[b.simpson]

Hi CFD Guru's,

I have a natural ventilation model of a building which currently has 20 open windows. For the ventilation metrics I need to find out the total contaminants (CO2), air velocity and temperature entering and leaving the building through the windows.

I am not sure what is the best/most efficient method of achieving this. Currently I have a surfaces file (see below) which provides a separate raw file for each field and each window. Is there a method which would allow me to sample the cells along a plane in the centre of the windows, which would provide a single file per field for all of the windows?

I am running the model in OpenFOAM-v1812 using the buoyantBoussinesqSimpleFoam solver.

Any help/advise on this topic would be very much appreciated.

Kind regards,
Ben

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  v1812                                 |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.com                      |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

surfaces
{
    type            surfaces;
    libs            ("libsampling.so");
    writeControl    writeTime;

    surfaceFormat   raw;
    fields          (U T CO2);

    interpolationScheme cell;

    surfaces
    (
        Window1
        {
            type            cuttingPlane;
            planeType       pointAndNormal;
            pointAndNormalDict
            {
                point   (0.85 0.175 2.2);
                normal  (2 0 0.5);
            }
            interpolate     true;
        }
		Window2
        {
            type            cuttingPlane;
            planeType       pointAndNormal;
            pointAndNormalDict
            {
                point   (3.85 0.175 2.2);
                normal  (2 0 0.5);
            }
            interpolate     true;
        }
		Window3
        {
            type            cuttingPlane;
            planeType       pointAndNormal;
            pointAndNormalDict
            {
                point   (6.85 0.175 2.2);
                normal  (2 0 0.5);
            }
            interpolate     true;
        }
		Window4
        {
            type            cuttingPlane;
            planeType       pointAndNormal;
            pointAndNormalDict
            {
                point   (9.85 0.175 2.2);
                normal  (2 0 0.5);
            }
            interpolate     true;
        }
		Window5
        {
            type            cuttingPlane;
            planeType       pointAndNormal;
            pointAndNormalDict
            {
                point   (12.85 0.175 2.2);
                normal  (2 0 0.5);
            }
            interpolate     true;
        }
		Window6
        {
            type            cuttingPlane;
            planeType       pointAndNormal;
            pointAndNormalDict
            {
                point   (0.85 0.175 0.7);
                normal  (2 0 0.5);
            }
            interpolate     true;
        }
		Window7
        {
            type            cuttingPlane;
            planeType       pointAndNormal;
            pointAndNormalDict
            {
                point   (3.85 0.175 0.7);
                normal  (2 0 0.5);
            }
            interpolate     true;
        }
		Window8
        {
            type            cuttingPlane;
            planeType       pointAndNormal;
            pointAndNormalDict
            {
                point   (6.85 0.175 0.7);
                normal  (2 0 0.5);
            }
            interpolate     true;
        }
		Window9
        {
            type            cuttingPlane;
            planeType       pointAndNormal;
            pointAndNormalDict
            {
                point   (9.85 0.175 0.7);
                normal  (2 0 0.5);
            }
            interpolate     true;
        }
		Window10
        {
            type            cuttingPlane;
            planeType       pointAndNormal;
            pointAndNormalDict
            {
                point   (12.85 0.175 0.7);
                normal  (2 0 0.5);
            }
            interpolate     true;
        }
		Window11
        {
            type            cuttingPlane;
            planeType       pointAndNormal;
            pointAndNormalDict
            {
                point   (0.85 15.55 2.2);
                normal  (2 0 0.5);
            }
            interpolate     true;
        }
		Window12
        {
            type            cuttingPlane;
            planeType       pointAndNormal;
            pointAndNormalDict
            {
                point   (3.85 15.55 2.2);
                normal  (2 0 0.5);
            }
            interpolate     true;
        }
		Window13
        {
            type            cuttingPlane;
            planeType       pointAndNormal;
            pointAndNormalDict
            {
                point   (6.85 15.55 2.2);
                normal  (2 0 0.5);
            }
            interpolate     true;
        }
		Window14
        {
            type            cuttingPlane;
            planeType       pointAndNormal;
            pointAndNormalDict
            {
                point   (9.85 15.55 2.2);
                normal  (2 0 0.5);
            }
            interpolate     true;
        }
		Window15
        {
            type            cuttingPlane;
            planeType       pointAndNormal;
            pointAndNormalDict
            {
                point   (12.85 15.55 2.2);
                normal  (2 0 0.5);
            }
            interpolate     true;
        }
		Window16
        {
            type            cuttingPlane;
            planeType       pointAndNormal;
            pointAndNormalDict
            {
                point   (0.85 15.55 0.7);
                normal  (2 0 0.5);
            }
            interpolate     true;
        }
		Window17
        {
            type            cuttingPlane;
            planeType       pointAndNormal;
            pointAndNormalDict
            {
                point   (3.85 15.55 0.7);
                normal  (2 0 0.5);
            }
            interpolate     true;
        }
		Window18
        {
            type            cuttingPlane;
            planeType       pointAndNormal;
            pointAndNormalDict
            {
                point   (6.85 15.55 0.7);
                normal  (2 0 0.5);
            }
            interpolate     true;
        }
		Window19
        {
            type            cuttingPlane;
            planeType       pointAndNormal;
            pointAndNormalDict
            {
                point   (9.85 15.55 0.7);
                normal  (2 0 0.5);
            }
            interpolate     true;
        }
		Window20
        {
            type            cuttingPlane;
            planeType       pointAndNormal;
            pointAndNormalDict
            {
                point   (12.85 15.55 0.7);
                normal  (2 0 0.5);
            }
            interpolate     true;
        }
		
    );
}


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