CFD Services: Allerion Oilfield Services

Background
SimuTech Group is a Allerion Oilfield Services (www.allerion.com) develops products and solutions for the
petro-chemical industry. Currently, Allerion is engaged in developing and deploying
world class provider static mixers for desludging and destratification of large crude oil storage tanks all
over the world. Their simple and easy to deploy DS Jet mixer designs allow their
of engineering, software customers to recover large amounts of oil product trapped in settled sludge. With
rising oil prices, the DS Jet mixer has become a must-have tool with a great return
and physical testing
on investment. With demand high, Allerion is aiming to develop this line of
products further.
services, specializing in
Challenge
FEA (finite element
Allerion became interested in performing a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
analysis) and CFD analysis to help visualize the transient flow patterns inside the oil tank during the DS
Jets multi-day operational cycle. CFD allowed Allerion to view otherwise impossible
(computational fluid to see flow patterns in a large storage tank, as the man-hole mounted DS Jet nozzle
is swept through multiple positions over 38 hours.
dynamics) Solution
SimuTech Group was employed to perform the CFD simulations of two designs and
compare the flow patterns and velocities required for desludging. Detailed CFD
models were created for use within the ANSYS CFX advanced flow solver. CFX is
uniquely suited due to ability to model transient boundary motions (allowing mixer
motion) coupled with customized computational mesh deformation routines.
Furthermore, advanced post processing techniques allowed advanced visualizations
and animations to be made, to fully understand performance.

Software Services Benefits

ANSYS CFX CFD Consulting Reduced risk
DesignModeler Increased Productivity
ANSYS ICEM Extended Life
CFD Meshing Improved Performance

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