CFD Online Logo CFD Online URL
www.cfd-online.com
[Sponsors]
Home > Forums > Software User Forums > ANSYS > FLUENT

Mass Flow Rate in Fluent

Register Blogs Community New Posts Updated Threads Search

Like Tree1Likes
  • 1 Post By LuckyTran

 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
Old   April 21, 2016, 23:39
Default Mass Flow Rate in Fluent
  #1
New Member
 
hakim
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 2
Rep Power: 0
mhakimakbar is on a distinguished road
I'm doing a simulation in fluent for a radial outflow turbine. I use n-pentane as a working fluid.
I set the inlet BC with pressure-inlet type p=12 bar T=136C and the outlet BC with pressure-outlet type p=0.3 bar T=52C.

After the simulation I get the mass flow rate 1.039 kg/s from Reports>Fluxes>Mass Flow Rate for both inlet and outlet.
Then I calculate the pressure and temperature for both inlet and outlet from Reports>Surfaces Integral>Area-weighted Average
After that I calculate the turbine power, W = m*(h inlet - h outlet) = 25.4 kW

But when I calculate the power from moments and turbine angular velocity, I just get 3.285 kW.
I get the moment from Reports>Forces>Moments is 5.22 Nm and the angular velocity from my cell zone conditions 6000rpm.
W = moment*rpm = 3.285 kW

I expect the turbine power to be 3-5 kW, so I assume fluent reports a wrong mass flow rate.
What does mass flow rate mean in fluent?
mhakimakbar is offline   Reply With Quote

 


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
mass flow rate not conserved in turbomachine, interface defined wrong? wildli FLUENT 3 September 15, 2022 12:19
rotor 37 choking mass flow rate fluent simulation sehs15 FLUENT 1 January 15, 2015 06:07
Mass flow rate boundary condition with negative values ashtonJ CFX 3 November 26, 2014 05:21
mass flow rate computation in fluent Kishore FLUENT 5 June 27, 2007 03:53
particle, parcel and mass flow rate balance flybird FLUENT 0 May 24, 2007 10:44


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:12.