PASSAGE^®/SYSFLOW

Overview

• PASSAGE^®/SYSFLOW  system simulation software is a one dimensional system modeling and heat transfer analysis program for the prediction of flow network performance and system design and analysis.
• PASSAGE^®/SYSFLOW provides very useful information in understanding the flow splits in branched flow passages and the overall heat fluxes between components.
•  A 1D  flow software  is a very efficient and a relatively inexpensive tool for system analysis and design.
• PASSAGE/SYSFLOW program is fast, user-friendly and effectively predicts performance in a variety of user-defined networks.
• Steady state, compressible and incompressible flow network problems can be solved including heat transfer effects.
• Virtually any flow network system and/or sub-system can be modeled using combinations of components included in the standard library.
• A numerical model such as  PASSAGE/SYSFLOW fluid flow program as a design and analysis tool serves as an invaluable tool to study the flow and heat-transfer in complex systems and to optimize the design process in a more cost effective and timely fashion.

Features:

• An X-Windows based graphical User Interface provides a user-friendly environment to build networks by interactively adding various components.
• Existing components and their associated properties can be modified, deleted and moved easily to change the network characteristics or to build new networks from existing ones.
• The Post-Processor is a powerful graphical tool for the result interpretation of pressure, velocity, temperature and density.
•  Components:
  • Sources - fixed pressure or flows, pumps, fans
  • Pipes - different geometries
  • Fittings - contractions, expansions, bends, & junctions
  • Valves - proportional, relief
  • Heat Exchangers
  • Filters

Some Application Areas

• Automotive HVAC systems
• Power tools
• Appliances
• Electric motors and generators
• piping networks
• Engine coolant system analysis
• Hydraulic system dynamics
• Automatic transmission control valve design
• Oil pressure  regulating valve dynamics
• Fuel injector design
• Emission control flow regulation
• Braking system circuit  analysis
• Utilities

Benefits

• Fluid Flow modeling -Network modeling 
• Entire systems can easily be modeled
• Models can be created early in the design cycle to detect potential problems
• Models can easily be changed
• Reduced solution time 
• Powerful design tool as a system simulation software when combined with other 3D CFD software

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