Horizontal fluid flow

pranaychowdary · April 4, 2016, 05:35

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to do a project in which a fluid flows horizontally by centrifugal force,In this problem a oil tank(sump) is placed at the bottom and a rotating component which sucks the oil from the oil tank and supplies it to top of the component to a reservoir,so what I need to do is :How to create a two phase fluid in the oil tank,I need stepwise to fill the tank with two liquids of my choice, can anyone help me with this..

hariswch2 · April 4, 2016, 06:38

Hello pranaychowdary, you can use multiphase model to capture two phases..i recommend volume of fluid method for your problem..good luck

pranaychowdary · April 4, 2016, 06:49

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Originally Posted by hariswch2

Hello pranaychowdary, you can use multiphase model to capture two phases..i recommend volume of fluid method for your problem..good luck

Hi hariswch2 ,Actually the part I do not know is how to create fluid volume in the bottom oil tank.

hariswch2 · April 4, 2016, 07:41

You can use PATCH option in solution initialization to define the volume fraction (0 or 1) for your fluid volume with dinemsions

pranaychowdary · April 4, 2016, 08:16

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Originally Posted by hariswch2

You can use PATCH option in solution initialization to define the volume fraction (0 or 1) for your fluid volume with dinemsions

Do I have to give any options in design module or while meshing,what should be the oil bottom defined in name selection.Is it given as inlet.

hariswch2 · April 5, 2016, 01:09

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Originally Posted by pranaychowdary

Do I have to give any options in design module or while meshing,what should be the oil bottom defined in name selection.Is it given as inlet.

No need to give any options in design module...just you have to give dimensions of oil filled volume in PATCH option....it means that fluent will take initially oil is filled in that particular volume

hariswch2 · April 5, 2016, 01:13

Can you show me the layout of your problem for better understanding

pranaychowdary · May 2, 2016, 13:18

You said dimensions can be given in patch option I would like to know how.

April 4, 2016, 05:35	Horizontal fluid flow	#1
pranaychowdary New Member pranay Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 10	Hello everyone, I'm trying to do a project in which a fluid flows horizontally by centrifugal force,In this problem a oil tank(sump) is placed at the bottom and a rotating component which sucks the oil from the oil tank and supplies it to top of the component to a reservoir,so what I need to do is :How to create a two phase fluid in the oil tank,I need stepwise to fill the tank with two liquids of my choice, can anyone help me with this..

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April 4, 2016, 06:38		#2
hariswch2 New Member Surya Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 20 Rep Power: 12	Hello pranaychowdary, you can use multiphase model to capture two phases..i recommend volume of fluid method for your problem..good luck

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hariswch2 New Member Surya Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 20 Rep Power: 12	You can use PATCH option in solution initialization to define the volume fraction (0 or 1) for your fluid volume with dinemsions

April 5, 2016, 01:13		#7
hariswch2 New Member Surya Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 20 Rep Power: 12	Can you show me the layout of your problem for better understanding

May 2, 2016, 13:18		#8
pranaychowdary New Member pranay Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 10	You said dimensions can be given in patch option I would like to know how.