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Stress-strength analysis of an impeller shaft using fluid-structure interaction modelling
Zifčáková, Barbora ; Vondál, Jiří (referee) ; Juřena, Tomáš (advisor)
This master’s thesis deals with numerical simulations of type FSI (Fluid Structure Interaction). Software used is ANSYS Fluent and ANSYS Mechanical. The aim of this thesis is to study the interaction between fluid flow in the mixing tank used in pharmaceutical industry to process eggshells and the agitator whose shaft has deformed during operation. CFD part consists of both one-phase and multi-phase transient simulations. The impact of solid body deformation on fluid flow is neglected hence only one-way Fluid Structure Interaction is considered for the simulations. Fluid flow in the tank and stress-strain behavior of the shaft is evaluated both in quasi-steady state and during start-up of the device. Computations showed that the impact of eggshells on agitator is negligible during operation (in quasi-steady state) unlike the behavior during start-up of the device when stresses and strains of the shaft are significantly higher. Possible reasons why the shaft deformed are presented and further numerical simulations are discussed and suggested.
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Intake vortex modeling
Galuška, Jiří ; Kozák, Jiří (referee) ; Rudolf, Pavel (advisor)
This paper covers information research of basic design rules of industrial wet sumps. It describes mathematical models of vortices and method for their identification and visualization. Then the author focuses on CFD modeling of surface vortices with single phase and multiphase approach with Volume of Fluid method. Basic principles of multiphase CFD modelling in OpenFOAM and ANSYS Fluent are given. Description and benchmarking of suitable turbulence models is also present. The single phase and multiphase approach were successfully validated for a simple test case of bathtub surface vortex. Satisfactory agreement with experimental data was achieved. The accuracy and behavior of both solvers were compared between each other. This gives us useful tool for evaluation of inflow condition and danger of surface vortex occurrence in wet sumps. The acquired knowledges were used to design an experimental test case with geometry similar to industrial wet sump. A map of surface vortex occurrence has been created for different operating points. One of the operating point has been used for numerical simulation (both single phase and multiphase). Partial agreement with experimental observation has been achieved.
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Simulations of Photobioreactors from Hydrodynamics and Mass Transfer Point of View
Rebej, Miroslav ; Turek, Vojtěch (referee) ; Jördening, Alexandra (referee) ; Jegla, Zdeněk (advisor)
Simulations of photobioreactors with microalgae-specific cultures is a field that connects microbiology with the multiphase fluid dynamics. With microalgae cultivation, it is necessary to account various phenomena, e.g., multiphase hydrodynamics with water, CO2 bubbles and microalgae, multiphase species mass transfer, radiation transport, light attenuation, growth and culmination of microalgae and their effect on fluid properties. Computational model presented in this doctoral dissertation thesis links multiphase hydrodynamic model and the species mass transfer model. In the thesis, there is an overview of applicable computational models for the given types of photobioreactors. The multiphase hydrodynamic model and the species mass transfer model then draw from this overview. Next, the accuracy of these sub-models was compared with laboratory experiments. As a result, the developed computational model of the photobioreactor can be further extended with other sub-models, i.e., the irradiation model and the biomass growth model.
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Condensation heat transfer of water steam on cylindrical wall
Horká, Lucie ; Bašta,, Jiří (referee) ; Kabele,, Karel (referee) ; Hirš, Jiří (advisor)
The doctoral thesis is aimed at condensation heat transfer of water steam on a cylindric wall. This physical phenomenon of water steam condensation is examined and published in leading scientific journals for more than 100 years. The main aim of the doctoral thesis is study of the water steam condensation on a cylindrical wall. The result of the doctoral thesis is the theoretical and experimental determination of the heat transfer coefficient during the water steam condensation on the cylindrical wall. This coefficient is a basic parameter of design of all the thermal devices, which use the condensation heat of water steam in technical practice.
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Stress-strength analysis of an impeller shaft using fluid-structure interaction modelling
Zifčáková, Barbora ; Vondál, Jiří (referee) ; Juřena, Tomáš (advisor)
This master’s thesis deals with numerical simulations of type FSI (Fluid Structure Interaction). Software used is ANSYS Fluent and ANSYS Mechanical. The aim of this thesis is to study the interaction between fluid flow in the mixing tank used in pharmaceutical industry to process eggshells and the agitator whose shaft has deformed during operation. CFD part consists of both one-phase and multi-phase transient simulations. The impact of solid body deformation on fluid flow is neglected hence only one-way Fluid Structure Interaction is considered for the simulations. Fluid flow in the tank and stress-strain behavior of the shaft is evaluated both in quasi-steady state and during start-up of the device. Computations showed that the impact of eggshells on agitator is negligible during operation (in quasi-steady state) unlike the behavior during start-up of the device when stresses and strains of the shaft are significantly higher. Possible reasons why the shaft deformed are presented and further numerical simulations are discussed and suggested.
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Diffuse interface models in theory of interacting continua
Řehoř, Martin ; Průša, Vít (advisor) ; Garcke, Harald (referee) ; Rohde, Christian (referee)
We study physical systems composed of at least two immiscible fluids occu- pying different regions of space, the so-called phases. Flows of such multi-phase fluids are frequently met in industrial applications which rises the need for their numerical simulations. In particular, the research conducted herein is motivated by the need to model the float glass forming process. The systems of interest are in the present contribution mathematically described in the framework of the so-called diffuse interface models. The thesis consists of two parts. In the modelling part, we first derive standard diffuse interface models and their generalized variants based on the concept of multi-component continuous medium and its careful thermodynamic analysis. We provide a critical assessment of assumptions that lead to different models for a given system. Our newly formulated class of generalized models of Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes-Fourier (CHNSF) type is applicable in a non-isothermal setting. Each model belonging to that class describes a mixture of separable, heat conducting Newtonian fluids that are either compressible or incompressible. The models capture capillary and thermal effects in thin interfacial regions where the fluids actually mix. In the computational part, we focus on the development of an efficient and robust...
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Intake vortex modeling
Galuška, Jiří ; Kozák, Jiří (referee) ; Rudolf, Pavel (advisor)
This paper covers information research of basic design rules of industrial wet sumps. It describes mathematical models of vortices and method for their identification and visualization. Then the author focuses on CFD modeling of surface vortices with single phase and multiphase approach with Volume of Fluid method. Basic principles of multiphase CFD modelling in OpenFOAM and ANSYS Fluent are given. Description and benchmarking of suitable turbulence models is also present. The single phase and multiphase approach were successfully validated for a simple test case of bathtub surface vortex. Satisfactory agreement with experimental data was achieved. The accuracy and behavior of both solvers were compared between each other. This gives us useful tool for evaluation of inflow condition and danger of surface vortex occurrence in wet sumps. The acquired knowledges were used to design an experimental test case with geometry similar to industrial wet sump. A map of surface vortex occurrence has been created for different operating points. One of the operating point has been used for numerical simulation (both single phase and multiphase). Partial agreement with experimental observation has been achieved.
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