Particle Track in CFX

Jmac · July 24, 2011, 20:14

Hi, I am currently involved in performing a CFD simulation of the hot/cold water mixing in a venturi shower mixer for unequal hot/cold inlet pressures. I am wishing to get a particle track of the hot and cold flows performing the mixing action, however, I am relatively new to CFD modelling and havent got the slightest idea how to do it. I have referenced ANSYS help and found many pages on particle tracking, but not a single page on the basics and how to get started. Could anyone please direct me to a tutorial or a help page where I could learn how to perform a particle track? Any help would be appreciated.
- Running ANSYS 13 & Windows 7 64b

Andrew.Coughtrie · July 25, 2011, 07:49

Ansys help files have tutorials for particle tracking CFX tutorial 11 the butterfly valve.

Andy

ghorrocks · July 25, 2011, 09:10

If you want to see what the hot and cold water mixes and what the resulting temperature is I recommend you visualise the temperature field. Alternately you can "tag" one fluid with an additional variable and let it convect around with the flow, so even when the temperature has evened out this approach will show you where the water came from.

So I do not think particle tracking is a useful way of visualising this flow. My two suggestions are much simpler and easier solutions which will give better results.

Jmac · July 26, 2011, 17:34

Thanks for your help guys. Ghorrocks how would I go about 'tagging' a fluid with an additional variable?

ghorrocks · July 26, 2011, 19:48

Look in the documentation and tutorials for additional variables.

yahya_a · July 14, 2012, 03:39

is there any help about Particle Track for centrifugal compressor ?!

yahya_a · July 14, 2012, 05:02

i saw the example in cfx for butterfly vale

the problem is that in my case i do not have default domain

yahya_a · August 2, 2012, 06:46

up ...............

yahya_a · August 5, 2012, 11:16

hi
how can i solve this error ?

The object "HEAT TRANSFER MODEL" is present in the object "/FLOW:Flow Analysis 1/DOMAIN:R31/FLUID MODELS/FLUID:m" but it is not physically valid.

MAP7 · July 10, 2014, 08:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jmac

Thanks for your help guys. Ghorrocks how would I go about 'tagging' a fluid with an additional variable?

Hi James,

I wonder if you finally found a way to do that? How did you define your additional variable?

Regards,
Minoo

shaktiy · July 11, 2017, 10:19

Hey !

I am working on simulation of linear premixed pre-evaporated combustion chamber for gas turbine. I am simulating the premixer chamber. I need to verify that the fuel gets evaporated before it enters combustion domain. I want to track the fuel particles. I have set up all the boundary conditions. How do I go about particle tracking ?

Could anyone tell me how to track particles ?

Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

ghorrocks · July 11, 2017, 19:29

Have you done the tutorial examples? There are a few examples which use particle tracking.

shaktiy · July 12, 2017, 15:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghorrocks

Have you done the tutorial examples? There are a few examples which use particle tracking.

Thank you for replying.

I found some documentation of particle tracking in CFX. It explains only the theory behind particle tracking. Can you please post any link of tutorials on how to implement particle tracking in CFX ?

Also how to simulate the results for entire domain if I am using periodic boundary condition ?

I am attaching my domain which consists only of 72 degree cross-section. How to visualize the solution for entire domain ?

Thanks for the help again.

ghorrocks · July 12, 2017, 19:58

Tutorial examples are available on the ANSYS customer website.

They also cover dealing with periodic domains. In fact they cover all basic operations in the software, they are the place to start in CFX.

shaktiy · July 13, 2017, 11:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghorrocks

Tutorial examples are available on the ANSYS customer website.

They also cover dealing with periodic domains. In fact they cover all basic operations in the software, they are the place to start in CFX.

I'll look up on the website.
Thank you for taking out time and replying to my queries.

July 24, 2011, 20:14	Particle Track in CFX	#1
Jmac New Member James McLachlan Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 15	Hi, I am currently involved in performing a CFD simulation of the hot/cold water mixing in a venturi shower mixer for unequal hot/cold inlet pressures. I am wishing to get a particle track of the hot and cold flows performing the mixing action, however, I am relatively new to CFD modelling and havent got the slightest idea how to do it. I have referenced ANSYS help and found many pages on particle tracking, but not a single page on the basics and how to get started. Could anyone please direct me to a tutorial or a help page where I could learn how to perform a particle track? Any help would be appreciated. - Running ANSYS 13 & Windows 7 64b

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ghorrocks Super Moderator Glenn Horrocks Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,871 Rep Power: 144	If you want to see what the hot and cold water mixes and what the resulting temperature is I recommend you visualise the temperature field. Alternately you can "tag" one fluid with an additional variable and let it convect around with the flow, so even when the temperature has evened out this approach will show you where the water came from. So I do not think particle tracking is a useful way of visualising this flow. My two suggestions are much simpler and easier solutions which will give better results.

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Jmac New Member James McLachlan Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 15	Thanks for your help guys. Ghorrocks how would I go about 'tagging' a fluid with an additional variable?

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ghorrocks Super Moderator Glenn Horrocks Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,871 Rep Power: 144	Look in the documentation and tutorials for additional variables.

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yahya_a New Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 11 Rep Power: 14	is there any help about Particle Track for centrifugal compressor ?!

July 14, 2012, 05:02		#7
yahya_a New Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 11 Rep Power: 14	i saw the example in cfx for butterfly vale the problem is that in my case i do not have default domain

August 2, 2012, 06:46		#8
yahya_a New Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 11 Rep Power: 14	up ...............

August 5, 2012, 11:16		#9
yahya_a New Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 11 Rep Power: 14	hi how can i solve this error ? The object "HEAT TRANSFER MODEL" is present in the object "/FLOW:Flow Analysis 1/DOMAIN:R31/FLUID MODELS/FLUID:m" but it is not physically valid.

July 11, 2017, 10:19		#11
shaktiy New Member Shakti Yadav Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 10 Rep Power: 9	Hey ! I am working on simulation of linear premixed pre-evaporated combustion chamber for gas turbine. I am simulating the premixer chamber. I need to verify that the fuel gets evaporated before it enters combustion domain. I want to track the fuel particles. I have set up all the boundary conditions. How do I go about particle tracking ? Could anyone tell me how to track particles ? Any help is much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

July 11, 2017, 19:29		#12
ghorrocks Super Moderator Glenn Horrocks Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,871 Rep Power: 144	Have you done the tutorial examples? There are a few examples which use particle tracking.

July 12, 2017, 19:58		#14
ghorrocks Super Moderator Glenn Horrocks Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,871 Rep Power: 144	Tutorial examples are available on the ANSYS customer website. They also cover dealing with periodic domains. In fact they cover all basic operations in the software, they are the place to start in CFX.