CFD Online Discussion Forums - CHEMKIN new reaction type (reactingFoam)

Hi all,

Simple problem. I am working to add a new reaction type to reactingFoam.

I am using the chemKin utility to add a new reaction. However, I'm not sure how to get chemKinReader to use my new reactionRate. I have modified the reactionRate and chemKinReader files to accept a new reactionRate type (or so I thought). But on run time it doesn't seem to like the syntax of the chemkin case file.

The attached file has the modified chemKinReader and reactionRate Files.

The reaction rate model is a solid core model.

Here's the error.

Code:



Selecting chemistryReader chemkinReader





--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: 

unknown third-body specie SLDC on line 21

Valid species are : 



7

(

CuO

N2

Cu

CO2

O2

CH4

H2O

)







    From function chemkinReader::lex()

    in file chemistryReaders/chemkinReader/chemkinLexer.L at line 1179.



FOAM exiting

Here is the case chemKin file (copper oxide rxn)

Code:

! GRI-Mech Version 3.0 7/30/99  CHEMKIN-II format

! See README30 file at anonymous FTP site unix.sri.com, directory gri;

! WorldWideWeb home page http://www.me.berkeley.edu/gri_mech/ or

! through http://www.gri.org , under 'Basic  Research', 

! for additional information, contacts, and disclaimer

ELEMENTS

H  C  N  O CU

END

SPECIES

CH4     O2      H2O     CO2     N2     Cu      CuO     

END

REACTIONS JOULES/MOLE

 CH4 + 4CuO = CO2 + 2H2O + 4Cu             4.5e-4  0.0  60

     FORD / CH4 0.4/

     FORD / CuO 4/

     SLDC / 1.0 0.00003958 1.5 0.4 0.0015 /

 4Cu + 2O2  = 4CuO                         4.7e-6  0.0  15

     FORD / Cu  2/

     FORD / O2  1/

END

Any comments are welcome.

Thanks,

Chris