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June 1, 2014, 17:50 |
Modelling water heating in a constant volume tank
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Description:
-cylindrical water tank -water heated by positive heat flux segments (each segment is defined by a time-dependent UDF) -expect natural convection / buoyancy driven upward flow near walls -2D axisymmetric Geometry: See Picture Settings: -Boussinesq approx for variable density -transient (unsteady) simulation -pressure-based solver -laminar flow model Problems: -not getting good convergence (usually the continuity residual) -velocities leaving the top and/or bottom boundaries: See Picture This seems like a simple case to simulate, but I've been struggling to get this to work for a while. I would appreciate any help with troubleshooting/debugging! (Let me know for more information) Last edited by amgsls; June 2, 2014 at 03:53. |
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September 8, 2016, 19:09 |
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Tariq Ahmed
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If you have solved the problem, can you tell me how? I have a similar water heating problem but it seems the water doesnt reach equilibrium temperature even after large number of timesteps
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buoyancy flow, fluent, leaking boundary, natural convection, variable density |
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