u/JoshEng90

How would I set up a recuperative system? [SimFlow 5.0.68]

How would I set up a recuperative system? [SimFlow 5.0.68]

I hope it's ok to ask SimFlow questions since it's OpenFOAM based. I can't seem to figure out how to allow heat transfer in this situation.
If I use a single fluid region with a baffle in the middle, it doesn't conduct heat. It seems to require either side to be different fluid regions.
If I try to make two different fluid regions, I can't connect the two with a cyclic interface. It wants to see "Region1_Geom1 x Region1_Geom1_slave" not "Region1_Geom1 x Region2_Geom1_slave".
What is the correct approach here? Should one of these ways work, but the UI is being a little weird? Geometry not exactly what it wants to see?

Edit: I think what I need is "thermalBaffle" or "thermalBaffle1D", but they are not available through SimFlow's GUI. Could someone confirm?

u/JoshEng90 — 7 days ago