[Stevie_1200]

Hello,

I am trying to construct a mass transfer UDF for use in Fluent and I am having mixed results. I have a function at the start to calculate the saturation pressure, the value of this should then be used in the mass transfer calculation, however I am uncertain how to call the saturation pressure into the mass transfer function. Could anyone give any pointers on the best way to do this?

I have included the code below, highlighted is my (poor!) attempt at calling the value of the saturation pressure into the mass transfer calculation.

Thanks!

#include "udf.h"

DEFINE_PROPERTY(psat,c,t)
{ real a[3] = {6.81228, 1301.679, -3.494};
real b[3] = {7.5322, 835.06, 268.223};
real Psat;
real T = C_T(c,t);

if (T <= 200)
Psat = pow(10, a[0]-(a[1]/(T + a[2])));
else
Psat = pow(10, b[0]-(b[1]/(T + b[2])));

return Psat;
}


DEFINE_MASS_TRANSFER(liq_gas_source, cell, thread, from_index,from_species_index, to_index, to_species_index)
{
real m_lg;
real Tc = C_T(cell, thread);
real Pc = C_P(cell, thread);
real Tsat = 195;
real Psat = psat;
Thread *liq = THREAD_SUB_THREAD(thread, from_index);
Thread *gas = THREAD_SUB_THREAD(thread, to_index);

Tc = MAX(Tc, 273.15);

m_lg = 0.;

if (Pc <= Psat)
{
m_lg = 0.1*C_VOF(cell,liq)*C_R(cell,liq)*fabs(Tc-Tsat)/Tsat;
}
if ((m_lg == 0. ) && (Pc > Psat))
{
m_lg = -0.1*C_VOF(cell,gas)*C_R(cell,gas)*fabs(Tsat-Tc)/Tsat;
}
return (m_lg);
}

[Boh]

you can define the psat before the define property function...just write real Psat after the #include "udf.h" line. You don't need to redefine it in the define property function...just assign the value to it

[Stevie_1200]

Hi Boh,

I am not sure I follow, I am using the define property function to calculate the Psat, how do I access this calculated Psat value in the define_mass_transfer function?

Thanks for your time.

Steven.

[pakk]

I think the following should work (perhaps after fixing some typos that I made, I did not test the code):

real my_psat(cell_t c,Thread *t) {
 real a[3] = {6.81228, 1301.679, -3.494};
    real b[3] = {7.5322, 835.06, 268.223};
    real Psat;
    real T = C_T(c,t);

  if (T <= 200)
      Psat = pow(10, a[0]-(a[1]/(T + a[2])));
  else 
      Psat = pow(10, b[0]-(b[1]/(T + b[2])));

 return Psat;
}

DEFINE_PROPERTY(psat,c,t)
{
 return(my_psat(c,t));
}

DEFINE_MASS_TRANSFER(liq_gas_source, cell, thread, from_index,from_species_index, to_index, to_species_index)
{
real m_lg;
real Tc = C_T(cell, thread);
real Pc = C_P(cell, thread);
real Tsat = 195;
real Psat = my_psat(cell,thread);
Thread *liq = THREAD_SUB_THREAD(thread, from_index);
Thread *gas = THREAD_SUB_THREAD(thread, to_index);

Tc = MAX(Tc, 273.15); 

m_lg = 0.;

if (Pc <= Psat)
{
m_lg = 0.1*C_VOF(cell,liq)*C_R(cell,liq)*fabs(Tc-Tsat)/Tsat;
}
if ((m_lg == 0. ) && (Pc > Psat))
{
m_lg = -0.1*C_VOF(cell,gas)*C_R(cell,gas)*fabs(Tsat-Tc)/Tsat;
}
return (m_lg);
}

[Stevie_1200]

Hi Pakk,

Thanks for your help, I will try that out.

Steven

[Stevie_1200]

Hello,

I used the code included below and it compiles fine but I have been getting errors when I initialise the simulation. I have included the error message below. From having a look online it seems to be a variable trying to access some information that is not available but I cant seem to work it out.

#include "udf.h"

real my_psat(cell_t c, Thread *t)
{
real a[3] = {6.81228, 1301.679, -3.494};
real b[3] = {7.5322, 835.06, 268.223};
real Psat;
real T = C_T(c,t);

if (T <= 200)
Psat = pow(10, a[0]-(a[1]/(T + a[2])));
else
Psat = pow(10, b[0]-(b[1]/(T + b[2])));
return Psat;
}

DEFINE_PROPERTY(Psat,c,t)
{
return (my_psat(c,t));
}


DEFINE_MASS_TRANSFER(liq_gas_source, cell, thread, from_index,from_species_index, to_index, to_species_index)
{
real m_lg;
real Tc = C_T(cell, thread);
real Pc = C_P(cell, thread);
real Psat = my_psat(cell, thread);
real Tsat = 195;
Thread *liq = THREAD_SUB_THREAD(thread, from_index);
Thread *gas = THREAD_SUB_THREAD(thread, to_index);

m_lg = 0.;

if (Pc <= Psat)
{
m_lg = 0.1*C_VOF(cell,liq)*C_R(cell,liq)*fabs(Tc-Tsat)/Tsat;
}
if ((m_lg == 0. ) && (Pc > Psat))
{
m_lg = -0.1*C_VOF(cell,gas)*C_R(cell,gas)*fabs(Tsat-Tc)/Tsat;
}
return (m_lg);
}


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Node 0: Process 564: Received signal SIGSEGV.

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Node 1: Process 4352: Received signal SIGSEGV.

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Node 2: Process 6456: Received signal SIGSEGV.

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Node 3: Process 8004: Received signal SIGSEGV.

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MPI Application rank 0 exited before MPI_Finalize() with status 2
The fl process could not be started.

[pakk]

Try to initialize without the UDF.

[Stevie_1200]

Hi Pakk,

I tried initializing without the UDF and it works fine but as soon as I turn on the UDF (either at the start or after some iterations) I get the same error.

Steven

[Stevie_1200]

Hi Pakk,

Its the temperature macro in the first routine that seems to be causing the problem. If I assign a value to the temperature everything is fine but if I try and access the cell temperature through C_T(c,t) I run in to problems.

Am I accessing the cell temperature in the correct way?

[Boh]

Sorry I misunderstood your question....anyway I found this 2 UDF that I think will help you:

http://users.ugent.be/~mvbelleg/case...sflux_source.c

http://users.ugent.be/~mvbelleg/case...D/Parameters.c

I think you're trying to do something similar (same approach suggested by Pakk)

[pakk]

At the location where you are asking Fluent to calculate psat, is the temperature defined there? (Are you solving the energy equation?)

[Stevie_1200]

Thanks for them Boh, I will have a look through them tonight.

Pak, yes I have the energy equation on, I moved the psat routine to inside the mass flow rate routine and it seems to access the temperature fine. This may be a solution but I would like to work out why I cant do it as originally intended as I would like to keep both calculations separate.

Steven

[pakk]

Oh, then I think it is very possible that I made a mistake with pointer grammar.

Maybe the proper grammar is:

real my_psat(cell_t c, Thread *t)
{
...
real T = C_T(c,*t);

Or you might have to add/remove * or & in other places.

I make more mistakes with this than I like to admit...