Numerical Simulation of a Partly Filled Rectangular Tank with Fuel Oil

Farhan Lafta Rashid; Emad Qasem Hussein; Mudhar A. Al-Obaidi; Awesar A. Hussain

doi:10.51173/jt.v5i3.1465

Authors

Farhan Lafta Rashid Petroleum Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Kerbala, Karbala 56001, Iraq
Emad Qasem Hussein Petroleum Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Kerbala, Karbala 56001, Iraq
Mudhar A. Al-Obaidi Technical Institute / Baquba, Middle Technical University, Baghdad, Iraq https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1713-4860
Awesar A. Hussain Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Informatics, University of Bradford, Bradford, BD7 1DP, UK

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51173/jt.v5i3.1465

Keywords:

Sloshing, Tanker, Partially Filled, Fluid Dynamics, VOF, UDF

Abstract

Sloshing refers to a certain kind of fluid movement that changes as it progresses. It possesses properties that are both nonlinear and exceedingly unpredictable, and these properties affect the tank wall. This effect may lead to structural wear, which in turn can cause the tank to fail. Benzene and gasoil liquids are used to test the effect of sloshing liquid and accompanying pressure on the wall tank caused by the baffles in partially full fluid tanks. To attain this, modeling of the interaction between fluid and structure is justified using the finite element analysis while the ANSYS Fluent is used to do the simulation. Specifically, the analysis enables us to anticipate the pressure that is being exerted on the shield, the influence of sloshing on the grounding point forces, and the size of the sloshing waves. The pressure distribution over time indicates a reduction of pressure on the tank wall as a result of utilising a vertical baffle if compared to the case of a tank wall without a baffle. The usage of vertical shields allows for around 20% of the greatest contact energy to be deflected, which is attributed to the potential of generating turbulence and vortices by the baffle.

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Author Biographies

Farhan Lafta Rashid, Petroleum Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Kerbala, Karbala 56001, Iraq

Dr. Farhan has a considerable amount of research in Fluid dynamics and Chemical Engineering. He is at the top of researchers at the University of Kerbala

Emad Qasem Hussein, Petroleum Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Kerbala, Karbala 56001, Iraq

Dr. Emad is a well known researcher at the Univerity of Kerbala ...He is quite interested in Fluid and Fluid Dynamics

Mudhar A. Al-Obaidi, Technical Institute / Baquba, Middle Technical University, Baghdad, Iraq

Awesar A. Hussain, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Informatics, University of Bradford, Bradford, BD7 1DP, UK

Dr. Awesar is a researcher from teh University of Bradford ..he is an academic staff at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Informatics, University of Bradford

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