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thermophysicialProperties and H2O.C

Hello all,

I use chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam solver and one of my regions is made of water. When defining the thermophysical properties for water

Code:

thermoType

{

    type            heRhoThermo;

    mixture         pureMixture;

    transport       polynomial; 

    thermo          hPolynomial; 

    equationOfState icoPolynomial;

    specie          specie;

    energy          sensibleEnthalpy;

}

in OpenFOAM 2.2.2 I was wondering if I could use the already defined water properties available in OpenFOAM in file:

Code:

/src/thermophysicalModels/properties/liquidProperties/H2O/H2O.C



mixture

{

    specie // Something like H2O here?

    {



(...)

So, my question is: is it possible to use the water properties in this file in my thermophysicalProperties file? If not, which are the aimed uses for this file?

Thank you very much,

Vitor

Hi Vitor,

I was wondering if you found a solution this? I have similar needs.

Thanks

Quote:

Originally Posted by new2flow (Post 501383)

Hi Vitor,

I was wondering if you found a solution this? I have similar needs.

Thanks

Actually, no. It's just a guess, but I don't think these water definitions are aimed to
general use.

My solution (until this moment not completely working) is to change the fluid properties
in file thermophysicalProperties.

Good luck,

Vitor

p.s.: I'm planning to go back to this after implementing my code. I'll let you know if I get any progress.

Thanks very much. That is the tactic I have adopted too.