I am not an experienced user of Solid works, but I would like to know if it can be used to simulate the behaviour of particles in a lean phase conveying line.
The partices are coal ground to less than 3mm and the conveying medium is nitrogen. Specifically I want to know how the particles will behave after they hit a 90 degree tee bend. i.e how long along the exiting pice of pipe before the particles are again running parallel with the pipe?
Can anyone help.
Cheers
Damian -
yes, once you have run a fluid simulation based on the geometry and boundary conditions, you can insert a particle study.
You define the density, particle size, particle mass feed rate, etc. and based on the velocity contours Flow will determine where the particles move. Then you can either animate the flow or use simply cross-section plots to determine the movement. Tracking the x,y,z components you can decide when there is little enough deviation from axial travel.