Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of Three-Dimensional Liquid Flow and Mass Transfer on Distillation Column Trays

2004 ◽  
Vol 43 (10) ◽  
pp. 2556-2567 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Ling Wang ◽  
C. Jiang Liu ◽  
X. Gang Yuan ◽  
K. T. Yu
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Liquid Flow ◽  
Distillation Column ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Dynamics Simulation ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation

Experimental and simulation study of thermal accumulation in an enclosed vehicle

2019 ◽  
Vol 233 (14) ◽  
pp. 3621-3629
Author(s):  
Sing Ngie David Chua ◽  
Boon Kean Chan ◽  
Soh Fong Lim
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Dynamics Simulation ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation ◽  
Heat Accumulation ◽  
Ansys Fluent ◽  
Direct Exposure ◽  
Car Park

Thermal accumulation in a car cabin under direct exposure to sunlight can be extremely critical due to the risk of heatstroke especially to children who are left unattended in the car. There are very limited studies in the literature to understand the thermal behaviour of a car that is parked in an open car park space and the findings are mostly inconsistent among researchers. In this paper, the studies of thermal accumulation in an enclosed vehicle by experimental and computational fluid dynamics simulation approaches were carried out. An effective and economical method to reduce the heat accumulation was proposed. Different test conditions such as fully enclosed, fully enclosed with sunshade on front windshield and different combinations of window gap sizes were experimented and presented. Eight points of measurement were recorded at different locations in the car cabin and the results were used as the boundary conditions for the three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics simulation. The computational fluid dynamics software used was ANSYS FLUENT 16.0. The results showed that the application of sunshade helped to reduce thermal accumulation at car cabin by 11.5%. The optimum combination of windows gap size was found to be with 4-cm gap on all four windows which contributed to a 21.1% reduction in car cabin temperature. The results obtained from the simulations were comparable and in agreement with the experimental tests.

Three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics simulation of valve-induced water hammer

2016 ◽  
Vol 231 (12) ◽  
pp. 2263-2274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuai Yang ◽  
Dazhuan Wu ◽  
Zhounian Lai ◽  
Tao Du
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Method Of Characteristics ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Water Hammer ◽  
Dynamics Simulation ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation ◽  
Time Step ◽  
Obvious Effect ◽  
Simulation Results

In this study, three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics simulation was adopted to evaluate the valve-induced water hammer phenomena in a typical tank-pipeline-valve-tank system. Meanwhile, one-dimensional analysis based on method of characteristics was also used for comparison and reference. As for the computational fluid dynamics model, the water hammer event was successfully simulated by using the sliding mesh technology and considering water compressibility. The key factors affecting simulation results were investigated in detail. It is found that the size of time step has an obvious effect on the attenuation of the wave and there exists a best time step. The obtained simulation results have a good agreement with the experimental data, which shows an unquestionable advantage over the method of characteristics calculation in predicting valve-induced water hammer. In addition, the computational fluid dynamics simulation can also provide a visualization of the pressure and flow evolutions during the transient process.

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