CFD Flocculation Tank 3D Simulation Meeting Minutes

Fall 2008 Minutes

November 7, 2008

Accomplishments

• Used "sweep face" command to create 3D geometry
• Ran simple 3D simulation with coarse mesh
• Created 3D single baffle geometry with coarse mesh and ran preliminary simulation with first order/e-3 convergence criteria and second order/e-6 convergence criteria

Metrics

• NA

Outcomes

Issues

• 3D geometry and mesh takes up significant amount of storage and computational capacity;
• Current online storage quota is only enough for at most 10+ mesh/case/data file; a single simulation takes 3+ hours to complete