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Culligan's Innovative Water Softener: A Balance of Hydrodynamic Performance and Structural Integrity
技术
- 分析与建模 - 数字孪生/模拟
- 传感器 - 电表
适用行业
- 设备与机械
适用功能
- 产品研发
用例
- 智慧城市供水管理
- 泄漏与洪水监测
服务
- 测试与认证
挑战
Culligan Matrix Solutions 是水处理领域的领导者，在开发新型软水器时面临着重大挑战。该公司的目标是创造一种比市场上任何其他产品使用更少的盐、最大限度地减少水压损失并使用尽可能少的材料的设备。这个雄心勃勃的项目需要流体动力学性能和结构完整性之间的微妙平衡。研发团队需要采用流体动力学和结构力学模拟来实现这些目标。挑战不仅在于满足这些严格的要求，而且还在于以具有成本效益和时间效率的方式做到这一点。
关于客户
Culligan Matrix Solutions 是水处理行业的知名领导者，拥有 75 年的历史。该公司以使用最先进的分析、工程工具和测试设施开发一些全球最先进的水处理产品而闻名。 Culligan 产品销往 90 多个国家，在法国、意大利、英国、西班牙、比利时和荷兰拥有强大的市场影响力。该公司拥有令人印象深刻的 300 多项专利组合，进一步巩固了其作为水处理解决方案先驱的地位。
解决方案
Culligan 与广泛的工程解决方案提供商 QuEST Global 合作应对这一挑战。他们利用 ANSYS 软件工具，该工具可应用于流体动力学和结构力学模拟。 ANSYS 几何工具简化了几何结构，减少了获得仿真结果所需的时间。该团队使用 ANSYS CFX（一种两相流体动力学功能）来模拟盐水和水在阀门中的运动。这使得他们能够在对原水和盐水溶液的多组分混合物进行建模时捕获抽吸效应。然后将流体模拟的压力结果传输至 ANSYS Mechanical 软件，以预测阀门内的应力和变形。这种综合方法使团队能够平衡流体动力学性能和结构完整性之间的设计权衡。
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