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CFturbo & TCFD
Daegone Nam
Daniel Pöscha
CFturbo® GmbH
Unterer Kreuzweg 1
D- 01097 Dresden
Tel. 0351 40790479
October 2016
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0 Naming convention
Finest_md_3ly
Optional
- number of prism layers
Mesh
- cs: coarse
- md: moderate
- fn: fine
CFturbo Export
- fine: fine export settings
- finest: finest export settings
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1 Geometry
Type: Radial pump
Geometry: BM_RP01
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2 Cases
CFturbo
# Name Mesh Layers Cells Description
Export
*No meshes at trailing
1 Fine_cs Fine Coarse - 0.5 M
edges
*No meshes at trailing
2 Fine_cs_3ly Fine Coarse 3 1.0 M
edges
3 Fine_md Fine Moderate - 0.6 M -
max refinements: 4 2
4 Fine_md_3ly Fine Moderate 3 1.2 M
Increasing layer thickness
5 Finest_md Finest Moderate - 0.6 M -
6 Finest_md_3ly Finest Moderate 3 1.2 M -
7 Finest_md_5ly Finest Moderate 5 1.5 M -
8 Finest_md_7ly Finest Moderate 7 1.7 M -
9 Finest_fn Finest Fine - 1.0 M -
10 Finest_fn_3ly Finest Fine 3 2.0 M -
11 Finest_fn_5ly Finest Fine 5 2.5 M -
*Depicted on next slide
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2 Cases
[1]
CFturbo Export
Mesh Fine Finest
no-layer O[1] X[1]
3-layers O[1] -
Coarse [1] [2]
5-layers X -
7-layers - X[1]
no-layer O O
Moderate 3-layers O O [2]
(default) 5-layers X [2]
O
7-layers - O
no-layer X[3] O
3-layers X[2] O
Fine
5-layers - O
7-layers - X[2] IF: Volute_Out - Outlet_pipe
X: failed simulation
O: succeeded simulation
[1] Bad mesh: meshing failed at trailing edges
[2] Interface error: disconnected cells at interfaces too many unmatched cells
[3] Bad convergency
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3 Case settings
Background mesh size Physical settings (water)
Coarse settings 13 Dynamic viscosity 0.001 [kg/m·s]
Default settings 10.6 Density 998.2 [kg/m3]
Inlet pipe 6 Ref. Temperature 298.15 [K]
Fine settings
8 (Inlet + Outlet pipe) Ref. Pressure 101325 [Pa]
Operating conditions
Rotating speed 1470 [rpm]
Flow rate [m3/s]
Impeller
P1 0.0333
P2 0.045
Stator P3 0.05
P4 0.0556
P5 0.0611
Volute
Outlet pipe
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3 Case settings
Stage: IF01_RSI1 - IF04_VoluteOut
Impeller: IF01_RSI1 - IF02_RSI2
Inlet
IF01_RSI1
IF02_RSI2
IF03_StatorOut
Outlet
IF04_VoluteOut
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4 Mesh
0.5 M cells 1.0 M cells
Coarse mesh
<no layers> <3 layers>
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4 Mesh
0.6 M cells 1.2 M cells
Moderate mesh
<no layers> <3 layers>
1.5 M cells 1.7 M cells
<5 layers> <7 layers>
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4 Mesh
1.0 M cells 2.0 M cells
Fine mesh
<no layers> <3 layers>
2.5 M cells
<5 layers>
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5 Result: Static pressure difference - Stage
220000
Cases without
prism layers
210000
200000
dp_stat_Stage [Pa]
Cases with
≈4%
190000
prism layers
180000
Fine_md Fine_cs
Fine_md_3ly Fine_cs_3ly
170000
Finest_md Finest_md_3ly
Finest_md_5ly Finest_md_7ly
160000 Finest_fn Finest_fn_3ly
Finest_fn_5ly
150000
0,03000 0,03500 0,04000 0,04500 0,05000 0,05500 0,06000 0,06500
Flow rate [m3/s]
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5 Result: Total pressure difference - Stage
220000
Cases without
prism layers
210000
200000
Cases with
≈4%
dp_tot_Stage [Pa]
prism layers
190000
180000
Fine_md Fine_cs
Fine_md_3ly Fine_cs_3ly
Finest_md Finest_md_3ly
170000
Finest_md_5ly Finest_md_7ly
Finest_fn Finest_fn_3ly
Finest_fn_5ly
160000
0,03000 0,03500 0,04000 0,04500 0,05000 0,05500 0,06000 0,06500
Flow rate [m3/s]
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5 Result: Total pressure difference - Impeller
230000
220000
210000
dp_tot_Imp [Pa]
≈3%
200000
Fine_md Fine_cs
Fine_md_3ly Fine_cs_3ly
Finest_md Finest_md_3ly
190000
Finest_md_5ly Finest_md_7ly
Finest_fn Finest_fn_3ly
Finest_fn_5ly
180000
0,03000 0,03500 0,04000 0,04500 0,05000 0,05500 0,06000 0,06500
Flow rate [m3/s]
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5 Result: Efficiency
0,92
0,90
≈3%
0,88
Efficiency [-]
0,86
0,84
Fine_md Fine_cs
0,82 Fine_md_3ly Fine_cs_3ly
Finest_md Finest_md_3ly
0,80 Finest_md_5ly Finest_md_7ly
Finest_fn Finest_fn_3ly
Finest_fn_5ly
0,78
0,03000 0,03500 0,04000 0,04500 0,05000 0,05500 0,06000 0,06500
Flow rate [m3/s]
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5 Result: Power
12500
12000
11500
11000
≈3%
Power [W]
10500
10000
Fine_md Fine_cs
Fine_md_3ly Fine_cs_3ly
9500
Finest_md Finest_md_3ly
Finest_md_5ly Finest_md_7ly
9000 Finest_fn Finest_fn_3ly
Finest_fn_5ly
8500
0,03000 0,03500 0,04000 0,04500 0,05000 0,05500 0,06000 0,06500
Flow rate [m3/s]
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5 Result: Torque
80
75
≈3%
70
Torque [N·m]
65
Fine_md Fine_cs
Fine_md_3ly Fine_cs_3ly
Finest_md Finest_md_3ly
60
Finest_md_5ly Finest_md_7ly
Finest_fn Finest_fn_3ly
Finest_fn_5ly
55
0,03000 0,03500 0,04000 0,04500 0,05000 0,05500 0,06000 0,06500
Flow rate [m3/s]
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5 Result: Total pressure difference vs. iterations
350000
Better convergency of case with Fine_cs
300000 moderate mesh and prism layers Finest_md_5ly
Flow rate
250000 0.0333 m3/s Flow rate
0.045 m3/s Flow rate
dp_tot_In-Out [Pa]
0.05 m3/s Flow rate
0.0556 m3/s Flow rate
200000
0.0611 m3/s
150000
100000
50000
0
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500
Iterations [-]
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5 Result: Static pressure
V_flow = 0.05 [m3/s]
No layer No layer
<Finest_md> <Finest_fn>
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5 Result: Static pressure
V_flow = 0.05 [m3/s]
3 - layers 3 - layers
<Finest_md_3ly> <Finest_fn_3ly>
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5 Result: Static pressure
V_flow = 0.05 [m3/s]
5 - layers 5 - layers
<Finest_md_5ly> <Finest_fn_5ly>
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5 Result: Static pressure
V_flow = 0.05 [m3/s]
7 - layers
<Finest_md_7ly>
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5 Result: Relative velocity
V_flow = 0.05 [m3/s]
No layer No layer
<Finest_md> <Finest_fn>
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5 Result: Relative velocity
V_flow = 0.05 [m3/s]
3 - layers 3 - layers
<Finest_md_3ly> <Finest_fn_3ly>
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5 Result: Relative velocity
V_flow = 0.05 [m3/s]
5 - layers 5 - layers
<Finest_md_5ly> <Finest_fn_5ly>
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5 Result: Relative velocity
V_flow = 0.05 [m3/s]
7 - layers
<Finest_md_7ly>
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5 Result: Streamlines
V_flow = 0.05 [m3/s]
<Finest_md_5ly>
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5 Result: Meridional average
V_flow = 0.05 [m3/s]
<Finest_md_5ly>
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5 Result: B2B
V_flow = 0.05 [m3/s]
ζ=0.5
ζ=0.5 <Finest_md_5ly>
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6 Summary
1) Export geometry from CFturbo with finest settings
2) High influence of prism layers on result quality:
• Offset ≈ 3 - 4 %
3) Increase number of iterations for the first simulation point
4) Increase number of interations for the fine mesh cases
5) Possible range of background mesh size for finest geometry: 6 – 11
6) Settings to get over coarse mesh error (Slide 7):
• Increasing (minimum) refinement at the trailing adge (e.g [1 4] [3 5])
7) Settings to get over interface error (Slide 7):
• Decreasing (maximum) refinement at the interface (e.g [1 4] [1 2])
• Increasing layer thickness (Final layer thickness, Min thickness)
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