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Fluent HeatTransfer L06 SolarLoad PDF
Fluent HeatTransfer L06 SolarLoad PDF
15.0 Release
• Introduction
• Practical examples
• Automotive cabin
• Indoor ventilation of ANSYS office in Sheffield UK
• Advantages and limitations
• The Solar Calculator panel allows the user to set the position of the
sun by prescribing:
• The global location and orientation of the object
• The date and time of day
Solar Calculator
• Once the Solar Load Model is selected and set up, the user must
specify:
• Any semi-transparent walls
• Opaque walls
• Optical properties of each zone
Wall Wall
• The solar load model calculates energy sources for every face
subjected to solar load.
• By default this energy will be sourced into the adjacent cells in the
following order:
• Shell conduction cells
• Solid cells
• Fluid cells
Heat Source Positioned in Solid Cells Heat Source Positioned in Fluid Cells
East
Solid Zones
Opaque South 9:30 AM
9:15 AM
Temperature (Celsius)
60
50
40
Celsius
30
20
10
0
5:15:00 6:15:00 7:15:00 8:15:00 9:15:00 10:15:00
time
Glass Walls
A/C system