Fluent12 Workshop05 Centrifugal

Workshop 5
Centrifugal Pump
Introductory
FLUENT Training
ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary April 28, 2009

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WS5: Centrifugal Pump
Introduction Workshop Supplement
The Purpose of the tutorial is to model

fluid flow in a centrifugal pump, which
involves the use of rotation model.
Problem consists of a five blade
centrifugal pump operating at 2160
rpm. The working fluid is water and
flow is assumed to be steady and
incompressible.
Due to rotational periodicity a single
blade passage will be modeled.

Starting Fluent in Workbench Workshop Supplement
1. Open the Workbench (Start > Programs > ANSYS 12.0 > ANSYS
Workbench)
2. Drag FLUENT into the project schematic
3. Change the name to Duct
4. Double click on Setup
5. Choose 3D and Double Precision under Options and retain the other default
settings

Import Mesh Workshop Supplement
This starts a new Fluent session and the first step is to import the mesh that
has already been created:
1. Under the File menu select Import> Mesh
2. Select the file tfa-pump-lite-cav-300k.msh and click OK to import the mesh
3. After reading the mesh, check the grid using Mesh>Check option
or by using Check under Problem Setup>General

Setting up the Models Workshop Supplement
1. Select Pressure Based, Steady state solver Problem Setup>General>Solver

2. Specify Turbulence model
Problem Setup > Models > Viscous
Double click and Select k-epsilon (2 eqn) under Model and Realizable
under k-epsilon model and retain the default settings for the other parameters
3. Make sure that the Energy Equation is disabled

Problem Setup > Models> Energy
Materials Workshop Supplement
Define the materials.

Problem Setup > Materials
1. Click on air to open Create/Edit Materials panel
2. Change Name to water and Density and Viscosity to 1000 kg/m3 and 0.001
kg/(m-s) respectively
3. Click on Change/Create
4. Click on Yes, on being asked for Change/Create mixture and Overwrite air

Fluid Zone Conditions Workshop Supplement
• Under Problem Setup >Cell Zone Conditions (operating conditions are also in BC
panel) double click on Fluid
– Select Material Name : water
– Select Motion Type: Moving Reference Frame
– Specify Rotational Velocity : 2160 rpm
– Click on OK

Operating Conditions Workshop Supplement
• Under Problem Setup >Cell Zone Conditions (operating conditions are

also in BC panel)
Click on Operating Conditions… and set the Operating Pressure
(Pascal) to 0

Boundary Conditions Workshop Supplement
Under Problem Setup > Boundary Conditions

1.Select inlet under Zone and choose velocity-inlet from the drop down
menu under Type
2.Now double click on inlet under Zone
Input all the parameters in Momentum tab as shown below


1.Select outlet under Zone and choose pressure-outlet from the drop down
menu under Type
2.Now double click on outlet under Zone


1.Select blade under Zone and choose wall from the drop down menu under
Type
2.Now double click on blade under Zone


1.Select hub under Zone and choose wall from the drop down menu under
Type
2.Now double click on hub under Zone


1.Select shroud under Zone and choose wall from the drop down menu
under Type
2.Now double click on shroud under Zone


1.Select hub-outer under Zone and choose wall from the drop down menu
under Type
2.Now double click on hub-outer under Zone


1.Select inlet-shroud under Zone and choose wall from the drop down
menu under Type
2.Now double click on inlet-shroud under Zone


1.Select shroud-outer under Zone and choose wall from the drop down
menu under Type
2.Now double click on shroud-outer under Zone


1.Select periodic.10 under Zone and choose periodic from the drop down
menu under Type
2.Now double click on periodic.10 under Zone
Select Periodic Type: Rotational
Click on OK
3.Select periodic.10 under Zone and choose periodic from the drop down
menu under Type
4.Now double click on periodic.11 under Zone
Select Periodic Type: Rotational
Click on OK

Monitors Workshop Supplement
Residual Monitoring
Solution > Monitors
1. Double click on Residuals (By default it is on)
2. Enable Plot under Options.
3. Specify Absolute Criteria for continuity: 1e-5

Surface Monitors
Monitor points are used to monitor quantities of interest during the
solution. They should be used to help judge convergence. In this case
you will monitor the Total Pressure and Static Pressure at inlet.
Solution > Monitors > Surface Monitors

1. Click on Create to create a new surface monitor
2. Type ‘total_pressure’ under Name
3. Enable Printing, Plotting and writing of monitors by marking check boxes
under Options
4. Select Mass-Weighted Average from the drop-down menu under Report
Type
5. Select Pressure as the Field Variable and select Total Pressure under
Pressure variable

6. Select inlet as the Surfaces to be monitored

7. Click on OK to create the monitor and to close the panel

Solution > Monitors > Surface Monitors

1. Click on Create to create a new surface monitor
2. Type ‘static_pressure’ under Name
3. Enable Printing, Plotting and writing of monitors by marking check boxes
under Options
4. Select Area-Weighted Average from the drop-down menu under Report
Type
5. Select Pressure as the Field Variable and select Static Pressure under
Pressure variable
6. Select inlet as the Surfaces to be monitored
7. Click on OK to create the monitor and to close the panel

Initialization Workshop Supplement
Before starting the calculations we must initialize the flow field in the entire domain
Solution > Monitors > Solution Initialization
1. Initializing the flow field with near steady state conditions will result in faster
convergence
2. Select Compute from: inlet
3. Click on Initialize to initialize the solution

Run Calculations Workshop Supplement
• The solution process can be started in the following manner

Solution >Run Calculation
• Enter 1000 for Number of Iterations and click on Calculate
During the iteration process, both the residue plot and monitor plots will
be shown in different windows. If the velocity monitor is not changing
further we can stop the iterations. You may specify more number of
iterations if the monitors are still changing significantly.
• The magnitude of change of a monitor per iteration can be observed
from the console (enabled by clicking on Print to Console while
creating the monitor)
Note: Iterations can be stopped in between, by pressing Ctrl+ C together in the

Fluent’s console.
Higher Order Accurate Solution Workshop Supplement
• Once first order run is converged (it takes 211 iterations)

• Under Solution>Solution Methods setup the parameters as shown below
• The solution process can be started in the following manner

Solution >Run Calculation
• Enter 1000 for Number of Iterations and click on Calculate

Residuals Workshop Supplement

Write Case File Workshop Supplement
You can now save the project and proceed to write a case file for the
solver:
1. To save the project, go to Project Page

File>Save as
2. To write the case files, go to FLUENT session
File>Export>Case..

Post Processing Workshop Supplement
• To Draw Contours of Static Pressure on blade

Display > Graphics and Animations
Double Click on Contours, a new window will pop up
Select Pressure under Contours of and Static Pressure below that
Select blade under Surfaces

• To Draw Contours of Static Pressure on hub

Select hub under Surfaces

• To Draw Contours of Static Pressure on shroud

Select shroud under Surfaces


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Workshop 5

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Introduction Workshop Supplement

The Purpose of the tutorial is to model

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Starting Fluent in Workbench Workshop Supplement

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Import Mesh Workshop Supplement

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Setting up the Models Workshop Supplement

1. Select Pressure Based, Steady state solver Problem Setup>General>Solver

3. Make sure that the Energy Equation is disabled

Materials Workshop Supplement

Define the materials.

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Fluid Zone Conditions Workshop Supplement

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Operating Conditions Workshop Supplement

• Under Problem Setup >Cell Zone Conditions (operating conditions are

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Boundary Conditions Workshop Supplement

Under Problem Setup > Boundary Conditions

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Boundary Conditions Workshop Supplement

Under Problem Setup > Boundary Conditions

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Boundary Conditions Workshop Supplement

Under Problem Setup > Boundary Conditions

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Boundary Conditions Workshop Supplement

Under Problem Setup > Boundary Conditions

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Boundary Conditions Workshop Supplement

Under Problem Setup > Boundary Conditions

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Boundary Conditions Workshop Supplement

Under Problem Setup > Boundary Conditions

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Boundary Conditions Workshop Supplement

Under Problem Setup > Boundary Conditions

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Boundary Conditions Workshop Supplement

Under Problem Setup > Boundary Conditions

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Boundary Conditions Workshop Supplement

Under Problem Setup > Boundary Conditions

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Monitors Workshop Supplement

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Monitors Workshop Supplement

Solution > Monitors > Surface Monitors

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Monitors Workshop Supplement

6. Select inlet as the Surfaces to be monitored

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Monitors Workshop Supplement

Solution > Monitors > Surface Monitors

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Initialization Workshop Supplement

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Run Calculations Workshop Supplement

• The solution process can be started in the following manner

Note: Iterations can be stopped in between, by pressing Ctrl+ C together in the

Higher Order Accurate Solution Workshop Supplement