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By Latfi Karim, Fluid Codes Ltd. (Fluent Distributor for the Middle East), Greenford, Middlesex, UK
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The Middle East is an emerging region in terms of its CFD usage.
Many industries that are native to the region have, in other parts
of the world, invested heavily in CFD analysis. Accordingly, Fluid
Codes, launched in 1996, has successfully promoted CFD within the
academic sector. Today, leading academic institutions are making use
of the technology in their classrooms and research labs, so that their
students, once out in the working world, can continue to advance the
technology of the region’s businesses.
Simulation of flow and chemical reactions in a Claus Converter using the finite rate
model; surfaces of SO2 mass fraction are shown
For over forty years, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
(KFUPM) in Saudi Arabia has served as the center of academic engineering
activities in the area, providing the entire Gulf region with qualified
engineering manpower for many of the engineering sectors, including
petrochemical, water treatment, and HVAC. Several departments at
the university are now using Fluent software products exclusively. In
the chemical and mechanical engineering departments, for example,
FLUENT, MixSim, and POLYFLOW are being used for a variety of activities.
Applications under the direction of Associate Professor Habib Zughbi
in the chemical engineering department include jet mixing, pipeline
mixing, reacting flow, and gas-solid multiphase flow.
Temperature contours on the surface and mid-plane at three times, showing the progress
of mixing in a liquid jet agitated tank
It is hoped that through cooperation between Fluent Europe Ltd.,
Fluid Codes Ltd., and the University, the use of CFD will continue to
grow throughout the Middle East region, particularly at some of the
world’s leading petrochemical companies in countries such as Saudi
Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.
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