Ansys Fluent Simulation Report battery

Analyst Sai Tharun

Date 10/25/2021 04:49 PM

Table of Contents
1 System Information
2 Geometry and Mesh
2.1 Mesh Size
2.2 Mesh Quality
2.3 Orthogonal Quality
3 Simulation Setup
3.1 Physics
3.1.1 Models
3.1.2 Material Properties
3.1.3 Cell Zone Conditions
3.1.4 Boundary Conditions
3.1.5 Reference Values
3.2 Solver Settings
4 Run Information
5 Solution Status
6 Report Definitions
7 Plots
8 Contours
9 Vectors

System Information

Application Fluent

Settings 3d, double precision, pressure-based, SST k-omega, transient

Version 21.2.0-10201

Source Revision fcb749f05e

Build Time May 28 2021 13:54:12 EDT

CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8300H

OS Windows

Geometry and Mesh

Mesh Size
 Cells Faces Nodes

39400 129668 51245

Mesh Quality

Name Type Min Orthogonal Quality Max Aspect Ratio

cell_1 Hex Cell 0.99333832 2.4517748

cell_2 Hex Cell 0.99337648 2.4439544

cell_3 Hex Cell 0.99333832 2.4517748

n_tabzone_1 Hex Cell 0.86824314 10.46157

p_tabzone_2 Hex Cell 0.86824314 11.08937

n_tabzone_3 Hex Cell 0.86824314 11.08937

p_tabzone_1 Hex Cell 0.86824314 11.08937

n_tabzone_2 Hex Cell 0.86824314 11.08937

p_tabzone_3 Hex Cell 0.86824314 10.46157

bar1 Hex Cell 0.99486466 8.2499869

bar2 Hex Cell 0.99486466 8.2499869

Orthogonal Quality

Simulation Setup

Physics

Models

Model Settings
 Model Settings

Space 3D

Time Unsteady, 1st-Order Implicit

Viscous SST k-omega turbulence model

Heat Transfer Enabled

Material Properties
 Fluid

 air

Density 1.225 kg/m^3

Cp (Specific Heat) 1006.43 J/(kg K)

Thermal Conductivity 0.0242 W/(m K)

Viscosity 1.7894e-05 kg/(m s)

Molecular Weight 28.966 kg/kmol

Thermal Expansion Coefficient 0

UDS Diffusivity defined per uds

Speed of Sound none

 Solid

 busbar_material

Density 2719 kg/m^3

Cp (Specific Heat) 871 J/(kg K)

Thermal Conductivity 20 W/(m K)

UDS Diffusivity defined per uds

 e_material

Density 2719 kg/m^3

Cp (Specific Heat) 871 J/(kg K)

Thermal Conductivity 20 W/(m K)

UDS Diffusivity defined per uds

 aluminum

Density 2719 kg/m^3

Cp (Specific Heat) 871 J/(kg K)

Thermal Conductivity 202.4 W/(m K)

UDS Diffusivity defined per uds

Cell Zone Conditions

 cell_1

Material Name e_material

Specify source terms? no

Specify fixed values? no

Frame Motion? no

Mesh Motion? no

Solid Motion? no

 cell_2

Material Name e_material

Specify fixed values? no

Frame Motion? no

Mesh Motion? no

Solid Motion? no

 cell_3

Material Name e_material

Specify source terms? no

Specify fixed values? no

Frame Motion? no

Mesh Motion? no

Solid Motion? no

 n_tabzone_1

Material Name busbar_material

Specify source terms? no

Specify fixed values? no

Frame Motion? no

Mesh Motion? no

Solid Motion? no

 p_tabzone_2

Material Name busbar_material

Specify source terms? no

Specify fixed values? no

Frame Motion? no

Mesh Motion? no

Solid Motion? no

 n_tabzone_3

Material Name busbar_material

Specify source terms? no

Specify fixed values? no

Frame Motion? no

Mesh Motion? no

Solid Motion? no

 p_tabzone_1

Material Name busbar_material

Specify source terms? no

Specify fixed values? no

Frame Motion? no

Mesh Motion? no

Solid Motion? no

 n_tabzone_2

Material Name busbar_material

Specify source terms? no

Specify fixed values? no

Frame Motion? no
 Mesh Motion? no

Solid Motion? no

 p_tabzone_3

Material Name busbar_material

Specify source terms? no

Specify fixed values? no

Frame Motion? no

Mesh Motion? no

Solid Motion? no

 bar1

Material Name busbar_material

Specify source terms? no

Specify fixed values? no

Frame Motion? no

Mesh Motion? no

Solid Motion? no

 bar2

Material Name busbar_material

Specify source terms? no

Specify fixed values? no

Frame Motion? no

Mesh Motion? no

Solid Motion? no

Boundary Conditions
 Wall

 wall-cell_1

Wall Thickness [m] 0

Heat Generation Rate [W/m^3] 0

Material Name busbar_material

Thermal BC Type Convection

Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient [W/(m^2 K)] 5

Free Stream Temperature [K] 300

Enable shell conduction? no

Convective Augmentation Factor 1

 wall-cell_2

Wall Thickness [m] 0

Heat Generation Rate [W/m^3] 0

Material Name busbar_material

Thermal BC Type Convection

Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient [W/(m^2 K)] 5

Free Stream Temperature [K] 300

Enable shell conduction? no

Convective Augmentation Factor 1

 wall-cell_3
 Wall Thickness [m] 0

Heat Generation Rate [W/m^3] 0

Material Name busbar_material

Thermal BC Type Convection

Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient [W/(m^2 K)] 5

Free Stream Temperature [K] 300

Enable shell conduction? no

Convective Augmentation Factor 1

 wall-n_tabzone_1

Wall Thickness [m] 0

Heat Generation Rate [W/m^3] 0

Material Name busbar_material

Thermal BC Type Convection

Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient [W/(m^2 K)] 5

Free Stream Temperature [K] 300

Enable shell conduction? no

Convective Augmentation Factor 1

 wall-p_tabzone_2

Wall Thickness [m] 0

Heat Generation Rate [W/m^3] 0

Material Name busbar_material

Thermal BC Type Convection

Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient [W/(m^2 K)] 5

Free Stream Temperature [K] 300

Enable shell conduction? no

Convective Augmentation Factor 1

 wall-n_tabzone_3

Wall Thickness [m] 0

Heat Generation Rate [W/m^3] 0

Material Name busbar_material

Thermal BC Type Convection

Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient [W/(m^2 K)] 5

Free Stream Temperature [K] 300

Enable shell conduction? no

Convective Augmentation Factor 1

 wall-p_tabzone_1

Wall Thickness [m] 0

Heat Generation Rate [W/m^3] 0

Material Name busbar_material

Thermal BC Type Convection

Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient [W/(m^2 K)] 5

Free Stream Temperature [K] 300

Enable shell conduction? no

Convective Augmentation Factor 1

 wall-n_tabzone_2
 Wall Thickness [m] 0

Heat Generation Rate [W/m^3] 0

Material Name busbar_material

Thermal BC Type Convection

Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient [W/(m^2 K)] 5

Free Stream Temperature [K] 300

Enable shell conduction? no

Convective Augmentation Factor 1

 wall-p_tabzone_3

Wall Thickness [m] 0

Heat Generation Rate [W/m^3] 0

Material Name busbar_material

Thermal BC Type Convection

Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient [W/(m^2 K)] 5

Free Stream Temperature [K] 300

Enable shell conduction? no

Convective Augmentation Factor 1

 wall-bar1

Wall Thickness [m] 0

Heat Generation Rate [W/m^3] 0

Material Name busbar_material

Thermal BC Type Convection

Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient [W/(m^2 K)] 5

Free Stream Temperature [K] 300

Enable shell conduction? no

Convective Augmentation Factor 1

 wall-bar2

Wall Thickness [m] 0

Heat Generation Rate [W/m^3] 0

Material Name busbar_material

Thermal BC Type Convection

Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient [W/(m^2 K)] 5

Free Stream Temperature [K] 300

Enable shell conduction? no

Convective Augmentation Factor 1

 tab_p

Wall Thickness [m] 0

Heat Generation Rate [W/m^3] 0

Material Name aluminum

Thermal BC Type Heat Flux

Heat Flux [W/m^2] 0

Enable shell conduction? no

Convective Augmentation Factor 1

 tab_n

Wall Thickness [m] 0

Material Name aluminum

Thermal BC Type Heat Flux

Heat Flux [W/m^2] 0

Enable shell conduction? no

Convective Augmentation Factor 1

Reference Values

Area 1 m^2

Density 1.225 kg/m^3

Enthalpy 0 J/kg

Length 1m

Pressure 0 Pa

Temperature 288.16 K

Velocity 1 m/s

Viscosity 1.7894e-05 kg/(m s)

Ratio of Specific Heats 1.4

Yplus for Heat Tran. Coef. 300

Reference Zone cell_3

Solver Settings
 Equations

Flow False

Turbulence False

Energy True

User Scalar 0 True

User Scalar 1 True

 Numerics

Absolute Velocity Formulation True

 Unsteady Calculation Parameters

Number of Time Steps 50

Time Step Size [s] 30

Max Iterations/Time Step 20

 Under-Relaxation Factors

Pressure 0.3

Density 1

Body Forces 1

Momentum 0.7

Turbulent Kinetic Energy 0.8

Specific Dissipation Rate 0.8

Turbulent Viscosity 1

Energy 1

User Scalar 0 1
 User Scalar 1 1

 Pressure-Velocity Coupling

Type SIMPLE

 Discretization Scheme

Pressure Second Order

Momentum Second Order Upwind

Turbulent Kinetic Energy Second Order Upwind

Specific Dissipation Rate Second Order Upwind

Energy Second Order Upwind

User Scalar 0 First Order Upwind

User Scalar 1 First Order Upwind

 Solution Limits

Minimum Absolute Pressure [Pa] 1

Maximum Absolute Pressure [Pa] 5e+10

Minimum Temperature [K] 1

Maximum Temperature [K] 5000

Minimum Turb. Kinetic Energy [m^2/s^2] 1e-14

Minimum Spec. Dissipation Rate [s^-1] 1e-20

Maximum Turb. Viscosity Ratio 100000

Run Information

Number of Machines 1

Number of Cores 1

Case Read 4.606 seconds

Iteration 395.287 seconds

AMG 290.357 seconds

Virtual Current Memory 0.0492058 GB

Virtual Peak Memory 0.365894 GB

Memory Per M Cell 0.909234

Solution Status

Flow Time: 1500

Value Absolute Criteria Convergence Status

energy 8.747253e-17 1e-06 Converged

uds-0 1.181244e-13 1e-09 Converged

uds-1 1.136696e-13 1e-09 Converged

surf-mon-2 11.40662 V

vol-mon-1 306.1826 K

surf-mon-1 0 Pa

delta-time 30 s

iters-per-timestep 20

flow-time 1500 s

Plots

Residuals

Residuals

1.00e−6 energy
uds-0
uds-1
1.00e−8

1.00e−10
residuals

1.00e−12

1.00e−14

1.00e−16

0 200 400 600 800

iterations

surf-mon-2-rplot

surf-mon-2-rplot
Area-Weighted Average of passive-zone-potential (V)

1.24e+1
surf-mon-2

1.22e+1

1.20e+1

1.18e+1

1.16e+1

1.14e+1
0 10 20 30 40 50

time-step
 vol-mon-1-rplot

vol-mon-1-rplot

3.06e+2 vol-mon-1
Max of temperature (K)

3.05e+2

3.04e+2

3.03e+2

3.02e+2

3.01e+2

3.00e+2

0 10 20 30 40

time-step

surf-mon-1-rplot

surf-mon-1-rplot

1.00e+0
Area-Weighted Average of pressure (Pa)

surf-mon-1

5.00e−1

0.00e+0

−5.00e−1

−1.00e+0
0 10 20 30 40 50

time-step

Contours

contour-total-source
contour-ohmic-source

contour-temp
Vectors

vector-current-dens