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September 16, 2020, 07:55 |
Wrong pressure results in the shell side of a heat exchanger
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Mohammad Moataz
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I finished the simulation of each side of a shell and coil heat exchanger on its own and they give correct results, however, when I combine both sides together to simulate the whole system, I strangely get wrong pressure distribution in the shell side after convergence!
My questions are: - How could the presence of the 2 domains together affect results? - What can be done to fix this? Summary of used settings: - All solid and fluid bodies share topology - Solver: Pressure based - Coupled - Working fluid in shell: air - Working fluid in coils: thermal oil (density 850 kg/m^3) - Turbulence model: SST - Both fluids have mass-flow-inlet and pressure-outlet BC - Each fluid is initialized separately - Default methods and controls Note that the same mesh and same settings are used when simulating each side separately or when simulating both of them together! Last edited by MMoataz; October 15, 2020 at 06:33. |
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