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CFD Applications by VETA
Since inception in 2002 VETA has carried
out over 50 consulting projects for a wide cross-section of Australian
companies and institutions in many application fields (many projects
are confidential). Here is a small sample:
1.
Automating many CFD model changes
VETA created a STAR-CD macro and script to
automate the solution and post-processing of 64 separate CFD models
with different geometries. The application was an automotive HVAC
unit (controls passenger comfort) with multiple doors, manufactured
by Air International in Melbourne (a STAR-CD user).
2.
Woollybut riser buoy
A moving mesh analysis was conducted on a floating
oil rig riser buoy to simulate the impact
event and determine the peak fluid forces on the fender section
of the buoy.
The transient analysis over several
milliseconds produced results of impact force
versus time. This data was then used to help redesign the buoy and
as a boundary condition for a finite element analysis of the impact
event, done by another consultant.
3.
Methane and steam reaction
A thermo-chemical reaction was modelled where
steam entered a methane filled heated pipe. The reaction products
were hydrogen and carbon monoxide as shown in the image below.
4.
Water purification
Dispersed particle two phase Lagrangian techniques
were used to help improve the design of large water purification
settling tanks. Resin particles are added to the water to remove
organic matter and their potential to agglomerate and settle due
to gravity was modelled. Many alternate designs of Fitch feedwell
configurations and other novel geometries were modelled.
Please
talk to VETA about your applications of CFD.
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