Second year introduction: Tutorial 1

Tutorial Outcomes

After completion of this tutorial you should:

Know how to create a new project on Flownex;
Understand a flow resistance element;
Know how to specify boundary conditions;
Understand a node;
Be able to assign a fluid.
Summary: Tutorial 1


Step 1: Start Flownex SE
Step 2: Create the Flow Resistance element
Step 3: Set properties for the Flow Resistance element
Step 4: Link the nodes, component and boundary conditions
Step 5: Define Boundary Condition- Inlet
Step 6: Define Boundary Condition- Outlet
Step 7: Assign the operating fluid
Step 8a: Solve the network and view results
Step 8b: View the results
Problem statement
Air enters a pipe at 30C and 200kPa with a constant mass flow rate of 40kg/s. Calculate the outlet
conditions of the pipe. Use a Flow Resistance element to represent the pipe.
a. Start Flownex SE.
b. Select File >New Project.
c. Save the file with an appropriate name e.g. Tutorial 1.
b
Step 1: Create a new Flownex SE project
c
b
a. Select the Components tab in the
libraries window.
b. Expand the Flownex tree.
c. Expand the Custom Losses branch.
d. Select a Flow Resistance and drag it
onto the drawing canvas.
e. Select View on the ribbon menu.
f. Toggle the Identifiers button to hide
the component names.
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e
c
d
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Step 2: Create the Flow Resistance element
a
Step 3: Set properties for the Flow Resistance element
a. Select the Flow Resistance
component.
b. Press F4 to open the Properties
window.
c. Type 5 next to the Flow Admittance.
d. Type 500 next to the Heat Input.
d
c
b
a
a. Expand the Nodes and
Boundaries tree item.
b. Select a Boundary
Condition and place one
above each side of the
Flow Resistance as
shown on the canvas.
a
b
To create a link between two components, hover the end of the link connected to
the boundary conditions over the parts that are colored blue when moving the link.
A node forms automatically when a boundary condition is linked to the component.
Step 4: Link the nodes, component and boundary conditions
b b
Nodes are the end points of elements
and may be used to model a Control
Volume like a tank or a reservoir.
c
a
a. Double click on
Boundary Condition 1
to display the Properties
window.
b. Specify the Pressure
boundary condition as
Fixed on user value.
c. Enter 200 kPa for
Pressure.
d. Specify the Temperature
boundary condition as
Fixed on user value.
e. Enter 30C for
Temperature.
b
d
The Boundary conditions specified in the problem statement is used
to specify the inlet Boundary Condition for the network.
Step 5: Define the Inlet Boundary Condition
e
Step 6: Define Boundary Conditions- Outlet
a. Double click on
Boundary
Condition 2 to
display the
Properties window.
b. Specify the Mass
source boundary
condition as Fixed
on user value.
c. Enter -40 kg/s for
Mass source.
The mass flow of 40 kg/s through the network may be specified with a negative sign at the outlet.
a
b
c
a
e
a. Right click on any component on the drawing canvas and
select Assign Fluids.
b. To specify the fluid, select the drop down list.
c. Select Pure Fluids under Type.
d. Select Gasses under Category.
e. Select Air under Description.
f. Select OK.
d
b
c
f
a
Step 7: Assign the operating fluid
The Flownex database contains two phase
fluids, pure fluids and mixed in its default fluid
library.
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d
b
e
f
a
Step 8a: Solve the network and view the results
a. Press the Home button to
view the solver control
buttons.
b. Press the Solve Steady State
button.
c. Select the Flow Resistance.
d. Double click on the Flow
Resistance to display the
Properties window.
e. Select the Results tab.
f. The Results are now
displayed. The Pressure
drop including elevation of
the Flow Resistance is
319.99 Pa.
The Pressure drop is primarily due to the low value of the Flow Admittance. If the Flow Admittance had a significantly higher
value of for instance 10E06, the pressure drop would have been negligibly small. A temperature increase also occurred because
heat was added to the Control Volume of Flow Resistance element.
Step 8b: View the results
a. Select Boundary
Condition 2.
b. Double click on Boundary
Condition 2 to display the
Properties window.
c. Select the Results tab.
d. The Results are now
displayed. The
Temperature of
Boundary Condition 2 is
42.3902C .
The pipe has a outlet pressure and temperature of 199.68kPa and 42.3902C
at a mass flow rate of 40kg/s.
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b
c
d
You have successfully completed this tutorial!