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TransAT Tutorial Manual 5.2. particleseparator

• Set Project Name to a more explicit name such as particle separator then click

After clicking , the Mesh & BCs tab will be opened.

The Geo, Mesh & BCs, Input and Execute tabs at the top of the TransATUI window can
now be selected to open the modules to set up a simulation with TransAT.

5.2.5 Geo Tab
In this tab, the necessary objects are added to the mesh.

• Click Geo at the top of the TransATUI.

Objects
Load the geometry file already prepared and located in the TransAT Object Database.

• Select the Database tab.

• Expand the Processes folder
• Select Cyclone separator.gts

• then click to load the file to the mesh

• In the Choose Units window, select User defined for the unit and set the value at 10.

• Activate the check-box Resize Mesh around Geometry to resize the domain

• Click to create the separator and send it to the mesh

The Separator needs to be positioned at suitable coordinates.

• Switch to the Objects tab

• Select the Cyclone separator object that appeared in the list of objects. Make sure the
Spillway is coloured in orange in the Graphical window
• Under the Object Motion, find Object Transformation

• Change to Position and click the .

• The initial position will be scaled by 10, by setting the following parameters:

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