The Influence of Meshing Strategies on the Numerical Simulation of Solar Greenhouse Dryer

Abstract

In the present study, we conduct the numerical simulation for solar greenhouse dryer performance by Ansys Fluent software. The numerical simulations compared the meshing strategies for the dryer and show the effects on both temperature distribution and relative humidity distribution of air inside the dryer. Unstructured meshes were used in the numerical simulation employing hexahedral meshing and tetrahedral meshing for mesh generation. The meshing strategies were evaluated through 2 size of cell i.e., 0.1 m and 0.05m. The results indicated that the size of cell have strong effect than the mesh type on the temperature profile and humidity of air inside the dryer. Thus, the results gave the engineers more options to select the optimum conditions for meshing and simulation the dryer.