A problem when "Zone" is used with "Fluid" library

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Mohamed A17 asked Jun 21 2022 at 9:18 AM Kavika F commented Jun 29 2022 at 9:43 PM

A problem when "Zone" is used with "Fluid" library

Hi,

I have a problem when zone is utilized with fluid tools. Let me explain the case first. There are two tanks "FluidTank1-2" that can send their liquid products to one of two lines "FluidToItem1-2" via one of two valves "FluidProcessor1-2". The lines are selected based on a label "Port". I added a "Zone" to make orders to be processed based on "Priority". Once I did that, FluidTank2 is keep sending liquid however, it was not selected by the processFlow. I found that the main reason that the FluidGenerator2 is keep sending to FluidTank2 and the latter is not closing its output port. When I removed the "Zone" from the processFlow, this problem was solved. I am so curious to know why this is happening. I am attaching both case; the one with the zone and the one without.

@Phil BoBo

Best regards,

Mohamed

QF_No_Zone.fsm

QF_Zone.fsm

Software Version:

FlexSim 22.0.1

processflow zone fluidprocessor

qf-no-zone.fsm (56.0 KiB)

qf-zone.fsm (57.4 KiB)

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Answer 1 · 2022-06-23T20:47:38Z

Jeanette F answered Jun 23 2022 at 8:47 PM Jeanette F commented Jun 24 2022 at 5:04 PM

Hello @Mohamed A17,

Your zone only limits to two tokens (there are no subset or partition constraints), so it will allow tokens in sequential of arrival to the enter zone activity. Your lists will order by priority though.

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