Steam-volume zone connect to a volume mesh

- July 18, 2023 at 9:03 pm
  
  Yeni Li
  Subscriber
  
  Hello, I have a heat exchanger model, with the shell side working fluid as steam and water as the working fluid at the tube side.
  I finished and check the CAD in SpaceClaim; did Volume Extract to define the steam volume (Steam-volume) and water volume (Water-volume); and created NS for groups (steam hot, steam cold, water hot and water cold).
  Then I load this geometry in FLUENT using watertight geometry. When I tried to create the mesh, it suggested me to use share topology. Then I got this error message "Steam-volume zone connect to a volume mesh". Could anyone help me with this? Thanks
- July 19, 2023 at 5:46 am
  
  Keyur Kanade
  Ansys Employee
  
  To get conformal mesh you will need to do share topology in SpaceClaim. Please go through help manual for more details : https://ansyshelp.ansys.com/account/secured?returnurl=/Views/Secured/corp/v221/en/spaceclaim/Discovery/user_manual/st_sharetopology.html?q=share%20topology Please check following videos DM Share topology:
  SpaceClaim Share topology:
  Fluent Meshing Watertight Workflow:
  Regards, Keyur How to access Ansys Online Help Document Guidelines on the Student Community Fluids Engineering Courses | Ansys Innovation Courses