FLOWNEX

SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT

Work Integrated Learning Program

WISE Simulation Lab
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Tutorial-01-VIII

Air is used as the working fluid in a simple ideal Brayton cycle that has a
pressure ratio of 12, a compressor inlet temperature and pressure are 300 K
and 100 kPa respectively, and a turbine inlet temperature of 1000 K. If the
mass flow rate of air is 352 kg/s. Determine the net power output, assuming
both the compressor and the turbine have an isentropic efficiency of 100 %.
 Open the FLOWNEX SE Software by double click

Please wait Flownex is Opening …………. It will take sometime to load the details, library and solvers
STEP-1: CREATE A NEW PROJECT
(a) Select File > New
a
(b) Assign the file with
an appropriate name e.g:
TUTORIAL-01-VIII

(c) Save the file in a

preferred location.

(d) Click on Save.

d
STEP 2(a): CREATE THE NETWORK b

a. Select the Components

tab in the libraries window.

b. Expand the Flownex Tree.

c. Now expand Turbos and

Pumps Tree. e

d. Select Simple Turbine. c

e. Drag 1 Simple Turbine on

drawing canvas.

d
a
 STEP 2(b): CREATE THE NETWORK
a. Now select Basic Centrifugal Pump.

e. Drag 1 Basic Centrifugal Pump onto the drawing canvas as shown.

NOTE: For changing the orientation of any component, press Shift key
after draging the component on drawing canvas and before dropping it.

b
a
STEP 2(c): CREATE THE NETWORK b
a. Select the Components tab in the libraries window.

b. Expand the Flownex Tree.

c. Now expand Piping Tree

d. Select Pipe.

e. Drag 2 Pipe onto the drawing canvas as shown.

e
c

e
d
a
STEP 2(d): CREATE THE NETWORK
a. Now expand the Node and Boundaries Tree.

b. Select Boundary Condition.

c. Drag 2 Boundary Condition onto the drawing canvas as shown.

a
b

c
STEP 3(a): RENAME THE PIPES

a
a. Selec Pipe – 3 and open the properties
window. d

b. Go to Identifier.

c. Rename Pipe – 3 as BOILER. b c

d. Close the tab.
STEP 3(b): RENAME THE PIPES

d
a. Selec Pipe – 6 and open the properties
window.
b c
b. Go to Identifier.

c. Rename Pipe – 6 as CONDENSER.

d. Close the tab. a

COMPLETE FLOWEX CIRCUIT
STEP 4: ASSIGN THE OPERATING FLUID
b
a. Right click on any component
on the drawing canvas and
select Assign Fluids.
c
a b. To specify the fluid, select the
drop down list.

c. Select Pure Fluids under

Type.

d. Under Category, select

Specific Applications under d
Master Database.

e. Select Air ( Ideal gas

equation) under Description.
a e
f. Select OK.
STEP 5(a): DEFINE THE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
a. Select Boundary Condition - 9 and a
press F4 (or Double click) to display the
component properties and select Input.

b. Specify Pressure boundary

condition to Fixed on user Total Value.

c. Enter 1200 kPa as Pressure.

b
d. Specify Temperature boundary c
condition to Fixed on user Value. d
e
e. Enter 1000 K as Temperature.

a
STEP 5(b): DEFINE THE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

a. Select Boundary Condition - 10

and press F4 (or Double click) to
display the component properties and
select Input.

b. Specify Pressure boundary

condition to Fixed on user Total
Value.

c. Enter 100 kPa as Pressure. b

c
d. Specify Temperature boundary
d
e
condition to Fixed on user Value.
a
e. Enter 300 K as Temperature.
a
STEP 6: ASSIGN PROPERTIES TO SIMPLE TURBINE
a. Select Simple Turbine - 1 component and
open the properties window and select Inputs.

b. Enter Inlet Pressure at design conditions

as 1200 kPa.
b
c. Enter Inlet Temperature at design c
conditions as 1000 K. a d
e
d. Enter Pressure ratio at design conditions
as 12. f
e. Enter Design mass flow rate as 352 kg/s. g
h
f. Enter Design isentropic efficiency as 1.
a
g. Enter Isentropic efficiency as 1.

h. Enter Speed as 1500 rpm.

STEP 7: ASSIGN PROPERTIES TO BASIC CENTRIFUGAL PUMP

a. Select Basic Centrifugal Pump

- 2 component and open the
properties window and select
Inputs.
b
c
b. Enter Head at BEP as 97959 m. d
a e
c. Enter Volume flow at BEP as
259.014 m^3/s. HERE -295.014m3/s

d. Specify Dimensionless speed

option to Apply reference chart.

e. Enter Efficiency at BEP as 1 . a

STEP 8(a): ASSIGN PROPERTIES TO PIPES
a. Select BOILER component and
open the properties window and
select Inputs.
c
b. Tick mark the Specify advanced d
inputs. e
a f
c. Enter Number of increments as g
100.

d. Enter Number in parallel as 100.

e. Specify Heat option to Fixed exit h

temperature.

f. Enter T exit as 1000 K. i

b
g. Enter Length as 10 m.
a
h. Enter Diameter as 0.5 m.

i. Enter Roughness as 30 µm.

STEP 8(b): ASSIGN PROPERTIES TO PIPES
a. Select CONDENSER component
and open the properties window and
select Inputs.
c
b. Tick mark the Specify advanced d
inputs.
e g
c. Enter Number of increments as f
100.

d. Enter Number in parallel as 100.

h
e. Specify Heat option to Fixed exit
temperature.
i
f. Enter T exit as 300 K.
a b
g. Enter Length as 10 m.

h. Enter Diameter as 0.5 m. a

i. Enter Roughness as 30 µm.

STEP 9: SAVE AND SOLVE THE NETWORK
a
a. Save the network.

b. Go to Home. b
c. Press the Solve Steady
State button to solve the
c
network.

d. Wait till Flow Solver

Converge 100%.

d
STEP 10(a): VIEW THE RESULTS

a. Select the Steam

Turbine - 1 component
and open the component
c
properties. a
b. Select the Results tab.

c. Total Power output is

179.938 MW.

b
STEP 10(b): VIEW THE RESULTS

a. Select the Basic

Centrifugal Pump - 2
component and open the
component properties.

b. Select the Results tab.

a
c. Total power consumption
is 109.747 MW.
c
Net Power Developed =
(Total Turbine Power –
Total Pump Power)

= (179.938 – 109.747)

Net Power = 70.19 MW. b

 YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY
COMPLETED THIS TUTORIAL!