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MixSim 2.1 New features

The MixSim user interface
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  1. Compatibility with the release versions of FLUENT 6 and GAMBIT 2, taking advantage for example of improved accuracy on tetrahedral and hybrid meshes in current version of Fluent.
  2. Ability to alternate between MRF and Sliding mesh seamlessly and interactively.
  3. Default Hex-core meshing; when possible quality hex meshes are generated in the core region of the mixing vessel reducing grid count.
  4. Improved meshing control in the impeller regions, leading to tighter control on mesh size and mesh density
  5. Greatly improved stability (robustness) of graphics, GUI, and meshing. More complex geometries can be meshed faster and much more reliably.
  6. Surface geometry clean up eliminating obtuse angles, facilitating the use of less perfect CAD data.
  7. Sensible grouping and visibility control of parameters in all objects' GUI.
  8. Bottom-attached magnetically coupled impellers - including a whole set of typical such impellers from a commercial supplier.
  9. Close clearance between draft tube and impellers are now possible.

 

  • Model Management tools
  1. Ability to add user selected inlet and outlet pipes, including selection of pipe protrusion inside the tank.
  2. Improvements in capability on geometry, and handling close clearance impellers leading to increase range of MixSim usability in handling for example anchor type impellers.
  3. Off axis helical coils.
  4. New capabilities in geometry feature such as:
    • Direct importing of baffles geometry
    • Preview of imported geometry before meshing

 

  • Post processing
  1. Blending simulations
    • Appropriate tools are set up to conduct numerical simulation of blending study. This includes ability to inject tracers at any location and record the time dependent dispersion of traces at selected locations using numerical probes. The resulting simulation yields information such as overall Maximum and minimum tracer concentration, the variance and T95 or T99.
  2. Interactive Iso-Surfaces leading to more efficient investigation of the results displayed on iso-surfaces.
  3. Improved clarity of vector plots using regular point grid surfaces.