/d(G_j) where the units are given in 1/(kcal mol-1). The sensitivityThreshold is set to some value so that only sensitivities for dln(C_i)/dln(k_j) > sensitivityThreshold or dlnC_i/d(G_j) > sensitivityThreshold are saved to this file.