THERMAL ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT CONICAL EXHAUST DIFFUSER USING FEA & CFD
| Author(s) | : | M. Pavan Kumar, R. Suresh |
| Institution | : | Dept. Of Mechanical Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College Of Engineering And Technology, Srikakulam, AP, India |
| Published In | : | Vol. 5, Issue 2 — February 2018 |
| Page No. | : | 779-786 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
CFD is a branch of fluid mechanics that uses numerical methods and algorithms to solve and analyse thatinvolve fluid flows. In this thesis CFD analysis of flow within diffuser of different cross sections square, circular andhexagonal has been performed. The analysis has been performed according to the shape of diffuser and keeping the sameinput conditions. Our objective is to investigate the best suited diffuser which gives high co-efficient of pressure recovery.The analysis is carried out for various models such as circular, square and hexagonal diffusers. The modeling isdone in Creo Parametric 3.0, thermal analysis is done in Ansys 15.0 and Flow Analysis is carried out in Fluent(Workbench 15.0). The thermal analysis is performed to check for the better material among Stainless steel, Al-alloy andCopper alloy basing on results that include temperature distribution and heat flux distribution. Computational fluiddynamics (CFD) analysis was performed on diffusers with different shapes and based on the results obtained thegeometry that yielded the maximum pressure recovery was identified.
M. Pavan Kumar, R. Suresh, “THERMAL ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT CONICAL EXHAUST DIFFUSER USING FEA & CFD”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 5, Issue 2, pp. 779-786, February 2018.
