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Reacting Flows

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How to perform a mass balance when having species transport and DPM models?

Tagged: 17.2, BCs & Interfaces, fluent, fluid-dynamics, materials, Reactions, Species/Reactions
    • June 5, 2023 at 7:05 am
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      During process, moles does not have to be conserved. Mass is the one that should be conserved. Mole fraction definition is simply number of moles for species i/total number of moles. To examine if your species is conserved or not use this TUI: /report> smf This will tell you about the mass balance of each species in kg/sec and you can compare it to your DPM sources.

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