Model & approach
- Model the complete gas path with main route, bypass and relevant equipment
- Compare resistance, split and local approach flow across geometry variants
Project study
Flow routing and bypass design in a waste-heat process
CFD variants linked pressure loss, bypass split and thermal-equipment approach flow in a system-level assessment of an industrial waste-heat path.
Engineering question
A complex gas path had to serve several operating states and components without excessive losses or maldistribution from turns, internals and bypass geometry.
Boundary conditions
- Hot process-gas flow across several operating and bypass states
- Internals, turns and heat-exchanger regions treated as one flow system
Results of the assessment
- The system model located loss contributions and distribution issues along the gas path.
- Bypass and internal geometry could be compared with common balance and field criteria.
Engineering consequence
The assessment supported refinement of bypass area, flow routing and approach flow to process equipment.
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