{"id":284938,"date":"2023-05-19T17:26:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T17:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/vortextube-simulation\/"},"modified":"2023-05-19T17:26:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T17:26:28","slug":"vortextube-simulation","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/vortextube-simulation\/","title":{"rendered":"VortexTube Simulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am trying to simulate vortex tube. Vortex tube is a mechanical device that separates a compressed gas into hot and cold streams. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/19-05-2023-1684515998-mceclip1.png\"><\/p>\n<p>The flluid flow setting I used:<\/p>\n<p>Incompressible flow, K-e, tetrahedral mesh, velocity inlet, pressure outlet, steady state, apply energy equation but I have two problems:<\/p>\n<p>Convergence is not very good<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/19-05-2023-1684517075-mceclip2.png\"><\/p>\n<p>and the heat transfer does not happen in the pipe, I could not get&nbsp; neither temperature drop nor reverse flow in the pipe<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/19-05-2023-1684517185-mceclip3.png\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-284938","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["281476","13659","199842"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.217.200.46"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["827"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["284938"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27792"],"_bbp_engagement":["13659","199842","281476"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count":["7"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["286939"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["286939"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-06-02 20:59:54"]},"test":"hamid-dehkordisheridancollege-ca"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/284938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/284938\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}