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[Josh Williams]

Hi all, I am attempting to model the cross section of a cylindrical battery cell generating heat and being cooled by an external air flow. At the moment i can only seem to apply the heat generation to the wall of the cell. Does anyone know how i can change the origin of heat generation from the wall to the centre of the cell cross section? below is a screen shot of my simulation. Any help is greatly appreciated.

[Federico]

Hello Josh, 

you can define a cell zone as a heat source by enabling the Source Terms tab in the corresponding cell zone dialog box.

See 7.2.7. Defining Mass, Momentum, Energy, and Other sources (ansys.com).

I hope this helps!