Defining an Exhaust Fan

You can create an exhaust fan to simulate the effects of airflow leaving the fluid domain.

See Also
About Fan Boundary Conditions
  1. From the Fans section of the action bar, click Intake/Exhaust Fan .
  2. Optional: Enter a descriptive Name.
  3. Select a pressure outlet as the support for the exhaust fan.
  4. From the Type options, select Exhaust.
  5. Specify the Stagnation gauge pressure at the exhaust outlet.
  6. Expand the Recirculation conditions section and do one or more of the following:
    • If thermal effects are enabled in the fluid physics, specify the Temperature at the boundary.
    • If a turbulence model is enabled in the fluid physics, select a Turbulence specification and specify the individual turbulence parameters in the fields that appear.

    The specific turbulence customization settings that appear depend on your specification choice and on the turbulence model you chose in the physics definition. For more information, see About Turbulence.

  7. To define a constant pressure jump across the fan interface:
    1. From the Pressure jump options, select Constant.
    2. Specify the pressure change across the fan in the Pressure jump field.
  8. To define a pressure jump that varies according to the volume flow rate:
    1. From the Pressure jump options, select Fan curve.
    2. Specify pairs of Volume flow rate and Pressure jump values in the table that appears.
  9. Click OK.