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incewereleaedverion5.0oftheCOMOLMulphico ware,ouhavethe
ailittocreateimulaonappeithertarngfromcratchorwithademoappfromthe
ApplicaonLirar.Toda,wellintroduceoutoanappthatcaneuedfor
undertandingandopmizingmixerdeignandoperaonforagiven uid.Theexempli ed
applicaonmodelandimulaterredtankmixer,whichareuedforreactorinthe ne
chemical,pharmaceucal,food,andconumerproductindutrie.

AnApplicaonforOpmizingMixerDeign
Inaddiontotheaforemenonedindutrie,rredatchreactorarealofrequentl
uedforlacalekinectudieandwhendevelopingnewproceeandnthei.Inall
oftheeprocee,itrequiredtootainarelaveluniformreactoroluoncompoion
andtemperature.Achievingthiwouldallowforareproducileanduniformproduct
qualit.

creanganapp,oucanprovideauerfriendlimulaonenvironmentwhere
cient,procedeigner,andproceengineercaninvegatethein uencethat
veel,impeller,andoperaonalcondionhaveonthemixinge ciencandthepower
requiredtodrivetheimpeller.WecreatedtheMixerapptohelpougettarteduilding
uchanapponourown.

Achallengewhendeigningapplicaonigenganautomacupdateofgeometr,
Achallengewhendeigningapplicaonigenganautomacupdateofgeometr,
phic,andmehengforfullparameterizedgeometrie.Itcanaloedi cultto
includecompleteldi erentgeometroject,dependingontheuerinputwhenrunning
theapp.TheMixerapplicaondemontratetheueofgeometrpartandcumulave
eleconforautomacmodeleng.

Inaddion,theapplicaonalodemontratehowtouildanappuingCOMOL
Mulphicandhowgeometrpartandcumulaveeleconcaneuedto
automacalletdomainandoundarenginmodelemeddedinanapplicaon.
Theeengcanecreatedautomacall,evenwhenthechoiceanappuermake
createverdiveregeometrie.

Thedemoappcaneuedaatarngpointformoreelaoratemixerappcontaining
moreoponforthe uid ow.Forexample,twophae owandnonNewtonian ow,a
wellaforveelandimpellergeometrie.

WhattheDemoAppLookLike
Theannotatedcreenhotoftheuerinterface(UI)elowhowthe11di erenttpeof
impeller(1)thatcaneaddedtoamodelandthedi erenttanktpe(2):dihed, at,and
coneoom,withandwithouta e.Thedimenionoftheimpellerandveelcane
etforthedi erenttpe.The uidpropereandrotaonalpeedoftheimpellerare

electedintheFluidPropere&OperangCondionecon(3).TheHomerionta(4)
electedintheFluidPropere&OperangCondionecon(3).TheHomerionta(4)
containthemehandcomputeuon,whichgeneratethenumericalmodelandolve
themodelequaon.

Thereulthowtheedddi uivitandthevelocit eld,othin3Dandinavercalcut

planealongthereactor(5).Thecutplanecanerotatedtohowthereultatdi erent
anglearoundtheha (6).Thereultalogiveanemateofthemixingmecale(7).

(hp://cdn.comol.com/wordpre/2015/07/mixerappcreenhot.png)
AnnotatedcreenhotoftheMixerapp.

Inthipeci ccae,theimpelleriequippedwiththreeaxialimpellerwithchaped
douleladeecon,ocalledkatoIntermigimpeller,ditriutedoverthelengthof
theimpellerha .Thecutplanehowtheedddi uivit,whichiameaureofthelocal
mixing,whereredigoodandlueiad.

The11di erenttpeofimpellergivegreatfreedominthecreaonofvariouimpeller
hape.Forexample,uinghdrofoilorcontantpitchedimpellerincominaonwith
cutand llet,oucancreatedi erentpropellertpeimpeller.
Di erentimpellerhapecreatedwiththehdrofoilwithcontantpitchimpellertpe,whichi
oneof11availaleimpellertpeintheapp.
Thepitchedimpellerwithfoldedladecancreateammetricladewithroundedfolduing
llet.

DetailofthemeddedModel
Themodelgeometride nedintheemeddedmodelanumerofocalledgeometr
part.Forexample,thereareelevendi erentpart,oneforeachimpellertpe.

Thepartarecalledinthemaingeometrequencethepartintance(1).Thepart
intanceueparameterainput.Youmacomparethepartintancetoafunconcall
withtheinputparameteraargument.Theeinputparameter(2)controlthedimenion
andthecon guraonofthegeometrde nedthepart.Forexample,thechaped
douleladeaxialimpellermareceiveparameterfortheradiuoftheimpellerandthe
numeroflade.Thegeometrde nedthepartmaaloepoionedrelaveto
otherojectinthemaingeometrequence,ucharelavetoaworkplaneinthemain
equence(3),forintance.

Theoutputofthepartithegeometroject(oreveraloject)itelftogetherwitha
numerofelecon.AnexampleofaeleconcreatedinapartitheImpellerlade
elecon.

Theeleconcreatedthepartintancemacontriutetoeleconfordomain,
oundarie,edge,andpointelecon.Forexample,theArmeleconandtheChaped
ladeeleconothcontriutetotheoundareleconImpellerlade(4).The
Impellerladeeleconireferredtoaacumulaveelecon.
Impellerladeeleconireferredtoaacumulaveelecon.

idenote:Wehavecoveredcumulaveeleconinmoredetailinthilogpot
(hp://www.comol.com/log/geometrmodelinginimulaonapp/).

(hp://cdn.comol.com/wordpre/2015/07/mixerapp_emeddedmodel.png)
Thepartintanceintheemeddedmodeltaketheoutputeleconfromthepartandgather
themincumulaveeleconaccordingtotheengpeci edinitengwindow.

Intheamewa,everalimpellerandimpellertpecancontriutetotheImpellerlade
elecon.Whenengoundarcondion,thecumulaveeleconlitedinthe
Contriutetocolumnwilleavailaleinthelitoxforalloundarcondionfeature.

Theamemethodologiuedforthede nionoftheveelandthea eaachedto

theveelwall.

creangelecon(inthegeometrpart)thatcontriutetoothercumulaveelecon
de nedinthepartintance,weallowfortheautomacupdateofdomain,oundar,edge,
andpointeleconinthephic,meh,andploteng.Achangeinthegeometr
automacallupdatetheeleconinallothereng,eethe gureelow.

ThePhicthatDrivetheApp

Thephicinthemodelarequitetraighorward.ThemodelequaonaretheNavier
Thephicinthemodelarequitetraighorward.ThemodelequaonaretheNavier
tokeequaon(hp://www.comol.com/mulphic/naviertokeequaon)for uid
owcominedwithaditriutedalgeraicequaon,de nedineverpointinpace,for
theturulentvicoit.Thealgeraicequaonuetheditancefromnolipwallaa
varialeintheequaon.Thiicomputedinthemodelolvingawallditancefuncon
equaon.The owequaonareolveduingthefrozenrotorapproximaonforrotang
machiner(hp://www.comol.com/log/newmixermodulehowcaecapailie
comol/).

Thecumulaveeleconareexteniveluedinordertoautomacallupdatethe
domainengandtheoundarcondion.Forexample,theRotangInteriorWall
oundarcondionintheFluidFlowinterfacegetiteleconfromtheImpellerlade
cumulaveelecon(eethe gureelow).

(hp://cdn.comol.com/wordpre/2015/07/mixerapp_impellerlade.png)
creenhotdetailingthattheRotangInteriorWallreceiveiteleconfromtheaociated
Impellerladecumulaveelecon.

Theemeddedmodelueaphiccontrolledmeh.Themeh,whichiproduced
automacall,includeoundarlaermehinginordertoreolvetheoundarlaer
formedalongnolipwallandrotangwall.

Theoluonicomputedintwoteptheolver.The rttepcomputethewall
ditance,incethiprolemiindependentofthe ow eld.Theecondtepcomputethe
oluontotheNaviertokeequaonandtheturulenceequaon.Theturulence
equaonuethewallditancefunconainput.
(hp://cdn.comol.com/wordpre/2015/07/mixerapp_edddi uivitandvelocit
treamline.png)
Imagehowingthereulngedddi uivitandvelocittreamlineintheMixerappwiththree
chapedouleladeaaoveutwithfoura eadded.

ThetructureoftheApplicaonuilderUI
The gureelowhowtheMixerappintheApplicaonuilderFormditor,wherethe
uerinterfacecanedeigneduingdraganddropofdi erentgraphicandwidget
electedintherionmenu.

TheapplicaonUIconitoftwoarea:
1.Oneonthele handidefortextinputandoutputwiththetleengin
lue
2.AnotherontherighthandideforgraphicoutputwiththetleGraphicin
lue
(hp://cdn.comol.com/wordpre/2015/07/mixerapp_applicaonuilderUI.png)
TheapplicaonUIduringcontruconintheApplicaonuilder.

TheApplicaonuildercreenhotaovehintatthetructureoftheapplicaonUI.The
formdenotedmain(1)ilinkedtotheMainWindownode(2)uingtheformreferencein
theMainWindoweng(2).Themainformcontaintwoformcolleconwithta.

The rtformcolleconcontainthegeneral(3)andimpeller_engform(4),withthe
tleGeneralandImpellerhownintheirrepecveta(5).Thegeneraland
impeller_engformareinturneconformcolleconincludingallotherformthat
eginwithgeneral_andimpeller_intheApplicaonuildertree.econformcollecon
grouptheirmemerforminecon,forexamplethegeneral_tankform(6)thathaTank
Tpe&Dimenionatheecontle(6).

Theecondformcolleconinthemainformcontainthegraphicform(7).Thegraphic
formarealogroupedintaandaretheformthateginwithgraphic_inthe
Applicaonuildertree.Forexample,thegraphic_geometrform(8)itheformwiththe
tleGeometr(9)andihownatthetopinthecreenhotaove.

Almotanwidgetcontainedintheformcanelinkedtoacommandintheemedded
model.Forexample,theTankTpelitox(10)ilinkedtoamethodthatelectthetank
tpethatwilleuiltwhentheapplicaonuerupdatethegeometr.TheUpdateuon
widget(11)intherioniinturnlinkedtothemethodthatupdatethegeometrinthe
emeddedmodel.

Poilextenion
Depiteitapparentcomplexit,theMixerapplicaoniquitetraighorwardtocreate
oncetheemeddedmodeliavailale.Thedeignofthegeometrpartandthe
cumulaveeleconalomaketheemeddedmodelrelaveleatoparameterizeand
automate.
Futureverionoftheapplicaonwillcontaintwophae owawelladataoutputfor
Futureverionoftheapplicaonwillcontaintwophae owawelladataoutputfor
requiredimpellertorque, ownumer,andpumpingcapacit.

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Comment

Andrewran June20,20162:06am

Hi,incomolmulphicthereiamixermoduleaaapp.Iwanttolearninthi
modulepowerthatirequiredtodrivetheimpeller.Inelowlinktherearetwopicture
oneimixer_appandotheroneiApplicaon_uilder_mixer.NowIhaveamixer_app
interfaceandIwanttoaddRequiredImpellerTorqueandRequiredPowerinm
mixer_appinterface.
hp://cdn.comol.com/releae/52/mixermodule/mixer_app.png
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