Automatic meshing function brings new dimension to CFD emissions modelling

The forthcoming Version 2.3 release of the US-based company’s Converge CFD combines the package’s automated meshing function with new facilities for solving surface chemistry and molten-solid reactions.

The automatic meshing function is one of the cornerstones of the software, explained Convergent Science marketing director Rob Kaczmarek.

“The creators of the software were trying to carry out combustion studies and they found that if you changed the mesh you could get a substantially different answer,” he said. “They looked at various different ways of tackling this problem and they came up with the idea of automating the meshing process with an orthogonal mesh that does not deform or stretch like traditional CFD meshes.”

Where Converge differs from most other CFD packages is that the meshing function is fully integrated and coupled into the flow and chemistry solver.