Automating the CFD analysis of Reefer Truck using PyFoam
Thejaraju R1, Anil Melwyn Rego2, Sonal P Joseph3, Smit Vishal Patel4, Tarun BC5
1Thejaraju R*, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Automobile Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University, Bangalore, India.
2Anil Melwyn Rego, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Automobile Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University, Bangalore, India.
3Sonal P Joseph, Research Scholar, Department of Mechanical and Automobile Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University, Bangalore, India.
4Smit Vishal Patel, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Automobile Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University, Bangalore, India.
5Tarun BC, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Automobile Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University, Bangalore, India.
Manuscript received on March 15, 2020. | Revised Manuscript received on March 24, 2020. | Manuscript published on March 30, 2020. | PP: 4658-4662 | Volume-8 Issue-6, March 2020. | Retrieval Number: F9242038620/2020©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijrte.F9242.038620
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Abstract: CFD turned into an alluring and engineering practice utilized in the design and assessment procedure in automotive and food industries. Nowadays, open source solvers are great in demand as the small-scale industries doesn’t want to invest too much into it. On the CFD OpenFOAM software front it has the capacity to handle a mutli-physics problem with respect to commercial and industrial needs. OpenFoam solver is one great example which is a C++ encoded numerical tool to solve various fluid flows and heat transfer processed under lot of differential equations where the analyzer has to scratch his head to get the output. The present study involves round the designing and analyzing an OpenFoam CFD model of a Reefer truck chamber where the temperature and velocity variations were studied. The truck chamber is investigated by varying different inlet angles and changing the positions of outlet duct. And thereby automating the whole CFD process with the help of Py Foam which is an interface of Python scripting embedded with Open Foam wherein helping the vendors or customers to directly input the coolant temperature and the inlet angle. The inlet angle at 20 degree and 45 degree was verified with the python code to conclude the CFD simulation on the reefer truck.
Keywords: CFD, Heat Transfer, Open Foam, Py Foam, Reefer truck.
Scope of the Article: Predictive Analysis.