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Phase Change in Time Dependent Study
Posted Apr 1, 2020, 10:26 a.m. EDT Heat Transfer, Parameters, Variables, & Functions 0 Replies
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I have created a time dependent study to model the change in temperature of a solid material exposed to room temperature air over 24 hours. Next, I added in ice around the solid material to function as insulation. This ice is exposed to the same room temperature air and before adding the ice the study ran correctly. However, I am having difficulty incorporating the ice as a phase change component. The starting temperature of the ice should be -20 degC (253 K) but the temperature legend only goes to -3.16 degC and the ice component is still white as if it's not properly incorporated to the model (the far right polygon as seen in the picture attached). Additionally, the solid material should have a uniform initial temperature but this is not the case as there are white spots all over the area. I have tried to adjust the mesh but the problem still occurred. This may require a simple fix that I am overlooking but any help would be greatly appreciated.
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