Numerical analysis device, element generation program, and numerical analysis method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9372944-B2
Application number	US-201113695087-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 8, 2011
Priority date	Jun 9, 2010
Publication date	Jun 21, 2016
Grant date	Jun 21, 2016

Abstract

A numerical analysis device executes: Step 102 of selecting a fluidic device model and a pipe model used for transient analysis from among fluidic device models and pipe models that are located between a start point and an end point set in the pipeline network model constructed as a 3D model of a pipeline network that includes fluidic devices and pipes; Step 104 of dividing the selected fluidic device model and pipe model into volume elements and into junction elements; Step 106 of deriving volumes of the respective volume elements obtained and pressure loss coefficients corresponding to the respective junction elements, based on the shape of the fluidic device model, a shape of the pipe model, and a physical quantities of the fluid, of associating the volumes with the volume elements, and of associating the pressure loss coefficients with the junction elements.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A numerical analysis device that performs transient analysis for analyzing temporal changes in physical quantities of a fluid by using a volume-junction method, based on a pipeline network model constructed as a 3D model of a pipeline network that includes fluidic devices and pipes, the numerical analysis device comprising:
a memory that stores program instructions; and
a processor that receives the program instructions stored in the memory and executes the program instructions, causing the processor to be configured as:
a selection unit for selecting a fluidic device model and a pipe model used for the transient analysis from among fluidic device models and pipe models that are located between a start point and an end point set in the pipeline network model, which is constructed in advance;
a division unit for dividing the fluidic device model and the pipe model selected by the selection unit into a plurality of volume elements that indicate volumes of the fluidic device model and the pipe model and into a plurality of junction elements that indicate boundaries between the volume elements and that indicate increases or decreases in kinetic energy of the fluid;
a deriving unit for deriving the volumes of the respective volume elements obtained by the division unit and coefficients that indicate a magnitude of pressure loss corresponding to the respective junction elements, based on a shape of the fluidic device model, a shape of the pipe model, and the physical quantities of the fluid flowing in the pipeline network model, for associating the derived volumes with the volume elements, and for associating the derived coefficients with the junction elements;
a calculation unit for calculating a transit time of the fluid in each of the volume elements from a flow rate of the fluid, which is a volume flow rate obtained when the pipeline network model is set in rated operation, and the volume of each of the volume elements; and
a subdivision unit for subdividing the volume elements such that a difference in the transit time of the fluid among the volume elements falls within a predetermined value.

2. The numerical analysis device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor that receives the program instructions stored in the memory and executes the program instructions, causes the processor to be further configured as:
a register unit for extracting, from location information of adjacent volume elements connected via the junction elements, only differences in elevation therebetween and for registering the differences in elevation.

3. The numerical analysis device according to claim 2 , wherein, when the coefficients are identical, the deriving unit integrates information indicating these coefficients.

4. The numerical analysis device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the coefficients are identical, the deriving unit integrates information indicating these coefficients.

5. The numerical analysis device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor that receives the program instructions stored in the memory and executes the program instructions, causes the processor to be further configured as:
an identifying unit for identifying the volume element whose transit time is the shortest, wherein,
the subdivision unit subdivides the volume element whose transit time is a predetermined number of times larger than the shortest transit time.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having recorded thereon an element generation program for a numerical analysis device that performs transient analysis for analyzing temporal changes in physical quantities of a fluid by using a volume-junction method, based on a pipeline network model constructed as a 3D model of a pipeline network that includes fluidic devices and pipes, the program causing a computer to perform the steps of:
selecting a fluidic device model and a pipe model used for the transient analysis from among fluidic device models and pipe models that are located between a start point and an end point set in the pipeline network model, which is constructed in advance;
dividing the fluidic device model and the pipe model selected by the selection unit into a plurality of volume elements that indicate volumes of the fluidic device model and the pipe model and into a plurality of junction elements that indicate boundaries between the volume elements and that indicate increases or decreases in kinetic energy of the fluid; and
deriving the volumes of the respective volume elements obtained by the division unit and coefficients that indicate a magnitude of pressure loss corresponding to the respective junction elements, based on a shape of the fluidic device model, a shape of the pipe model, and the physical quantities of the fluid flowing in the pipeline network model, for associating the derived volumes with the volume elements, and for associating the derived coefficients with the junction elements;
calculating a transit time of the fluid in each of the volume elements from a flow rate of the fluid, which is a volume flow rate obtained when the pipeline network model is set in rated operation, and the volume of each of the volume elements; and
subdividing the volume elements such that a difference in the transit time of the fluid among the volume elements falls within a predetermined value.

7. A numerical analysis method for performing transient analysis for analyzing temporal changes in physical quantities of a fluid by using a volume-junction method, based on a pipeline network model constructed as a 3D model of a pipeline network that includes fluidic devices and pipes, the method comprising:
a first step of selecting a fluidic device model and a pipe model used for the transient analysis from among fluidic device models and pipe models that are located between a start point and an end point set in the pipeline network model, which is constructed in advance;
a second step of dividing the fluidic device model and the pipe model selected in the first step into a plurality of volume elements that indicate volumes of the fluidic device model and the pipe model and into a plurality of junction elements that indicate boundaries between the volume elements and that indicate increases or decreases in kinetic energy of the fluid; and
a third step of deriving the volumes of the respective volume elements obtained in the second step and coefficients that indicate the magnitude of pressure loss corresponding to the respective junction elements, based on a shape of the fluidic device model, a shape of the pipe model, and the physical quantities of the fluid flowing in the pipeline network model, of associating the derived volumes with the volume elements, and of associating the derived coefficients with the junction elements;
a fourth step of calculating a transit time of the fluid in each of the volume elements from a flow rate of the fluid, which is a volume flow rate obtained when the pipeline network model is set in rated operation, and the volume of each of the volume elements; and
a fifth step of subdividing the volume elements such that a difference in the transit time of the fluid among the volume elements falls within a predetermined value.

Assignees

• Ono Hitoi
• Nakabayashi Toshiharu
• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Ono Hitoi
• Nakabayashi Toshiharu

Classifications

• G06F30/20 Primary

  Design optimisation, verification or simulation (optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30) · CPC title

• G06F2111/10

  Numerical modelling · CPC title

• G06G7/57

  for fluid flow (G06G7/50 takes precedence){; for distribution networks} · CPC title

• G06F2113/14

  Pipes · CPC title

• G06F30/18 Primary

  Network design, e.g. design based on topological or interconnect aspects of utility systems, piping, heating ventilation air conditioning [HVAC] or cabling (circuit design at the physical level G06F30/39; network planning tools for wireless communication networks H04W16/18) · CPC title