[Ali Blues]

Consider the case of simulating a cavitating hydraulic pump. In this case, typically one would go for a mixture model with an appropriate mass transfer model (e.g. Kunz) between the liquid and vapor phases.

I don’t know much about the solvers in OpenFOAM, so I would like to hear your comments on it.

cavitatingFoam is an option but it doesn't seem to provide a method to incorporate a mass transfer model.

InterPhaseChangeFoam solver on the other hand, does so, but uses a VOF based approach which is only interesting if one really wants to capture dynamic of every bubble. So this solver is for cases where capturing interface is of importance.

Assuming my observation is correct, is there an analogous solver to InterPhaseChangeFoam which can be used for cases where the two medium intermix?

Thanks,
Ali