Not only applicable to hydraulic circuits such as engines and transmissions, but there are also many proven applications for analyzing oil cooling, water cooling, and air cooling circuits for motors and batteries!
PumpLinx is a fluid analysis software designed to calculate the transient characteristics of various volumetric pumps, compressors, and valves. It is developed based on the thermal fluid analysis software Simerics MP and utilizes all the features of Simerics MP.
【The following fluid analyses are possible】
■ Free surface flow
■ Flow considering the compressibility of air contained in liquids
■ Pressure pulsation and water hammer effects
■ Coupling of pump flow with the rigid body motion of valves and cam rings
■ Flow in low to medium vacuum conditions
■ Compressible flow (subsonic)
■ Cavitation
■ Time variation of flow field (velocity vectors, pressure), flow rate, fluid forces, and torque
Recently, there has been an increase in projects related to oil cooling analysis for automotive motors, and when solving the VOF method with other CFD software, we have received inquiries regarding:
- Excessive analysis time
- Difficulty in creating fine calculation meshes
- Divergence and failure to converge
Development-related SAE presentation papers on motor oil cooling can be found at:
https://saemobilus.sae.org/content/2020-01-0168/
