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Old   December 8, 2020, 05:15
Default Correct Inlet Boundary Condition at Pressure Vessel
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Hello everyone,

I want to simulate the stream jet out of a pressure vessel. The vessel has a small valve where the jet comes out. This valve is the Inlet of the simulation.

My problem is to find the correct inlet-boundary-condition.

The vessel has for example a dp of 10 bar to the outside. And it is large enough that the pressure inside is not doping when opening the valve for a short time.

I have two options: static-pressure-inlet-condition 10 bar or total-pressure-inlet-condition 10 bar?

Which one is the correct one?


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Total pressure is technically more correct but you might find that it really doesn't affect the flow much whichever one you use.
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Thank you very much for answering, Lucky Tran. It helped me very much!

I just have one more question:

I made the total-pressure-inlet-condition in my simulation.
What I see now is that the velocity is very high right after the valve (up to 800m/s). This is normal I guess.
But the total pressure is rising in this area about 50%. Is this also normal?

What makes me thinking is the following: The total pressure normally stays at the same level (except friction issues) while the static and dynamic pressure are varying. So how can it increase right after the inlet?

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