Application of ANSYS/FLUENT software package for analysis of thermohydraulic processes in the low-temperature main pipeline for liquified hydrocarbon

Abstract

The article discusses examination automation of thermohydraulic processes in the low-temperature main pipeline for liquified hydrocarbon. The computerized simulation of the nonisothermal flow of liquified hydrocarbon in the low-temperature main pipeline is performed by means of ANSYS/FLUENT software package. The authors have performed the analysis of the nature how the temperature and the pressure is distributed in the flow of liquified hydrocarbon mixture along the pipeline length. The computational model of the low-temperature pipeline for examination of hydraulic and thermal loss of the pumped mixture of liquified hydrocarbon is designed. The possibility of application of ANSYS/FLUENT computational fluid dynamics software package is proved for automation of thermohydraulic calculation of the low-temperature pipeline for liquified hydrocarbon mixture taking its thermophysical properties into account.