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TransAT Tutorial Manual 7.1. Oilseparation

• Click to create a new project

• In the next window, navigate to the folder where the project will be saved

• To create a new project folder, click in the top right corner of the window

• Enter a project folder name, say oilseparation, then click to create the folder

• Click to select the folder and close the browser

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

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

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

7.1.5 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 Oil-Gas folder
• Select reservoir.gts

• then click to load the file to the mesh

• In the Choose Units window that popped up, select m in the drop-down box

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

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

In this case the fluid region is enclosed in the geometry that was just loaded. Bearing in mind
that in TransAT, loaded objects are considered as solids by default, the fluid and solid domain
need to be inverted. To do so,

• Un-check Set CAD as Solid below Object Properties

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