How to use a calculated heat source fluent udf as volumetric heat source transient thermal analysis?

- January 8, 2020 at 3:23 pm
  
  Michael104
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  Hi everyone,
  
  i calculated the energy losses (chemical reaction/ohmic heating) of a fuel cell using a udf in fluent. Now i want to implement these energy losses as a volumetric heat source in the middle grey layer of the FC and calculate the generated temperature in the solid regions. Below is a little example how the geometry can look like. To calculate the Temperature i want to connect the fluent model with a thermal transient model to calculate the temperature.
  
  Is it possible to model the volumetric heat source of the thermal transient model with a calculated heat using udf in fluent??
  
  I know that that it is possible to implement a function as a volumetric heat source, but i don´t know how to use a function for heat source which is calculated in a udf in fluent.
  
  Thanks for your help
- January 8, 2020 at 3:25 pm
  
  Michael104
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  Here is a litle image how the geometry can look like. And the middle layer is of course not grey, it is blue.
  
  Thanks
  
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- January 9, 2020 at 5:32 pm
  
  Rob
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  You can use source term UDFs (and possibly expressions) to make the energy source a function of just about anything.
- January 14, 2020 at 2:14 pm
  
  Michael104
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  Thanks rwoolhou for your answere,
  
  i think i understood what you mean. Yes i have modeled a udf energy source term as a function of temperature and pressure. Now i want to calculate the heat in the solid part, so i want to use the calculated heat source from fluent in a transient thermal model. I uses system coupling, but i don´t know how can i select the calculated energy source for the volumetric heat source in the termal model.
  
  I can only set the volumetric heat source as constant, table, function... but how can i select the calculated udf from fluent.
  
  Thanks for your help
- January 14, 2020 at 3:26 pm
  
  Michael104
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  above i wrote volumetric heat source, i mean of course internal heat source
- January 14, 2020 at 4:11 pm
  
  Rob
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  If the result from Mech doesn't alter the flow I'd look at transferring temperature to Mech rather than using system coupling. System coupling is designed for when the two interact.
- January 14, 2020 at 5:07 pm
  
  Michael104
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  Thanks for your help,
  
  Yes they interact, if i understand the workflow of ansys correct.
  
  Maybe i can get some more details: Dependent on the temperature and the pressure of my solid part i want to calculate a internal heat source. The heat source heat my solid material, which gets cooled from a fluid flow, calculated in fluent. So i have a transient thermal model for the heat source and temperature distribution in solid and a fluid flow in fluent for a cooling channel. If i understand your answer correct, they should interact.
  
  I don´t know how to set the internal heat source as a function of temperature and pressure?
- January 14, 2020 at 5:17 pm
  
  Michael104
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  Idea:
  
  Is there a possibility to export in every iteration the amount of my calculated heat source f(T,p) in fluent to a chart and import this values in the thermal model as a internal heat source? In this case i would have a internal heat source as a function of temperature and pressure and a i think a one way FSI.
- January 15, 2020 at 11:32 am
  
  Rob
  Forum Moderator
  
  Is the solid deforming under load/temperature/pressure? If it's not then I'd solve it all in Fluent.