Membranes for separation of mixtures of gases or impurities from liquids

Fresh water is an increasingly scarce resource. Saving and recycling water makes environmental and economic sense. It is used in large quantities in the chemical and allied industries for cooling and…

Simulation, additive manufacturing and an ancient Greek philosopher

Let’s begin with a story.
 
As with all good stories, this one is also from a long time ago, in ancient Greece, where there once lived a great philosopher. His name was Pythagoras of Samos, …

Simcenter FLOEFD 2019.2: What’s New?

Simcenter FLOEFD 2019.2: What’s New?
 
Simcenter FLOEFD 2019.2 was released in mid-June 2019. The new version provides a range of new features and enhancements – from radiation scattering fo…

SCR – a Nightmare on Eng. Street

Once upon a time there were four brothers. Their names were U, U, U and S. As the second two U’s were twins and just looked exactly the same everybody just called them double-U (“W”). When you had UW…

Let’s break the cryogenic ice between you and LNG simulation

We are on July 15 th . What a sunny day here in Plymouth, UK!
During such a day, half of the total country energy is supplied by renewable energy, fantastic progress has been done from the past las…

Prozessindustrie: Simulation und Optimierung multiphysischer Probleme

In der Prozessindustrie können Ineffiziente Vermischungsprozessen zu hohen Verlusten und damit auch zu hohen Kosten führen. Häufig werden dabei analytische Berechnungen oder experimentelle Methoden a…

Simcenter FLOEFD 2019.1: What’s New?

Simcenter FLOEFD 2019.1: What’s New?
 
Simcenter FLOEFD 2019.1 was released in March 2019. With this release, a new version numbering was introduced and the switch to a continuous release wa…

Circuit breakers, thunders and the challenges of multiphysics

I suspect nobody of us is eager to be hit by a lightning strike. The experience would be – in the best case – very painful. Lightning is a violent electrical discharge that turns the gas into a hot, …

Simcenter FLOEFD v18.0: What’s New? – Part 2

Simcenter FLOEFD v18.0: What’s New? – Part 2
In Part 1 of the v18.0 post, you saw some new features of Simcenter FLOEFD such as battery cooling, OneSim, and auto calibration of semiconductors. Now …