joe_star |
January 20, 2010 00:43 |
Depressurization scenario in FLUENT
I am attempting to carry out a depressurization scenario in FLUENT. A long 36" pipeline is to be depressurized to atmospheric conditions through a 12" vent system. The main pipe is filled with natural gas at 80Bar while the vent system is initially filled with air at atmospheric conditions. I am attempting to model the initial purging of air from the vent by the high speed flow of the methane gas once the depressurization process begins. I have separated the vent and main pipe into 2 different zones, set each zone medium as air & methane respectively, and patched the pressures accordingly after initialization. By using this scheme, I find that the 2 zones do not really mix and that the air is not being purged. How should I go about to set this up successfully? I am not very familiar yet with either the multiphase or species transport models. Any help would be appreciated
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