Burners, furnaces, incinerators, process furnaces and regenerators have been studied by power generation companies using engineering simulation tools as far back as the early 1980s. The combustion of fuels (gas, liquid and solid) along with other sources of heat (nuclear, electrical and chemical reaction) has also been well studied and modeled. ANSYS engineering simulation software has an unparallel depth of capabilities to simulate these types of applications, as well as ones such as combustion chemistry, species reaction and heat transfer, thermal stresses and phase change. Heat transmission by conduction, convection and radiation in laminar or turbulent flows for fluids such as steam, thermal liquid, liquid metals and non-Newtonian fluids, can be simulated using ANSYS software. This type of simulation is often performed to account for hot spots, associated thermal stresses, equipment design and process efficiencies, that can effect flow and geometry considerations. Independent of whether your heat transfer equipment is designed by type or function, you can gain insight, improve performance and select the right design for the right application by using ANSYS engineering simulation technologies. For example, using the pressure vessel model in ANSYS software helps you in the construction, material selection and code requirements for boilers, storage tanks and tubes. Similarly, heat exchangers and tubular reactors are studied with ANSYS CFD to understand the effect of flow distribution, header designs, fouling and the best placement of baffles and support systems. ANSYS structural software is used for manufacturing, safety and fabrication studies. Chemical, petrochemical and refining engineers, as well as equipment designers, know how to best use every BTU of available heat in their processes. With the current emphasis on energy efficiency and business pressures to improve margins, ANSYS multiphysics software tools provide a well established engineering platform to help improve the design and analysis of energy saving concepts, equipment reliability, structural integrity and related efficiency gains through virtual prototyping in a broad range of heat transfer equipments including:
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Heat exchanger
Temperature profiles of a power law fluid in a stirred tank with helical coils
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