{"id":459886,"date":"2026-06-16T19:38:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/comparison-of-a-practical-particle-sedimentation-experiment-with-an-ansys-fluent\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T19:38:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:38:59","slug":"comparison-of-a-practical-particle-sedimentation-experiment-with-an-ansys-fluent","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/comparison-of-a-practical-particle-sedimentation-experiment-with-an-ansys-fluent\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparison of a Practical Particle Sedimentation Experiment with an ANSYS Fluent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;I am using ANSYS 2026 R1 for my project. In my project, I am trying to compare a practical settling test with an ANSYS simulation. I am not satisfied with my current simulation results (because there are many more particles in the outlet in my practical experiment), so I would appreciate any suggestions for optimization.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The settling tank has the following dimensions: height = 1.3 m \/ width = 1.8 m \/ length = 3 m&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The inlet and outlet have a diameter of 100 mm&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My test material consists of polystyrene particles with a diameter of 0.4&ndash;0.7 mm (assumed to be 0.6 mm) and a density of approximately 1040 kg\/m&sup3;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In my experiment, I set the flow rate to 1.5 &lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 14pt;&#8221;&gt;L\/s and add the test&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 14pt;&#8221;&gt;&nbsp;materi&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 14pt;&#8221;&gt;al (1kg polysterene)&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 14pt;&#8221;&gt;&nbsp;.&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After 10 minutes, my experiment ends, and I check the residue collected in the drain.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The following shows my simulation settings so far:&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/16-06-2026-1781638561-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"752\" height=\"354\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/16-06-2026-1781638625-mceclip0.png\" width=\"872\" height=\"421\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/16-06-2026-1781638660-mceclip1.png\" width=\"897\" height=\"470\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/16-06-2026-1781638674-mceclip2.png\" width=\"992\" height=\"513\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/16-06-2026-1781638689-mceclip3.png\" width=\"1048\" height=\"554\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-459886","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27792"],"_bbp_topic_id":["459886"],"_bbp_subscription":["631244","199"],"_bbp_author_ip":["2a00:6020:a339:5c00:c598:2c14:b34e:633c"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["460181"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["460181"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2026-06-22 10:32:32"],"_bbp_reply_count":["5"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_engagement":["631244","199"],"_btv_view_count":["63"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_notification_enabled":["631244"]},"test":"simon-schifferrwth-aachen-de"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/459886","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\/459886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}