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Ansys Learning Forum Forums Discuss Simulation Fluids Converting heat flux to heat source using UDF code Reply To: Converting heat flux to heat source using UDF code

Rob
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If you know the respective volume & area then yes, you can get the correct number of Watts into the system. What you can't do is add a volume source bounded by a heat flux boundary: the source volume will either be 1K or 5000K as Fluent hits the solver (default) limiters. 

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