Rane, S., Kovacevic, A., Stosic, N. & Kethidi, M. (2013). Grid deformation strategies for CFD analysis of screw compressors. International Journal of Refrigeration, 36(7), pp. 1883-1893. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2013.04.008
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Customized grid generation of twin screw machines for CFD analysis is widely used by the refrigeration and air-conditioning industry today, but is currently not suitable for topologies such as those of single screw, variable pitch or tri screw rotors. This paper investigates a technique called key-frame re-meshing that supplies pre-generated unstructured grids to the CFD solver at different time steps. To evaluate its accuracy, the results of an isentropic compression-expansion process in a reciprocating piston cylinder arrangement have been compared. Three strategies of grid deformation; diffusion equation mesh smoothing, user defined nodal displacement and key-frame remeshing have been assessed. There are many limitations to key-frame re-meshing. It requires time consuming pre-processing, has limited applicability to complex meshes and leads to inaccuracies in conservation of calculated variables. It was concluded that customized tools for generation of CFD grids are required for complex screw machines.
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Additional Information: | © 2014, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
Publisher Keywords: | Twin screw compressor; CFD; Space conservation; Deforming grids; Key-frame re-meshing |
Subjects: | T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
Departments: | School of Mathematics, Computer Science & Engineering > Engineering School of Mathematics, Computer Science & Engineering > Engineering > Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics |
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