The Analysis of ANSYS Package Applicability for Calculating the Elements of the Heat Losses Recuperation System in the Power Unit of the Mobile Compressor Unit

The article analyses the issues of the calculation technique applicability for the fuel heating process in the channels of the elements comprising the heat losses recuperation system for the internal combustion engines (ICE). The technique on the basis of ANSYS package is presented. The technique was used to calculate fuel heating in the channels with complex configuration that can be implemented in a heat losses recuperation system in ICE. The comparison of the integral computation results obtained in the ANSYS environment with the calculation results received by the standard engineering techniques has shown their satisfactory convergence. Also the results of calculating the length of a kerosene heating channel with round and triangular cross section are compared and analyzed. It is shown that the heating area in the channel with round cross section, with the heating leading to the kerosene boiling, is longer than in the channel with triangular cross section.